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Classical music to start the day

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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3 hours

Last on

Thu 18 Jul 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Arthur Somervell

    Clarinet Quintet (Intermezzo)

    Performer: Dame Thea King. Ensemble: Aeolian Quartet.
    • Jacob/Somervell: Clarinet Quintets: Thea King, The Aeolian Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Caroline Shaw

    And The Swallow

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum.
    • 7.
  • Robert Schumann

    Vogel als Prophet 'Bird as Prophet' (Waldszenen, 'Forest Scenes' Op 82)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • Robert Schumann: Geistervariationen.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 10.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    And birds are still... Op.72

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Chandos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Siciliana; Presto (Violin Sonata fNo. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001)

    Performer: Gidon Kremer.
    • Bach, J.S.: Violin Sonatas & Partitas.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Delius: Orchestral Works: London Philharmonic Orchestra/Handley.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
    • 2.
  • Franz Strauss

    Nocturno Op.7

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • The Romantic Horn.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto no.5 in A major K.219 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Warner.
  • Franz Schubert

    Am Tage Aller Seelen, D. 343

    Music Arranger: Max Reger. Singer: Benjamin Appl. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Oscar Jockel.
    • Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 122.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • EMI.
  • Arnold Bax

    4 Orchestral Sketches (Dance in the Sun)

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Bax: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Jonathan Dove

    The Passing of the Year ( Ah, Sun-flower!)

    Choir: Convivium Singers. Conductor: Neil Ferris.
    • Dove: The Passing of the Year.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Flos campi (closing section)

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.
  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March in D major, Op.39 no.1

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Onyx.
  • Irene Britton Smith

    Violin Sonata (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Dawn Wohn. Performer: Emely Phelps.
    • DELOS.
  • William Boyce

    Overture No 4 in D major

    Ensemble: Cantilena. Director: Adrian Shepherd.
    • Boyce: 12 Overtures and 3 Concerti grossi.
    • Chandos.
    • 004.
  • Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek

    Impromptu No 4 in A Major, Op 7

    Performer: Artur Pizarro.
    • Jan Vaclav Hugo Vorisek: 6 Impromptus & 12 Rhapsodies, Op. 1.
    • Collins Classics.
    • 4.
  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Act 3 Prelude)

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • PROFIL.
  • Clarence Cameron White

    Basque folk song

    Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Lucerne DeSa.
    • But Not Forgotten: Music by African-American Composers for clarinet and piano.
    • SONO LUMINUS.
    • 004.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Valses nobles et sentimentales (Waltz No 7)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 22.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Trio Sonata in D minor, RV 63, 'La Follia'

    Ensemble: Ensemble Caprice. Director: Matthias Maute.
    • Chaconne.
    • Analekta.
    • 007.
  • Lionel Bart

    It's a Fine Life

    Music Arranger: John Green. Singer: Shani Wallis. Ensemble: Cast. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: John Green.
    • Oliver! [An Original Soundtrack Recording].
    • Sony BMG.
    • 11.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor, Op.11 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Conductor: Elim Chan. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Gloria (Messa di Gloria)

    Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Puccini: Messa di Gloria, etc..
    • Warner.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in A major H.15.18; 3rd movement

    Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.2 in A major Op.16 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: The Symphonies: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Haitink.
    • Philips.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Schwanenlied (Songs, Op.1)

    Singer: Benjamin Appl. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Heinrich Heine: Lieder.
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 13.

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