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Classical music to brighten your morning

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3鈥檚 classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Winner of Best Audio Arts and Music Programme (Voice of the Listener and Viewer Awards).

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3 hours

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 Classical: II. Intermezzo. Larghetto

    Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Prokofiev: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Fantasia in C major H.17.4

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • Yevgeny Sudbin plays Haydn.
    • BIS.
    • 10.
  • Nancy Dalberg

    Scherzo for string orchestra, Op 6

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Frans Rasmussen.
    • DA CAPO.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in E flat major D.899 no.2

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Schubert: Impromptus: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.364 for violin, viola and orch; 2nd mvt

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • ALPHA.
  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Prayer

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • Padre Pio: Prayer.
    • CORO.
    • 8.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No. 1, "Afro-American": III. Humor. Animato

    Conductor: Kellen Gray. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • African American Voices.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Piano Concerto in C sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Poulenc: Piano Concerto, Organ Concerto & Stabat Mater.
    • LPO.
    • 2.
  • Fergus McCreadie

    Snowcap

    Ensemble: Fergus McCreadie Trio.
  • William Boyce

    Symphony no. 2 in A major

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Boyce: 8 Symphonies: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 13-15.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Venezia: 1. Sopra l'acqua indormenzada

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Lyricist: Pietro Pagello. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
    • Souvenirs de Venise - Songs of Venice.
    • Helios.
    • 13.
  • Graciela Agudelo

    D铆as de lluvia [Rainy Days]

    Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal.
    • PIXAUDIO.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No 1 (Les tor茅adors)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jes煤s L贸pez Cobos.
    • Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1: Jesus Lopez-Cobos.
    • Telarc.
    • 1.
  • Richard Rodgers

    June Is Bustin' Out All Over (from Carousel)

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Ensemble: 'Carousel' 2018 Broadway Cast. Conductor: Andy Einhorn.
    • Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel (2018 Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Concord Theatricals.
    • 4.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Trumpet Concerto in D Minor, HWV 367a

    Performer: Maurice Andr茅. Orchestra: Jean-Fran莽ois Paillard Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jean鈥怓ran莽ois Paillard.
    • Baroque Trumpet Concertos.
    • Heritage Records.
    • 28.
  • Josef Strauss

    Velocipede Polka, Op.259

    Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Alfred Eschw茅.
    • Wiener Johann Strauss Orchestra.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux Aurumque

    Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Director: Anna Lapwood.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Quintet No.2 in A major, Op.81 - 4th movement, Finale

    Ensemble: The Schubert Ensemble.
    • Dvorak: Piano Quartet/Quintet: Schubert Ensemble.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse Op.17 for violin and piano

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Enrico Pace.
    • DECCA.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    5 English folk songs, arr. for chorus: no.1; The Dark-eyed sailor

    Choir: Holst Singers. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in F minor Op.95; 1st mvt

    Ensemble: Castalian String Quartet.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat (4th mvt)

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Handel Variations.
    • Ondine.
    • 104.
  • Richard M. Sherman

    He Danced with Me / She Danced with Me

    Composer: Robert B. Sherman. Music Arranger: Angela Morley. Singer: Gemma Craven. Singer: Richard Chamberlain. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Angela Morley.
    • Image Entertainment.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor 'con due violini obligati', RV 522

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Three Spirituals (Oh Freedom)

    Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.
  • Carl Fr眉hling

    Trio in A minor, Op.40 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Brahms, Fruhling: Clarinet Trios; Schumann: Marchenerzahlungen.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 10.

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