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Classical music to start the day

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with the Friday poem and 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

Last on

Fri 7 Jun 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Humming Chorus (Madam Butterfly)

    Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Puccini: Great Opera Arias.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Dora PejaÄević

    Cello sonata in E minor, Op.35 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Poltéra. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
    • Pejacevic: Trio & Sonata.
    • CPO.
    • 6.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov.
    • EMI.
  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite (Minuet)

    Ensemble: London Collegiate Brass. Conductor: James Stobart.
    • Walton/Tippett/Britten/Ireland: London Collegiate Brass/Stobart.
    • CRD.
  • Samuel Barber

    Violin Concerto, op.14 - 2nd mvt 'Andante'

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • DG.
  • Lorenzo Allegri

    Canario

    Orchestra: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 16.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rondo in G minor Op.94 for cello and piano

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • HYPERION.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Air (Water Music - Suite in F major, HWV 348)

    Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Handel Edition Volume 9 - Orchestral Music.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 92.
  • Franz Schubert

    Allegro in C major, D 946 No 3

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonatas D.840, 850 & 894, Impromptus D.899: Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 36 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Singer: Charlotte Margiono. Singer: Rudolf Schasching. Singer: Birgit Remmert. Singer: Robert Holl. Choir: Arnold Schoenberg Chor. Conductor: Erwin Ortner.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Teldec.
    • 3.
  • Francisco Tárrega

    Gran Vals

    Performer: Fernando Espi.
    • Francisco Tarrega: Obras Para Guitarra.
    • VERSO.
    • 28.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    Parting by Charlotte Bronte, read by Amanda Root

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet Before Parting (Romeo and Juliet Suite)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Prokofiev: The Symphonies.
    • BIS.
    • 1101.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie No 3

    Music Arranger: Guy Barker. Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Guy Barker Orchestra. Conductor: Guy Barker.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.19 in F major, K.459 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Richard Goode. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Valse-Fantaisie

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Favourite Encores!.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Jerome Moross

    The Big Country (main theme)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • The Big Country.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 1.
  • Frederick Loewe

    I Could Have Danced All Night (My Fair Lady)

    Singer: Fatma Said. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sascha Goetzel.
    • Kaleidoscope.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Béla Bartók

    Concerto for orchestra (Sz.116), 4th mvt; Intermezzo interrotto (Allegretto)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Bela Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Hungaroton.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    L' Amant anonyme (Overture)

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • TMK.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka: Pt.1; Danse russe

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • GEMINI.
  • Edward Elgar

    Cockaigne (In London Town), Op. 40

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major, K 159

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op.8 No.6

    Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori. Director: Martin Gester.
    • BIS.
  • Lili Boulanger

    3. ‘Parfois, je suis triste’ from “Clairières dans le cielâ€

    Singer: Nicky Spence. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Chandos.
    • CHAN10893.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet concerto in E flat major, 3rd mvt; Allegro

    Performer: Maurice André. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Trumpet Concertos: Maurice Andre.
    • EMI.

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