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Start the day right with classical music

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3’s 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). Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Tue 4 Jun 2024 06:30
Â鶹Éç Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Christopher Simpson

    The Monthes: June

    Performer: Sophie Watillon. Performer: Friederike Heumann. Performer: Brian Franklin. Performer: Matthias Spaeter. Performer: Luca Guglielmi.
    • Simpson: The Seasons, The Monthes & other divisions of Time.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 12.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.6 in F major, Op.68 'Pastoral' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Anon.

    Sumer is icumen in

    Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • En Albion: Medieval Polyphony in England.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

  • Robin Holloway

    Variations on "Sumer is icumen in"

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
    • NMC.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in G major 'A la gigue', BWV.577

    Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
    • HMV Classics.
    • 4.

  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Debussy, Dutilleux & Ravel: String Quartets.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 118.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade no.4 in F minor Op.52

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • SONY.

  • Henry Purcell

    Abdelazer, or The Moor's Revenge - Overture; Rondeau (Hornpipe)

    Orchestra: Parley of Instruments. Director: Roy Goodman.
    • The Complete Ayres for the Theatre.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Judith Weir

    Variations on "Sumer is icumen in"

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
    • NMC.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

  • Ned Rorem

    Early in the morning

    Singer: Susan Graham. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Songs of Ned Rorem.
    • Erato.
    • 03.

  • George Gershwin

    The Man I Love

    Performer: Django Reinhardt. Performer: Stéphane Grappelli. Ensemble: Quintette du Hot Club de France.
    • Complete Jazz Series 1939 - 1940.
    • Complete Jazz Series.
    • 19.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Macbeth (Act 3 Ballet Music: Part 3)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.

  • Aaron Copland

    Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Copland the Populist: Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 1.

  • Brenda Wootton & Robert Bartlett

    The Ringers of Egloshayle

    • Keltia Musique.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Gottfried Keller

    Ciaccona in G Major

    Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot. Conductor: Johannes Pramsohler.
    • The London Album.
    • Audax Records.
    • 115.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Espana - rhapsody

    Ensemble: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Escales.
    • Chandos.
    • 01.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in E flat "Notturno"

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Schubert: Chamber Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 205.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Turkish Rondo (alla Turca from Sonata in A K.331)

    Performer: Richard Burnett.
    • AMON RA.

  • Chick Corea

    Children's Song No. 8 "The Sky"

    Music Arranger: Forbes Henderson. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Corea: Children's Song No. 8, The Sky.
    • Pentatone.
    • 101.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 2 in E Minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • George Butterworth

    With rue my heart is laden

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • DG.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Widerstehe doch der Sünde (Cantata BWV.54)

    Music Arranger: Víkingur Ólafsson. Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 11.

  • John Williams

    Hymn to the Fallen (Saving Private Ryan)

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Symphonic Brass.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String quartet in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny: Quatuor Ebene.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Tue 4 Jun 2024 06:30
    Â鶹Éç Radio 3

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