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Saturday - Elizabeth Alker

Elizabeth Alker with her Breakfast melange of classical music, folk, found sounds and the odd Unclassified track. Start your weekend right.

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Sat 10 Dec 202207:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Waltz Suite, Op. 110: In the Palace

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Barbara

    Joyeux Noel

    Performer: Barbara.
    • Podis.

  • Claude Debussy

    The Snow is Dancing (Children's Corner)

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • BIS.

  • Charles Trenet

    Le Chanson Pour Noel

    Performer: Charles Trenet.
    • PARLOPHONE FRANCE.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in B flat major, D 28 'Sonatensatz'

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Henry Gauntlett

    Once in Royal David's City

    Performer: Peter Wimpeney. Performer: Peter Evans. Performer: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Performer: Stephen Cleobury. Lyricist: Cecil Frances Alexander.
    • EMI.

  • Erland Cooper

    Carol of Bells

    Performer: Erland Cooper.
    • MERCURY.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 26 in E flat major, K 184

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Edvard Grieg

    In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Suite No 1)

    Performer: James Rhodes. Music Arranger: Grigory Romanovich Ginzburg.
    • Bullets & Lullabies; James Rhodes.
    • Warner.
    • 5.

  • Edvard Grieg

    March of the Trolls (Lyric Pieces Op.54)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.

  • Rick Tomlinson

    Breaking Moonlight

    • The Journey.
    • Kning Disk.
    • 4.

  • Émile Waldteufel

    The Skaters Waltz

    Performer: NBC Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Arturo Toscanini.
    • RCA.

  • Vince Guaraldi

    Skating

    Ensemble: Vince Guaraldi Trio.
    • FANTASY.

  • Trad.

    Ding Dong Merrily on High!

    Performer: Taverner Players.
    • EMI.

  • Jon Hopkins

    Candles

    Performer: Jon Hopkins.
    • DOMINO.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Asturiana

    Performer: Kim Kashkashian. Performer: Robert Levin.
    • ECM.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Asturias (Suite espanolas)

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons Op.37b for piano: December (Christmas)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • HYPERION.

  • Pino Donaggio

    I Colori di Dicembere

    Performer: Studio Orchestra.
    • SILVA SCREEN.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op.3`1

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Erato.

  • William Byrd

    Christe, qui lux es et dies

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • Music for Compline.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

  • Billy Strayhorn

    Take the "A" Train

    Performer: Duke Ellington. Performer: Ray Nance.
    • Battle of the Bands.
    • BMG.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Sat 10 Dec 202207:00
    BBC Radio 3