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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 11 Mar 2017 07:00

Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for Strings, Op 22 (Scherzo)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Tchaikovsky & Dvorak: Serenades: Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Mar.
    • Decca.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Ce jour heureux (this happy day!) from Don Carlos

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DGG.
  • Handel Parker

    Deep Harmony

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • Black Dyke Mills Band Celebrate 150 Years.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 12.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050

    Performer: Christopher Hogwood. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 4.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Leonardo dreams of his flying machine

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre, Light & Gold.
    • Decca.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in A minor, WoO.59, 'F眉r Elise'

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Beethoven: Eroica Variations/Fur Elise etc: Brendel.
    • Philips.
    • 16.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Trio Sonata No 5 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oxford Sinfonia.
    • Recording provided by "Making Music"..
  • Andr茅 Messager

    Solo de concours for clarinet and piano

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • The Virtuoso Clarinet.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 2.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arl茅sienne Suite No 2

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites no. 1 & 2, Carmen Suite no. 1: LSO, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5-8.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Song of a Nightclub Proprietress (Five Betjeman Songs)

    Singer: Sarah Walker. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • BLAH BLAH BLAH and other trifles........
    • HYPERION.
    • 015.
  • Wynton Marsalis

    Saturday Night Slow Drag from All Rise

    Ensemble: Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Sony.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four English Dances, Set 2, Op 33

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • John Taverner

    Western Wynde Mass (Gloria)

    Choir: Taverner Choir. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Avie.
  • Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    Old Mother Hubbard 'in the manner of Handel'

    Singer: Bejun Mehta. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Bejun Mehta - Down by the Salley Gardens.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 19.

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