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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

Tue 30 Jul 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Ernest John Moeran

    String Trio in G major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Eblana String Trio.
    • The King's Alchemist.
    • Willowhayne Records.
    • 11.
  • Antoine de Févin

    Tempus meum est ut revertar

    Music Arranger: David Skinner. Choir: Alamire. Conductor: David Skinner.
    • Anne Boleyn's Song Book: Music and Passions of a Tudor Queen.
    • Obsidian Records.
    • 11.
  • Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

    Erwin und Elmire (Entre acte)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Weimar. Conductor: Peter Gülke.
    • CAPRICCIO.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.2 in F major BWV.1047

    Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • J.S.Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Laudate Dominum (Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Choir: Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Voices from Heaven: Cecilia Bartoli, Andrea Bocelli, Bryn Terfel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Morning Serenade (2 Dialogues with Postscript)

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud. Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg. Conductor: Giovanni Guzzo.
    • The Messenger.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 8 in G major, 'Le soir' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Haydn Symphonies – Le Matin, Le Midi, Le Soir.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 12.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E flat Op.47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Menahem Pressler. Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Schumann: Piano Quintet, Op.22; Piano Quartet, Op. 47.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Louis-Joseph Francoeur

    Chaconne que j'ai faitte pour donner à mon oncle

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Justin Taylor.
    • ALPHA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Egmont, Op 84 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Beethoven: Symphony no.3 'Eroica' etc.: Chicago Symphony Orch./Solti.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Étude No 38 in A Minor

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • Hélène de Montgeroult: Études.
    • BIS.
    • 107.
  • Richard Wagner

    Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond (Die Walkure)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Jonas Kaufmann: Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven & Wagner.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • William Grant Still

    Land of romance (Africa)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony/In Memoriam/Africa (Symphonic Poem).
    • NAXOS.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Samson et Delila: Bacchanale

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • EMI.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Alister McAlpine's lament

    Choir: Holst Singers. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Sir Arthur Somervell

    Piano Concerto in A minor, 'Highland' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Somervell/Cowen: Martin Roscoe/Â鶹Éç Scottish SO/Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Gareth Wood

    Mist of the Afan Forest (Brass Triumphant)

    Performer: Cory Band. Conductor: Robert Childs.
    • Triumphant Brass: Cory Band, Dr Robert Childs.
    • Doyen.
    • 8.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.
    • Testament.
  • Henry Purcell

    Fantasia No. 12

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Vedrò con mio diletto (Giustino)

    Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Director: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Vedrò con mio diletto (Vivaldi).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Traditional Polish

    Kazimierz

    Music Arranger: Jerzy Bawoł. Music Arranger: Nigel Kennedy. Music Arranger: Tomasz Lalo. Music Arranger: Tomasz Kukurba. Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Ensemble: Kroke.
    • EMI.
  • Margaret Hubicki

    The Lonely Piper (Irish Fantasy)

    Performer: James Kirby.
    • Chandos.
  • George Gershwin

    Girl Crazy (Overture)

    Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Wayne Marshall.
    • Born to Play, Wayne Marshall, Gershwin.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 7.
  • Richard Rodgers

    I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair (South Pacific)

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Anna-Jane Casey. Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Choir: Maida Vale Singers. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Rodgers & Hammerstein at the Movies.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Romance, Op.67

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • RCA.
  • William Walton

    Portsmouth Point - overture

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Josef Suk

    Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 8 - Scherzo: Presto

    Orchestra: Nash Ensemble.
    • HELIOS : CDH 55416.
    • Helios.
    • 10.

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