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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show including a Sunday morning Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape.

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Sun 5 Apr 202007:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Thomas Campion

    Never weather-beaten sail

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Anon.

    Grimstock

    Ensemble: Julian Bream Consort.
    • Fantasies, Ayres and Dances: The Julian Bream Consort.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 11.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.38 in D major, K.504 'Prague' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Mozart: Symphonies: Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Robert Schumann

    String Quartet in A minor, Op.41`1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Modigliani Quartet.
    • Schumann: String Quartets Op. 41.
    • Mirare.
    • 102.

  • John Ireland

    The Hills

    Choir: Carice Singers. Conductor: George Parris.
    • NAXOS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo in G major, Op.129, 'Rage over a lost penny'

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam.
    • Beethoven: Piano Music - Brautigam.
    • Etcetera.
    • 6.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Ma Vlast)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • SUPRAPHON.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    O soave fanciulla (La Boheme)

    Singer: Jan Peerce. Singer: Licia Albanese. Orchestra: NBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Arturo Toscanini.
    • RCA.

  • Ferde Grofé

    On the Trail (Grand Canyon Suite)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • CBS.

  • Vincent Youmans

    Tea for Two

    Music Arranger: Max Harris. Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: Stéphane Grappelli. Performer: Jan Blok. Performer: John Etheridge. Performer: Pierre Michelot. Performer: Ronnie Verrell.
    • Icon: Menuhin and Grappelli.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 211.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Nisi Dominus (Vespro della Beata Vergine)

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • C. Monteverdi : Vespro della Beata Vergine - 1610: Christina Pluhar/L'Arpeggiata.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 8.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Theme (Swan Lake)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • DG.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    The Silver Swan

    Ensemble: The Consort of Musicke. Director: Anthony Rooley.
    • WARNER.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    The Swan (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: George Ives. Performer: Leslie Pearson. Performer: Michael Reeves. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • DENON.

  • Catriona McKay

    Swan LK243

    Performer: Catriona McKay.
    • GLIMSTER.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    The Padstow Lifeboat

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Arnold on Brass.
    • Conifer.
    • 24.

  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood.
    • Hyperion.
    • 001.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    HMS Pinafore (When I was a lad)

    Lyricist: William Gilbert. Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Choir: Scottish Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Scottish Opera. Conductor: Richard Egarr.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: HMS Pinafore.
    • Linn Records.
    • 112.

  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Freddy Kempf. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Sun 5 Apr 202007:00
    BBC Radio 3