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Classical music to set you up for the day

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 28 Dec 202306:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasy Piece, Op 73 No 1

    Performer: Eduard Brunner. Performer: Robert Levin.
    • ECM.

  • Michael Praetorius

    Resonet in laudibus

    Music Arranger: Herbert Birtner. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Performer: Christopher Herrick. Director: Simon Preston.
    • Christmas at Westminster Abbey.
    • Universal.
    • 8.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    December (The Year)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • SONY BMG.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Introduction & Fandango (arr for guitar quartet)

    Music Arranger: Jeremy Sparks. Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
    • Dances Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg variations BWV.988: Var. 29; 30 Quodlibet; Aria da capo

    Music Arranger: Chad Kelly. Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • J.S. Bach - Goldberg Variations Reimagined.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Jules Massenet

    Meditation (Thaïs)

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Nigel Kennedy's Greatest Hits.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Heikki Sarmanto

    Hanget soi (The singing snow)

    Lyricist: Eino Leino. Choir: Tapiolan kuoro. Performer: Teppo Koivisto. Director: Erkki Pohjola.
    • Songs Building Bridges.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
    • 28.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.1 in C major H.7b.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Pentatone.

  • Richard Strauss

    Traumlicht (3 Choruses for Men's Voices)

    Choir: The King’s Singers.
    • Romance Du Soir.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 13.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 3 in F major, Op 90 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms - Symphony No.3 - Alto Rhapsody.
    • Philips.
    • 3.

  • Vince Guaraldi

    Skating (A Charlie Brown Christmas)

    Ensemble: Vince Guaraldi Trio.
    • Craft Recordings.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Winter Fairy (Cinderella)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major K.581 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 3.

  • Léo Delibes

    Lesquercarde (Le Roi s'amuse)

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Léo Delibes

    Madrigal (Le Roi s'amuse)

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Léo Delibes

    Passepied (Le Roi s'amuse)

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.

  • John Williams

    The Raiders' March (Raiders of the Lost Ark)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • John Williams: Greatest Hits 1969-1999.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    The Nightwatchman: Retirada

    Performer: Katherine McGillivray. Performer: Rachel Byrt. Ensemble: Purcell Quartet.
    • Biber: Sacro-Profanum: The Purcell Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Op.26

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 5.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Trad.

    Personent Hodie

    Music Arranger: Gustav Holst. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Performer: David Goode. Director: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Judith Weir

    Holy Innocents

    Performer: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Blossom Street. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.
    • This Day.
    • Naxos.
    • 201.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances - Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances.
    • HMV.
    • 8.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Morpheus

    Performer: Philip Dukes. Performer: Sophia Rahman.
    • Naxos.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Constantin Silvestri.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in C major Op.5`1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Miroslav Vilímec. Orchestra: Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: František Preisler.
    • Saint-George: Complete violin concertos, Vol.3.
    • AVENIRA.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Thu 28 Dec 202306:30
    BBC Radio 3