Friday - Hannah's classical alternative
Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem.
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Ola Gjeilo
Jupiter
Performer: Ola Gjeilo.- Decca.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in D major, Op.50`6 'The Frog' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.- Hyperion.
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Sally Beamish
Seavaigers (Lament)
Performer: Catriona McKay. Performer: Chris Stout. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.- McKay Stout Music.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita in A major, BWV 832
Performer: Ramin Bahrami.- Bach J. S.: Inventions and Sinfonias.
- Universal Music.
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George Butterworth
The Banks of Green Willow
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Decca.
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Ravi Shankar
Kafi-Holi (Spring Festival Of Colors)
- Warner Classics.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto grosso in G major Op.3`3
Ensemble: Van Diemen鈥檚 Band. Conductor: Martin Gester.- Handel: 6 Concerti grossi, Op.鈥�3.
- BIS.
- 201.
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Dmitri Lvovich Klebanov
String Quartet No. 4 ii. Larghetto...
Ensemble: ARC Ensemble.- Chandos.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Nocturne in D flat major, Op 27 No 2
Performer: Claudio Arrau.- Chopin: The Nocturnes: Claudio Arrau.
- Philips.
- 8.
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Arthur Bliss
A Colour Symphony (2nd mvt, Red)
Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.- Bliss A Colour Symphony (A)/ Adam Zero.
- NAXOS.
- 2.
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Rudy Wiedoeft
Valse Vanite
Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Zeynep 脰zsuca.- Decca.
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FRIDAY POEM
Slumber Song by Siegfried Sassoon, read by Barbara Flynn
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Eric Whitacre
Sleep
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Whitacre: Cloudburst & other choral works: Polyphony, Stephen Layton.
- Hyperion.
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Alexander Scriabin
Prelude in E major, Op.8 No.5
Performer: Boris Giltburg.![]()
Charlotte Harding
Glow
Performer: Philip Scriven. Choir: The Bach Choir. Orchestra: Faust Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.- Bach Inspired.
- Stone Records.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.- Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3&4: Andras Schiff.
- Teldec.
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Gerald Finzi
Fear No More the Heat of the Sun
Music Arranger: Patrick Hawes. Performer: Amy Dickson. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Decca.
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Bill Evans
Blue In Green
Performer: Miles Davis. Performer: Miles Davis. Performer: John Coltrane. Performer: Bill Evans. Performer: Paul Chambers. Performer: Jimmy Cobb.- Complete Columbia Recordings.
- Columbia.
- 5.
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Felix Mendelssohn
The Hebrides, Op 26
Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: John Barbirolli.- Romantic Overtures: Halle Orchestra, Barbirolli.
- EMI Classics.
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Ruth Gipps
Horn Concerto Op.58 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lee Reynolds.- Willow Hayne Records.
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Thomas Arne
Overture No 5 in D major
Director: Simon Standage. Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90.- Arne: Overtures: Collegium Musicum 90/Simon Standage.
- Chandos.
- 16-18.
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