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Daybreak classics

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

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Thu 7 Dec 202306:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning Mood (Peer Gynt)

    Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grieg: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425

    Performer: Giovanni Scaramuzzino. Orchestra: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per mandolini: Europa Galante/Biondi.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 16-18.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: James Rhodes.
    • Bullets & Lullabies; James Rhodes.
    • Warner.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV.248; Opening chorus Jauchzet, frohlocket

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    March (The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite: Philharmonia/Tilson Thomas.
    • CBS.
    • 2.

  • Thomas Linley (the younger)

    The Duenna (Overture)

    Orchestra: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Paul Nicholson.
    • HELIOS.

  • Dave Brubeck

    Nocturnes: No. 11, Quiet as the Moon

    Performer: John Salmon.
    • Brubeck: Nocturnes.
    • Naxos.
    • 11.

  • Frank Bridge

    The Sea (Moonlight)

    Performer: Janice Graham. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works: Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Franz Schubert

    'Trout' Quintet in A major, D.667 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Martin Helmchen. Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Marie-Elisabeth Hecker. Performer: Alois Posch.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in C major K.373

    Music Arranger: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Sepec.
    • DG.

  • Anon English 13th Century Carol

    Lullay, Lullay, als I lay on Yoolis nicht

    Ensemble: The Telling.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un matin de printemps

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A major Kk.212

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • SONY.

  • Benjamin Britten

    War Requiem, Op. 66 - VI. Libera me: c. Let Us Sleep Now...In Paradisum

    Performer: Simon Preston. Lyricist: Wilfred Owen. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Singer: Peter Pears. Singer: Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya. Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble: Melos Ensemble. Choir: Highgate School Boys Choir. Choir: The Bach Choir. Choir: London Symphony Chorus.
    • Britten: War Requiem (2023 Remastered Version).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 19.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture, Op 96

    Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Shostakovich: Symphony no.5: Dallas Symphony Orchestra/Litton.
    • Delos.
    • 1.

  • Evelyn Glennie

    A Little Prayer

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie.
    • Rhythm Song.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 10.

  • Trad.

    Maoz Tzur

    Music Arranger: Robert Applebaum. Ensemble: Chicago a cappella.
    • Miracle of Miracles: Music for Hanukkah.
    • Cedille Records.
    • 110.

  • Salamone Rossi

    Hashirim asher lish'lomo (The Songs of Solomon): Motet Eyn kelohienu

    Ensemble: Montréal Baroque. Conductor: Eric Milnes.
    • I Mercanti di Venezia.
    • ATMA Classique.
    • 2.

  • Johannes Brahms

    4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119 - No. 1 in B Minor. Intermezzo. Adagio

    Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.
    • Brahms: 4 Piano Pieces, Op. 119: No. 1 in B Minor. Intermezzo. Adagio.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: Orchestral works including Symphony no.3, The Wasps Overture,.
    • HALLE.
    • 7.

  • John Stanley

    Trumpet Voluntary

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Newman.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Luisa Miller (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Claudio Abbado: Verdi Overtures.
    • RCA.
    • 5.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Das newgebohrne Kindelein, BuxWV 13

    Lyricist: Cyriacus Schneegaß. Orchestra: L’arpa festante. Conductor: Stephan Schreckenberger. Choir: Musica Lingua.
    • Silent Night.
    • Genuin.
    • 106.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Dec 202306:30
    BBC Radio 3