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Saturday - Elizabeth Alker

Elizabeth Alker presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring our musical Advent Calendar and listener requests.

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Sat 22 Dec 201807:00
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Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in A minor, Op 17 No 4

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Chopin: 4 Ballades.
    • Sony.
    • 9.

  • John Foster

    While shepherds watched their flocks by night

    Choir: Psalmody. Ensemble: Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.
    • While Shepherds Watched.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in B flat major, K.137

    Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg. Conductor: Sándor Végh.
    • CAPRICCIO.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Brian Eno

    An Ending (Ascent)

    • EG Records.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Clair de lune, Op 46 No 2

    Singer: José van Dam. Performer: Jean‐Philippe Collard.
    • WARNER.

  • Carl Nielsen

    An Imaginary Journey to the Faroes

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Carl Nielsen: Orchestral music: Danish National Symphony Orch/Dausgaard.
    • Dacapo.
    • 10.

  • The Unthanks

    Tar Barrel in Dale

    • single.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Frank Bridge

    Sir Roger de Coverley

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • London.

  • George Gershwin

    Lady, be Good!: I'd rather Charleston

    Performer: Fred Astaire. Performer: Adele Astaire.
    • SAVILLE.

  • Leos Janáček

    Narodil se Kristus Pan (Christ the Lord is born)

    Performer: Thomas Adès.
    • EMI.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cypress Nos. 2, 3, 9 & 11

    Ensemble: Panochovo kvarteto.
    • Supraphon.

  • Traditional Czech

    Hopsa pacholatko; Hejej, nynej

    Music Arranger: Josef Krcek. Singer: Jarmila Mihalokova. Choir: Iuventus Orchestra. Ensemble: Musica Bohemica. Conductor: Jaroslav Krček.
    • Supraphon.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op.3`1

    Performer: Alice Piérot. Performer: Christian Moreaux. Conductor: Marc Minkowski. Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3: Les Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski.
    • Erato.
    • 13-15.

  • Mannos Hadjidakis

    O tahidromos (The Postman)

    Performer: Agnes Baltsa. Performer: Kostas Papadopoulos. Orchestra: Athens Experimental Orchestra. Conductor: Stavros Xarhakos.
    • DG.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces - book 8 Op.65)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Leif Ove Andsnes: Ballad for Edvard Grieg.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia in G major BWV 572

    Ensemble: Cleveland Symphonic Winds. Conductor: Frederick Fenell.
    • TELARC.

Broadcast

  • Sat 22 Dec 201807:00
    BBC Radio 3