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Lazy classical Sunday

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of Sunday morning. Email [email protected]

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Christmas Eve 202307:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Franz Xaver Gruber

    Silent Night

    Music Arranger: John Rutter. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Daniel Hyde.
    • Rutter: Orchestral Carols.
    • Kings College Cambridge.

  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Concerto grosso con una pastorale per il Ss Natale Op.8`6

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Christmas Concertos: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Teldec.
    • 10-12.

  • Joseph Key

    Come Celebrate th' Auspicious Morn 'A Carol'

    Singer: Philippa Hyde. Choir: Psalmody. Orchestra: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Peter Holman.
    • Nativity: Christmas Music from Georgian England (English Orpheus 49).
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Claude Debussy

    The Snow is Dancing (Children's Corner)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski.
    • Debussy: Images/Children's Corner etc: Simon Trpceski.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Leopold Mozart

    A musical sleigh ride

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • The Night Before Christmas.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Peter Warlock

    Lullaby my Jesus

    Music Arranger: Andrew Carter. Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • O magnum misterium: 20th Century Christmas Carols.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Christmas Eve Suite (ending)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Suites.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wer bist du? frage dein Gewissen (Cantata BWV.132)

    Performer: Frank Wakelkamp. Singer: Bas Ramselaar. Orchestra: Netherlands Bach Collegium. Conductor: Pieter Jan Leusink.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.

  • Trad.

    Christmas Eve Reel, Christmas in America, Old Christmas Eve

    Music Arranger: Jeannette Sorrell. Ensemble: Apollo’s Fire.
    • Christmas on Sugarloaf Mountain.
    • Avie.
    • 001.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (extract)

    Performer: Music Box.
    • Bornand Music Box Medley of 10 Christmas Songs.
    • Bornand Music Box Record Company.

  • Malcolm Hawkins

    Jubal

    Choir: Godwine Choir. Performer: Ieuan Jones. Choir: Godwine Choir. Performer: Ieuan Jones. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • Claudio contemporary.

  • Adam Saunders

    Fairytale Sleighride

    Performer: Hallé. Conductor: Stephen Bell.
    • A Christmas Celebration.
    • Hallé.

  • Bob Chilcott

    Jesus, Springing

    Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir. Performer: Jonathan Vaughn. Conductor: Matthew Owens.
    • Chilcott: Requiem: Wells Cathedral Choir/Matthew Owens.
    • Hyperion.

  • Jean‐François Dandrieu

    Si c'est pour ôter la vie (Noëls - - 3eme fascicule)

    Music Arranger: Peter Hurford. Performer: Peter Hurford. Ensemble: Michael Laird Brass Ensemble.
    • Trumpet Voluntary: Hurford, Brass Ensemble.
    • Argo.
    • 5.

  • J. Fred Coots

    Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

    Composer: Haven Gillespie. Performer: Patricia Barber.
    • Premonition Records.

  • William Boyce

    Symphony No 4 in F major

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Boyce: Symphonies I-VIII.
    • Argo Records.
    • 4.

  • Trad.

    Past Three O Clock

    Performer: Hilary James & Simon Mayor.

  • Jakub Jan Ryba

    Czech Christmas Mass (Credo)

    Choir: Czech Philharmonic Choir, Brno. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Soloists Orchestra. Conductor: Petr Fiala.
    • Arco Diva.

  • Richard M. Sherman

    A Spoonful of Sugar (Mary Poppins)

    Composer: Robert B. Sherman. Singer: Julie Andrews. Orchestra: Studio orchestra.
    • The Magic Of Disney.
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 6.

  • Trad.

    En Belen tocan a fuego

    Ensemble: The Boston Camerata. Director: Joel Cohen.
    • Warner.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Hymn of Jesus Op.37 (conclusion)

    Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Holst: Cloud Messenger etc.: London Symphony Chorus/Orchestra/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Christmas Eve 202307:00
    BBC Radio 3