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Your classical weekend

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 16 Sep 202307:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Tale of the Stone Flower Op.118 (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Neeme Jarvi: Highlights from a 30-Year Recording Career.
    • Chandos.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi

    Ensemble: Arioso Quartett Wien.
    • Encores.
    • Gramola Records.
    • 109.

  • Hubert Giraud

    Sous le ciel de Paris

    Composer: Jean Dréjac. Singer: Juliette Gréco.
    • Cafe Paris.
    • Cafe.
    • 23.

  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris (excerpt)

    Music Arranger: Franck Villard. Performer: Michel Lethiec. Orchestra: Jyväskylä Sinfonia. Conductor: Patrick Gallois.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto no.2 in E major BWV.1042 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Cecilia Bernardini. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • Linn Records.
    • 104.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    The Coronation of Poppea (Act 3: "Pur ti miro")

    Singer: Arleen Augér. Singer: Della Jones. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 37.

  • Pino Donaggio

    Don't Look Now; I Colori Di Dicembre - Laura's Theme: The Last Farewell

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 4 in E-Flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Maag.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos / Haydn: Horn Concerto No.1.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No 2 in E flat major (Three Nocturnes, Op 9)

    Performer: Ji Liu.
    • Ji Liu: Piano Reflections.
    • CLASSIC FM.
    • 2.

  • Douglas Dare

    Red Arrows

    Performer: Douglas Dare.
    • Milkteeth.
    • ERASED TAPES RECORDS LTD.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Gondoliers (Overture)

    Orchestra: D’Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce‐Jones.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 9.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quintet, Op 4 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Beethoven: String Quintets Op.4 & 29: The Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Claude Debussy

    Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Edward Elgar

    Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma": Variation VII. Troyte

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Elgar: Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • Joseph Shabalala

    Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain

    Ensemble: Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
    • Shaka Zulu.
    • Warner Records.
    • 9.

  • Traditional Finland

    Piupali Paupali

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Music Arranger: Nico Muhly. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.

  • Robert Schumann

    Kind im Einschlummern (Kinderszenen, Op 15)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Kinderszenen / Kreisleriana.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1-13.

  • Anoushka Shankar

    Daydreaming

    Performer: Nils Frahm. Performer: Anoushka Shankar. Performer: Anoushka Shankar.
    • Chapter I: Forever, For Now.
    • Leiter.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet in F minor, Op.2 (2nd mvt: Andante con moto)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Sat 16 Sep 202307:00
    BBC Radio 3