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Friday - Hannah's classical alternative

Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and the Friday poem.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

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Fri 12 Aug 202206:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran partita": III. Adagio

    Performer: Mark Simpson. Performer: Fraser Langton. Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Emma Fielding. Performer: Amy Harman. Performer: Dom Tyler. Performer: Angela Barnes. Performer: David Stark. Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: James Pillai. Performer: Fabian van de Geest.
    • Mark Simpson: Geysir - Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran par.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 203.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in A (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Tanguy de Williencourt.
    • A concert at the time of Proust.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.

  • Josquin des Prez

    Qui habitat in adjutorio Altissimi

    Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Director: Paul Van Nevel.
    • Utopia Triumphans.
    • Sony.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Oboe Concerto in F Major, BWV 1053a (Allegro)

    Performer: Marcel Ponseele. Ensemble: Il Gardellino.
    • Bach: Oboe Concertos.
    • Accent.
    • 01.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Violin Sonata No 5 in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lina Tur Bonet. Ensemble: Musica Alchemica.
    • Glossa.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sinfonia concertante in B flat major H.1.105 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Performer: Eugene Asti.
    • The Exquisite Hour.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 009.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No.13 in A minor, D.804 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Protean Quartet.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Concerto Grosso (4th mvt)

    Performer: Tai Murray. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Chi-Chi Nwanoku. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • Spark Catchers.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 104.

  • Trad.

    Nu rinder solen opp [Behold, the dawning sun]

    Music Arranger: Linn Andrea Fuglseth. Ensemble: Trio Mediæval.
    • 2L.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.5 in E flat major Op.82 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • Decca.

  • Andrew Keeling

    Northern Soul: Walk 1

    Performer: Gawain Glenton. Ensemble: In Echo.
    • Music in a Cold Climate: Sounds of Hansa Europe.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 13.

  • FRIDAY POEM

    "Midsummer Tobago" by Derek Walcott, Read by Josette Simon

  • Clive Zanda

    Caribbean Lullaby

    Performer: Mike Georges. Performer: Toby Tobas.
    • BEAR FAMILY.

  • George Frideric Handel

    O ruddier than the cherry (Acis and Galatea)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Polka (from Two Pieces for String Quartet (Elegy & Polka), Op. 36a)

    Performer: Fitzwilliam String Quartet. Performer: Ioan Davies.
    • DECCA.

  • John Dowland

    Time stands still in gazing on her face

    Music Arranger: Nico Muhly. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • DG.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Handel Variations.
    • Ondine.
    • 3.

  • W.C. Handy

    St Louis Blues

    Performer: Louis Armstrong.
    • Louis Armstrong And His Orchestra Selected Hits Vol. 6.
    • Charly Records.
    • 9.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

    Music Arranger: Georges Cziffra. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - Fantasia.
    • DG.
    • 10.

  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint: II. Slow

    Performer: Pat Metheny.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mentre dormi, Amor fomenti (L'Olimpiade RV.725)

    Singer: Lea Desandre. Ensemble: Jupiter. Director: Thomas Dunford.
    • Alpha.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in E minor, Op 59 No 2 'Razumovsky' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.
    • Warner Classics and Jazz.

  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Robertson.
    • The Gershwin Moment.
    • Myrios Classics.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Fri 12 Aug 202206:30
    BBC Radio 3