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Wednesday - Hannah's classical alternative

Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

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Wed 14 Sep 202206:30
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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Serenade in C major Op.48 (Elégie)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade For Strings / Elgar: Introduction & Allegro / Wolf: Italia.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op 5 No 2 (2nd mvt, Aria con espressione)

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath.
    • Montgeroult: Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Grand Piano.

  • Reena Esmail

    Varsha

    Performer: Claire Bryant.
    • Whole Heart.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 arr Avital (1st mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Shalev Ad-El. Performer: Ophira Zakai. Performer: Ira Givol. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Avi Avital Bach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Four Last Songs

    Orchestrator: Anthony Payne. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

  • George Gershwin

    I Loves You Porgy (Porgy and Bess)

    Performer: Wayne Marshall.
    • A Gershwin Songbook & Improvisations.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 5.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Symphony No.8 in A major; 3rd mvt Minuetto con molto & Trio

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Contemporaries of Mozart.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 07.

  • Claude Debussy

    Par les rues et par les chemins (Iberia - 2nd mvt of Images)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Debussy: Images, Jeux, La Plus que Lente.
    • SFS media.
    • 2.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Rondo in E major H. 274 Wq58/3

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • C.P.E. Bach: Sonatas & Rondos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Britten Sinfonia, Scott David Stroman & Alison Balsom

    On the Town, Act 1: Lonely Town. Pas de deux

    • Quiet City.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Trad.

    Thalassa lypisou

    Singer: Katerina Papadopoulou. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin.

  • Nikos Skalkottas

    The Sea: vi. The Dolphins

    Performer: Byron Fidetzis. Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Concerto in C Sharp Minor Op.45 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Hyperion.

  • Wilhelm Kaiser-Lindemann

    Bossa-Nova-Philharmonica

    Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • South American Getaway.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Impromptu in A flat major, Op 29

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes and Impromptus: Angela Hewitt, piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Henry Mancini

    Moon River

    Performer: Audrey Hepburn.
    • Milan.

  • Percy Grainger

    Spoon River

    Orchestra: Kongelige norske marines musikkorps. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grainger: Complete Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.

  • Ketil Bjørnstad

    Til deg, du hei og bleike myr

    Music Arranger: Ingunn Solem. Performer: Marianne Husby Berg. Choir: Vokal Vivo.
    • Det stig av hav eit alveland.
    • Grong Musikkproduksjon.
    • 1.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op.40 (Rigaudon)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Holberg Suite/Tchaikovsky: String Serenade: Orheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin Op.15`2

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo capriccio in G major Op.129 'Rage over a Lost Penny'

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Oblivion - Tango

    Music Arranger: Gwen Cresens. Performer: Gwen Cresens. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Diego Matheuz.
    • Piazzola.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.

  • William Byrd

    Vigilate

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Signum.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major

    Performer: Raffaele La Ragione. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Francesco Corti.
    • Mandolin on Stage.
    • Arcana.
    • 3-5.

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Sep 202206:30
    BBC Radio 3