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Start the day right with classical music

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

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning (Peer Gynt Suite no.1)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.
  • Luke Howard

    Dappled Light

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Jess Gillam Ensemble.
    • DECCA.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major Op.76`3 'Emperor' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76 Nos. 1-3.
    • BIS.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mache dich, mein Herze, rein (St. Matthew Passion)

    Singer: Benjamin Appl. Ensemble: Concerto Köln.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne (Pelléas et Mélisande, Op 80)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Clair de lune: Music of France: Ormandy.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 3.
  • Minna Keal

    Ballade

    Performer: Alexander Baillie. Performer: Martina Baillie.
    • Minna Keal: Cello Concerto & Ballade.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 4.
  • Michael Praetorius

    Dances from "Terpsichore": Bransle

    Performer: The Atlantic Brass Quintet.
    • Fanfares and Passages.
    • Summit Records.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor, K.626 - 3. Sequentia: Lacrimosa

    Choir: Â鶹Éç Singers. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Mozart: Requiem; Maurerische Trauermusik.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 8.
  • John Marsh

    "The Quantocks" Suite (Intrada)

    Performer: Roger Huckle. Ensemble: The Bristol Ensemble. Conductor: Matthew Bale.
    • An English Serenade - Emerald Ensemble.
    • Dinmore.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Scottish Dances, Op 59 (No 3, Scottish Waltz)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • Arnold: Homage to the Queen etc, PO / Irving.
    • EMI.
    • 41.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Barcarolle no.4 in A flat Major Op.44

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sabbath Morning at Sea (Sea Pictures, Op 37)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Edward Elgar, Sea Pictures and Symphony no.1: LPO.
    • LPO.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Sonata in Bb major for harp and flute (Rondeau)

    Performer: Sandrine Chatron. Performer: Amélie Michel.
    • Le Salon de Musique de Marie-Antoinette.
    • AMBROISIE.
    • 14.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    Bulbs by Maggie Butt, ready by Imogen Stubbs

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite (Waltz of the Flowers)

    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites, Wiener Philharmoniker.
    • Decca.
    • 14.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no 8 in C Minor Op.13 "Pathétique" (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Beethoven 32, Vol. 3: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8-11.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.
  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Villan di Spagna

    Ensemble: Los Otros.
    • Tinto: Los Otros.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 21.
  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Decca.
  • Teresa Carreño

    La Corbeille de Feurs, Op.9

    Performer: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Teresa Carreno: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Nimbus.
    • 5.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Hungarian March, from The Damnation of Faust

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux.
    • Warner.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Cello Sonata in A minor, Op.5 (3rd mvt: Allegro Vivace)

    Performer: Timothy Gill. Performer: Julian Rolton.
    • MERIDIAN.
  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction & Allegro

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Stanford Robinson

    The Moon Maiden's Dance

    Performer: William Bennett. Performer: Clifford Benson.
    • Encores: William Bennett and Clifford Benson.
    • Bravura.
    • 2.

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