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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 6 Feb 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Remo Giazotto

    Adagio in G Minor

    Composer: Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni. Orchestrator: Jérôme Ducros. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon.
    • Emotions.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.
  • Alice Mary Smith

    Impromptu

    Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi.
  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Performer: Simon Höfele. Performer: Sarah-Jane Porsmoguer. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for flute and harpsichord in E minor, BWV 1034; Mvt 2 Allegro

    Performer: Barthold Kuijken. Performer: Ewald Demeyere.
    • Accent.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Thomas Arne

    Overture No 3 in G major

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Eight Overtures.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 7.
  • John Williams

    Schindler's List (Main Theme)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Nicola Benedetti: The Silver Violin.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Samuel Scheidt

    Richte mich, Gott

    Choir: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.
    • Ricercar.
  • Elfrida Andrée

    String Quartet in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Stockholm Quartet.
    • Caprice.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Chloë Hanslip. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Chloe.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Fileuse (Etudes de Concert - Bk.1 Op.35)

    Performer: Joanne Polk.
    • Steinway & Sons.
  • WIlfred Heaton

    Glory! Glory!

    Performer: Foden’s Band. Conductor: Michael Fowles.
    • Doyen.
  • Thomas Adès

    L'âme-en-peine (3 Studies from Couperin)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Thomas Adès.
    • Ades: Tevot, Violin Concerto, Three Studies.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major, D 803 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Schubert: Octet: The Nash Ensemble.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 3.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in F major Op.6`12 (Giga)

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
  • Evelyn Glennie

    Light in darkness for marimba

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie.
    • RCA Victor.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 4 in G major, Op 58 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3&4: Andras Schiff.
    • Teldec.
    • 6.
  • Michael Tippett

    Steal away (5 Spirituals from A Child of Our Time)

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • a la Gloire de Dieu: The Sixteen.
    • Coro.
    • 6.
  • Elena Katsâ€Chernin

    Naïve Waltz

    Ensemble: The Smith Quartet.
    • The Smith Quartet: Dances.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 12.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade, Op 35 (The Sea and Sinbad's Ship)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Capricco Espagnol: Mackerras.
    • Telarc.
    • 1.
  • Matthew Locke

    Suite no.1 in D minor

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.
    • Helios.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Idomeneo (Overture)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

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