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

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Music Played

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Armide (Act 5,Passecaille)

    Ensemble: Caf茅 Zimmermann.
    • ALPHA.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Forlana (5 Bagatelles Op.23)

    Music Arranger: Lawrence Ashmore. Performer: Robert Plane. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Five Bagatelles: Robert Plane, Northern Sinfonia.
    • Naxos.

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    The Enchanted Lake, Op.62

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Lyadov - Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 04.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No 192, 'Nun danket alle Gott'

    Singer: Joanne Lunn. Singer: Peter Harvey. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SOLI DEO GLORIA.

  • Claude Debussy

    La cath茅drale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 24 in B flat major, K 182

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: 8 Bit.
    • Dacapo.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 4 'La Spiritata' [1608 no.1]

    Ensemble: Berlin Brass. Conductor: Lucas Vis.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Amy Beach

    Romance for violin and piano Op 23

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Performer: Orion Weiss.
    • Warner Classics.

  • George Gershwin

    Piano concerto in F major (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Ferde Grof茅. Music Arranger: Ferde Grof茅. Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & Piano Concerto.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Robert Applebaum

    Witches' Blues

    Choir: Chicago a cappella.
    • Choral Songs on Shakespeare Texts.
    • Cedille.
    • 15.

  • Patrick Doyle

    Potter Waltz (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Shearman.
    • WARNER.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata in F major Op.24 'Spring' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Michael Foyle. Performer: Maksim 艩t拧ura.
    • Challenge Classics.

  • William Walton

    Orb and Sceptre - coronation march

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Walton: The Centenary Edition: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Litton.
    • Decca.
    • 18.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Ghosts' High-Noon (From "Ruddigore")

    Lyricist: William Gilbert. Music Arranger: Daryl Runswick. Choir: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • Here's A Howdy Do.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat major Op.20 no.1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • BIS.

  • Eric Whitacre

    October

    Performer: Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve. Conductor: Captain Chad A. Steffey.
    • The Sound of Freedom.
    • Altissimo!.
    • 6.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B Minor, RV 580 (I. Allegro)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Trio No.1 in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • A Room Of Her Own.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Dream of a Witches' Sabbath (Symphonie Fantastique)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique: Le Carnival Romain: Anima Eterna Brugge.
    • Zig Zag Territories.
    • 5.

  • Robert Carver

    Missa Pater creator omnium for 4 voices: Sanctus Benedictus

    Choir: Cappella Nova. Conductor: Alan Tavener.
    • ASV.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, "Path茅tique" (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 & The Nightingale.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 102.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de nuit, Op. 15 No. 1

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Estrellita.
    • BIS.
    • 11.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Macbeth: Prelude

    Orchestra: The English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in C major TWV.55:C3 'Hamburger Ebbe und Fluth'

    Ensemble: Zefiro.
    • Ambroisie.

  • Richard Strauss

    Allerseelen (8 Lieder aus Letzte Bl盲tter Op.10)

    Singer: Diana Damrau. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Richard Strauss: Orchestral Songs, Diana Damrau/Christian Thielemann.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No 7 in F minor (3rd mvmt, Scherzo)

    Orchestra: Berlin Chamber Symphony Ensemble. Conductor: J眉rgen Bruns.
    • Dreyer Gaido.

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