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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 24 Jun 202307:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Euryanthe (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • German Operetta Overtures: Academy of St Martin in the Fields/Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Charles Aznavour

    Les Deux Guitares

    Singer: Charles Aznavour.
    • Polygram.

  • Édouard Lalo

    Guitare, Op.28

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Hyperion.

  • Norbert Glanzberg

    Padam... padam...

    Singer: Édith Piaf.
    • FOREIGN MEDIA MUSIC.

  • Alessandro Stradella

    Sinfonia no.8 in A minor

    Orchestra: Ensemble Arte Musica. Conductor: Francesco Cera.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse Macabre Op.40

    Performer: Andrés Cárdenes. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Tone Poems: Pittsburgh Symphony/Maazel.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Adrianne Lenker

    Zombie Girl

    Performer: Adrianne Lenker.
    • 4AD.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in C major, K.545 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Ave Maria

    Singer: Ryan French. Choir: VocalEssence Chorus. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • Got the Saint Louis Blues.
    • Clarion.
    • 011.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)

    Conductor: Georg Solti. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: 1812/Romeo & Juliet/Nutcracker Suite: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/So.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Brian Eno

    Emerald and Stone

    Composer: Jon Hopkins. Composer: Leo Abrahams. Performer: Brian Eno. Performer: Jon Hopkins. Performer: Leo Abrahams.
    • Warp Records.

  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Op. 3

    Conductor: Grant Llewellyn. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Butterworth: The Banks of Green Willow; A Shropshire Lad/ /McGunn: The Land of t.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sing Gently

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No.3 in A minor

    Performer: Anne Queffélec.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.

  • Moondog

    New Amsterdam

    Music Arranger: Raaf Hekkema. Ensemble: Calefax.
    • Moondog: New Amsterdam.
    • Pentatone.
    • 101.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: European Film Philharmonia Studio Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Alberto Ginastera

    Harp Concerto, Op.25 (3rd movement: Vivace)

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bertrand de Billy.
    • RCA.

  • Max Richter

    Sketchbook

    Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Max Richter: Memoryhouse.
    • Late Junction.
    • 8.

  • John Luther Adams

    Sky With Endless Stars

    Performer: Oliver Coates.
    • Rvng. Intl..

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Céphale et Procris (Overture)

    Ensemble: Musica Fiorita. Director: Daniela Dolci.
    • La Guerre: Protégée of the Sun King.
    • ORF.
    • 001.

  • Graeme Miles

    A Great Northern River

    Ensemble: The Unthanks.
    • Rabble Rouser Music.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Les Biches - suite: Rag-mazurka

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Sat 24 Jun 202307:00
    BBC Radio 3