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Perk up your morning with classical music

Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Mon 6 May 2024 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio in E major, K 261

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Mozart Anniversary Orchestra.
    • CBC Records.

  • Jacques Bittner

    Suite in B minor: Allemande

    Performer: Andr茅 Henrich.
    • ARS Produktion.

  • Alejandro Garc铆a Caturla

    Berceuse campesina

    Performer: Luiz de Moura Castro.
    • Ensayo.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat in D major BWV 243 (1st - 4th mvts)

    Singer: Miah Persson. Singer: Yukari Nonoshita. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: Daniele Rosina.
    • Labyrinths.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • Tikey Zes

    Communion Verse for Easter (Mode Plagal I)

    Choir: Cappella Romana. Conductor: Alexander Lingas.
    • Gagliano Recordings.

  • Trad.

    Halatzoglou kratema (Instrumental byzantin)

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    脡tudes-Tableaux, Op 39 No 2 in A Minor

    Performer: Yoav Levanon.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Die tote Stadt, Act I: Marietta's Lied

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Decca.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony, Op 4 (II. Playful Pizzicato)

    Ensemble: Emperor Quartet.
    • Britten: The Music for String Quartet.
    • BIS.
    • 302.

  • Richard Rodgers

    It Might As Well Be Spring

    Performer: Oscar Peterson. Performer: Ed Thigpen. Singer: Ray Brown.
    • Solar Records.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance No 2 in F major, Op 50

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: G枚ttingen Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph-Mathias Mueller.
    • Cedille Records.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E major (7 Fantasies, Op.116)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • The Final Piano Pieces.
    • Hyperion.
    • 04.

  • Alfred Hollins

    Spring Song

    Performer: Roy Massey.
    • Priory Records.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 9, 'Nimrod')

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Elgar: Enigma Variations: LSO/Sir Colin Davis.
    • LSO Live.
    • 9.

  • Cl茅ment Janequin

    Le chant des oiseaux

    Ensemble: Ensemble La Fenice. Conductor: Jean Tub茅ry.
    • Natura amorosa.
    • Ligia.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Suite le rappel des oiseaux: Rigaudon I & II

    Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • Musikproduktion Dabringhaus und Grimm.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Variations Concertantes in D Major, Op 17

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Trio Sonata in C minor, Wq161, H579 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Florilegium.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 101 in D major 'The Clock' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Sony/RCA Red Seal.

  • Herbert Howells

    Three Dances for violin and orchestra, Op 7 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Lydia Mordkovitch. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Oh my heart, you are scorned (Alcina)

    Singer: Nathalie Stutzmann. Ensemble: Orfeo 55.
    • Quella Fiamma: Arie Antiche.
    • Erato.
    • 7.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major Kk.251

    Music Arranger: S茅rgio Assad. Performer: Odair Assad. Performer: S茅rgio Assad.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Wedding-Cake - Caprice-Waltz in A flat major Op.76

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS : CHSA 5162.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 20.

  • Michael Tippett

    Go down, Moses (A Child of our Time, Part II)

    Singer: Ashley Riches. Choir: 麻豆社 Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Tippett: A Child of our Time.
    • Chandos.
    • 122.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Sigurd Jorsalfar Op 56 (3rd mvt, Homage March)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    'Revolutionary Study' in C minor, Op .10 no.12

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • DG.

  • Howard Shore

    Into the West (The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the Kings)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • Decca.

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Menuett, Op 18

    Ensemble: Trio RoVerde.
    • Brilliant Classics.

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 May 2024 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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