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Start your weekend the Radio 3 way, with Saturday Breakfast

Join Elizabeth Alker to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Sat 4 May 2024 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn In Birmingham Vol. 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Double Concerto in D minor BWV.1043 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Bach: Double and Triple Concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 02.

  • Joan Trimble

    The Green Bough

    Performer: Una Hunt. Performer: Roy Holmes.
    • Joan Trimble: Songs and Chamber Music.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 13.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Turn our captivity, O Lord

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le nozze di Figaro (Introduction; Porgi amor; Non piu andrai)

    Music Arranger: Johann Went. Ensemble: Bl盲ser der Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K 492 & La clemenza di Tito, K. 492.
    • Orfeo.
    • 102.

  • Franz Liszt

    Liebestr盲ume in A flat major S.541 no.3

    Music Arranger: Agn猫s Cl茅ment. Performer: Agn猫s Cl茅ment.
    • Le rossignol en amour.
    • Genuin.
    • 15.

  • George Butterworth

    2 English Idylls

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle: English Rhapsody.
    • Halle.
    • 2-3.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    6 Duos for harmonium & piano Op. 8 - Capriccio

    Performer: Milo拧 Milivojevi膰. Performer: Simon Callaghan. Music Arranger: Milo拧 Milivojevi膰. Music Arranger: Simon Callaghan.
    • Nimbus.

  • 罢谤盲诲

    Bedfordshire May Day Carol

    Singer: Lisa Knapp. Singer: Mary Hampton.
    • Kartel Ltd.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che faro senza Euridice (J'ai perdu mon ...)from Act 3, Scene 1 of Orfeo ed Euridice

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Arias for Guadagni.
    • HYPERION.
    • 18.

  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata no.2 in D major

    Performer: Riccardo Minasi. Ensemble: Bizzarrie Armoniche.
    • 狈础脧痴贰.

  • Yoko Shimomura

    Kingdom Hearts

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ames.

  • Michael Nyman

    The Heart Asks Pleasure First (Theme from The Piano)

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: J茅r么me Ducros. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon.
    • Emotions.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Serenade (Fantasiest眉cke, Op 5 No 2)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces - book 8 Op.65)

    Orchestrator: Franz Josef Breuer. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt, Sigur Jorsalfar.
    • NAXOS.
    • 11.

  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation [Die Schopfung] (H.21.2), Pt 1 no.13; Die Himmel erzahlen

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: Neal Davies. Choir: Chetham's Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Haydn: The Creation: Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh.
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    The place where the rainbow ends (Magnolia Suite)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 5.

  • Michael Price

    The Warmth of the Sun

    Performer: Michael Price. Performer: Peter Gregson.
    • THE CONTROL ROOM LIMITED.

  • William Byrd

    O God That Guides The Cheerful Sun

    Choir: Ebor Singers. Ensemble: Chelys Consort of Viols. Conductor: Paul Gameson.
    • A Cavalier Christmas.
    • Resonus.
    • 14.

  • Claude Debussy

    Pastorale (Sonata for flute, viola and harp)

    Performer: Philippa Davies. Performer: Roger Chase. Performer: Marisa Robles. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Debussy: Les Chansons de Bilitis etc: The Nash Ensemble.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.

  • John Williams

    Princess Leia's theme (Star Wars)

    Orchestra: Skywalker Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Sony.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Viola Sonata: II. Vivace

    Performer: Judith Ingolfsson. Performer: Vladimir Stoupel.
    • Clarke: Viola & Violin Sonatas.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 102.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major RV.538 for 2 horns and orchestra

    Performer: Anneke Scott. Performer: Jocelyn Lightfoot. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • AVIE.

  • Teresa Carre帽o

    Une revue 脿 Prague

    Performer: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Teresa Carreno: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Nimbus.
    • 15.

  • George Gershwin

    Promenade 'Walking the Dog'

    Orchestrator: Sol Berkowitz. Music Arranger: John Fullam. Music Arranger: Paul Rosenbloom. Performer: John Fullam. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue: Buffalo Philharmonic/Falletta.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

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    麻豆社 Radio 3

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