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The music of Mercury

Radio 3's classical breakfast show with Petroc Trelawny devotes its playlist to our solar system’s smallest, swiftest planet and its craters - many of which are named after artists, writers and musicians.

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  • John Eccles

    Symphony for Mercury (The Judgment of Paris)

    Performer: David Hendrey. Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.
    • Chandos.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Sextet in A major, Op.48 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Veronika Hagen. Performer: Gary Hoffman. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quintet, Op. 97 & String Sextet, Op. 48.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in D major, K 485

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Decca Eloquence.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erschallet, Trompeten! (Cantata No. 214)

    Choir: Choir of the Age of Enlightenment. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • Philips.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Mercutio (Romeo and Juliet)

    Conductor: Valery Gergiev. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Valery Gergiev, LSO.
    • LSO Live.
    • 15.

  • George Frideric Handel

    As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: Mark Padmore. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Turlough O'Carolan

    Planxty Irwin

    Performer: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
    • 26.

  • Josquin des Prez

    Je ne me puis tenir d'aimer

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Queen Mab Scherzo (Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise in A flat major, Op.53 'Heroic'

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • CBS.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Song of the Cross-spider

    Singer: Matti Salminen. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • ONDINE.

  • Claude Debussy

    Minstrels (Preludes, Bk.1)

    Music Arranger: Mstislav Rostropovich. Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Markus Becker.
    • Rostropovich Encores.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Autumn (The Four Seasons)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • VIVALDI: LE QUATTRO STAGIONI.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 7.

  • Charles Ives

    Country Band March

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Experiments on a March: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra/Rundell.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Vincenzo Galilei

    Contrapunto secondo di B.M.

    Performer: David Miller. Performer: Lynda Sayce. Performer: Erin Headley.
    • DECCA.

  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury, the Winged Messenger (The Planets, Op 32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
    • 3.

  • Franz Schubert

    Moments Musicaux in A flat major, D.780, no.6

    Performer: Andrea Lucchesini.
    • AUDITE.

  • Duke Ellington

    It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)

    Singer: Ivie Anderson. Orchestra: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.
    • ASV.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Chiome d'oro, bel tesoro

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • VIRGIN.

  • Henry Purcell

    Abdelazar (Overture)

    Orchestra: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Peter Holman.
    • Purcell: Ayres for the Theatre: Parley of Instruments, Holman.
    • Helios.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance no.2 in F major, Op.50

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Percy Grainger

    Scotch Strathspey and Reel

    Performer: Penelope Thwaites.
    • Chandos.

  • Judith Weir

    Airs From Another Planet:Strathspey & reel; Trad.air; Jig; Bagpipe air w/ drones

    Ensemble: Lontano. Conductor: Odaline de la Martínez.
    • British Women Composers Vol. 2.
    • LORELT.
    • 5-8.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words in A minor, Op 19 No 2

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Delia Derbyshire

    Planetarium

    Performer: Delia Derbyshire.
    • The Tomorrow People.
    • TRUNK RECORDS.
    • 12.

  • Justin Hurwitz

    Planetarium (La La Land)

    Performer: Justin Hurwitz. Performer: Benj Pasek. Performer: Justin Paul.
    • INTERSCOPE.

  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury, The Winged Messenger (The Planets)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.

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  • Mon 24 Sep 201806:30
    BBC Radio 3