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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 8 Jun 2024 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    3 Nocturnes Op.9 (no.2 in E flat major)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • DG.
    • 2.

  • John Field

    Nocturne No 5 in B flat major

    Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.
    • Decca.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Music Arranger: Paul Drayton. Music Arranger: Barnaby Smith. Choir: VOCES8 Foundation Choir. Orchestra: VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • TO SING OF LOVE.
    • VOCES8 RECORDS.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Concertante Quartet No 5 in G major (2nd mvmt, Gratioso)

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 502.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale-Prelude 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV 645

    Performer: Simon Preston.
    • J.S.Bach: Schubler-Chorale, Passacaglia: Simon Preston.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Beatrice鈥痚t鈥疊enedict鈥�: Duo (nocturne) 'Vous soupirez, madame?'

    Singer: Ileana Cotruba葯. Singer: Nadine Denize. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DG.

  • Joep Beving

    02:07

    Composer: Maarten Vos. Performer: Joep Beving. Performer: Maarten Vos.
    • Vision of Contentment.
    • Leiter Records.
    • 1.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Das Jahr - 12 Charakterstucke for piano: no.6; Juni

    Performer: Liana 葮erbescu.
    • CPO.

  • Marianna Martines

    Harpsichord Concerto in E major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Ensemble: La Floridiana.
    • deutsche harmonia mundi.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Havanaise Op.83

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • EMI.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O eterne deus

    Choir: Anonymous 4.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A Major, Op. Posth. 114, D. 667 "The Trout": IV. Tema con varia

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: G茅rard Causs茅. Performer: Alois Posch. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Le Violon Roi.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Gloria (Mass in C major, K 317, 'Coronation')

    Singer: Teresa Wakim. Singer: Paula Murrihy. Singer: Thomas Corneille. Singer: Sumner Thompson. Choir: Handel and Haydn Society of Boston. Orchestra: Handel and Haydn Society. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Mozart: Mass in C major: Handel and Haydn Society/Christophers.
    • Coro.
    • 10.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Foxtrot (Suite for Jazz Band no.1)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Dominic Muldowney

    End Titles

    Ensemble: Endymion. Choir: London Voices. Conductor: Dominic Muldowney. Conductor: Terry Edwards.
    • Nineteen Eighty-Four.
    • AHI-BSX.
    • 24.

  • Tom Kitching

    The Brentford Lullaby

    Performer: Tom Kitching. Performer: Marit F盲lt.
    • Where There's Brass.
    • BANDCAMP.
    • 8.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act I: Sinfonia (presto)

    Lyricist: John Gay. Ensemble: Les Bor茅ades de Montr茅al. Conductor: Eric Milnes.
    • Handel: Acis and Galatea.
    • ATMA Classique.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act II: Heart, the Seat of Soft Delight

    Lyricist: John Gay. Singer: Suzie LeBlanc. Ensemble: Les Bor茅ades de Montr茅al. Conductor: Eric Milnes.
    • Handel: Acis and Galatea.
    • ATMA Classique.
    • 29.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Euphonium Concerto; Mvt 2 Romanza. Romantically

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Chandos.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Quintet no.2 in E major Op.31 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • Farrenc: Piano Quintets Nos. 1 & 2.
    • CPO.
    • 201.

  • Franz Leh谩r

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Here Come the Classics, Vol. 12: The Glory of Vienna.
    • RPO.
    • 11.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story (Cha-cha)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles etc.:LSO/Tilson Thomas.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 19.

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    麻豆社 Radio 3

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