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Sunny side up classical

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with the Friday poem and music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

3 hours

Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • DG.
  • George Gershwin

    Lullaby

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV4 (extract)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Cantatas Vol 22: Eisenach.
    • SDG.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor, K.466 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 20, K466 & 27, K595; Mitsuko Uchida, The Cleveland Orche.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Robert Schumann

    String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 41 No. 2 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
    • Schumann: Quartets Nos. 2 & 3.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.
  • Dorothy Howell

    Humoresque

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Dorothy Howell Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.
  • Paul Mealor

    Mealor: De Profundis

    Choir: St. Petersburg Chamber Choir. Conductor: Nikolay Kornov.
    • Tranquillity - Voices Of Deep Calm.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 3.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne Suite No 2 (Carillon)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Bizet: Carmen Suites/Ponchielli: Cance of the Hours - PO, Ormandy.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 14.
  • Artie Matthews

    Pastime Rag no.4

    Performer: Richard Dowling.
    • KLAVIER.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Act 2 Waltz)

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Ballets russes.
    • Parlophone (France).
    • 11.
  • Ron Goodwin

    Lancelot and Guinevere: Main Title

    Orchestra: Ron Goodwin and His Concert Orchestra.
    • Parlophone.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C minor, Op.23 No.7

    Performer: Dame Moura Lympany.
    • ERATO.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    Why Dorothy Wordsworth is not as famous as her brother by Lynn Peters

  • Eric Thiman

    I wandered lonely as a cloud

    Singer: Ruairi Bowen. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • Proud Songsters: English Solo Song.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 8.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter (The Planets)

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Holst: The Planets Suite.
    • Chandos.
    • 013.
  • Margaret Hubicki

    Irish Fantasy: ii. The Lonely Piper; iv. Reel

    Performer: James Kirby.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Edward Elgar

    Where corals lie (Sea Pictures Op.37)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto/Sea Pictures: Du Pre/Baker/LSO/Barbirolli.
    • EMI.
    • 8.
  • Maceo Pinkard

    Sweet Georgia Brown

    Composer: Ben Bernie. Performer: Django Reinhardt. Performer: Stéphane Grappelli. Ensemble: Quintette du Hot Club de France.
    • Living Era.
  • Dana Suesse

    Piano Concerto in Three Rhythms (3rd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Ferde Grofé. Performer: Michael Gurt. Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.
    • Jazz Nocturne.
    • Naxos.
    • 009.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Every valley shall be exalted (Messiah)

    Singer: Maldwyn Davies. Orchestra: Sixteen Orchestra. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Handel: Messiah: The Sixteen choir and orchestra/Christophers.
    • Hyperion.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.31 in D major 'Hornsignal' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • LINN.
  • Traditional [Wales]

    Tra Bo Dau

    Music Arranger: Alis Huws. Performer: Alis Huws.
    • DECCA.
  • Witold LutosÅ‚awski

    Variations on a theme of Paganini

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Rachmaninov:Suite No.2 /Ravel a Valse/Lutoslawski:/Paganini Variations - Argeric.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exchibition and other Russian Showpieces.
    • RCA.
    • 17.
  • Johann David Heinichen

    Sonata in A major for 2 flutes, 2 oboes and strings, S 208

    Orchestra: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerti Musica Antiqua Koln Reinhard Goebel.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 22.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in D minor, Op 31, 'Tempest' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Philips.
  • Michael Praetorius

    Dances from "Terpsichore": Bransle

    Performer: The Atlantic Brass Quintet.
    • Fanfares and Passages.
    • Summit Records.
    • 2.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Serenade in D (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • Chandos.

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  • Fri 3 May 2024 06:30

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