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Thursday - Petroc's classical alternative

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 15 Dec 2022 06:30

Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Hymn to the Virgin

    Performer: VOCES8. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Equinox.
    • VCM Records.
    • 003.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in B flat, K269

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Mozart: The 5 Violin Concertos.
    • ERATO.
    • 17.
  • Ernest Chausson

    String Quartet in C Minor, Op. 35: II. Tr猫s calme

    Ensemble: Quatuor Via Nova.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bereite dich Zion (Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248)

    Singer: Angelika Kirchschlager. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Bach Arias: Angelika Kirchschlager.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Prelude in B minor Op 11, No 1

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Peter Limonov.
    • Champs Hill.
  • Grace Williams

    Calm Sea in Summer (Sea Sketches)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.
    • Grace Williams: Fantasia On Welsh Nursery Tunes, Carillons, Penillion, Trumpet C.
    • Lyrita.
    • 17.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Snow, Op.26 no.1

    Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Elgar: The Spirit of England.
    • EMI.
    • 6.
  • Florence Price

    Song for Snow

    Performer: Paul Shaw. Choir: VocalEssence. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • Got the Saint Louis Blues.
    • Clarion.
    • 003.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata No. 20 in A Major, D. 959: III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace) - Trio (Un

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonatas D. 784 & 959.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Sally Beamish

    In the Stillness

    Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Advent Calendar.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.
  • Jacques Ibert

    Sarabande pour Dulcin茅e

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Neeme Jarvi conducts Ibert.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 004.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture-Suite in G major, 'Burlesque de Don Quichotte': The Gallop Of Sancho Panza's Donkey; Don Quichotte鈥檚 Repose

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • LONDON.
  • Lars鈥怑rik Larsson

    A Winter's Tale Op.18

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Stig Westerberg.
    • Swedish Society.
  • Samuel Barber

    Sure on this shining night (4 Songs Op.13)

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Barber: Songs: Finley/Drake.
    • Hyperion.
    • 26.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quintet in E flat major Op.16 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • Les Vents Fran莽ais - Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 117.
  • Richard Lloyd

    Drop Down Ye Heavens

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Director: Christopher Robinson.
    • Nimbus.
  • John Garth

    Cello Concerto in D Major, Op. 1, No. 1: I. Allegro

    Performer: Richard Tunnicliffe. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble. Conductor: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
    • Garth, J.: Six Concertos for the Violoncello.
    • Divine Art.
    • 101.
  • Stan Kenton

    O Come, All Ye Faithful

    • A Merry Christmas (Remastered).
    • Avid Entertainment.
    • 8.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: London Symphony/Oboe Concerto: Halle/Elder.
    • Halle.
    • 3.
  • Hubert Parry

    Songs of farewell for mixed voices, no.1; My soul, there is a country

    Choir: Liverpool Cathedral Choir. Director: David Poultner.
    • PRIORY.
  • Sally Beamish

    Seavaigers (Haven)

    Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • McKay Stout Music.
  • Fela Sowande

    Joyful Day (African Suite)

    Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • CBC.

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