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Classical music to brighten your morning

Hannah French 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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Wed 3 Jan 202406:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in A Flat Major, D. 899 No. 4

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Schumann: Carnaval / Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 13; Impromptu in A Flat Major.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 24.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Songs of Faith, Op. 97 - II God to the Universe

    Choir: Choir of Royal Holloway. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Balys Dvarionas

    Élégie

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • From My Home. Music from the Baltic Countries by Pärt, Tüür, Vasks....
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Cantata no.140)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Max Bruch

    Kol Nidrei

    Music Arranger: Stephan Koncz. Ensemble: Philharmonix.
    • The Vienna Berlin Music Club Volume 3.
    • Universal Music GmbH.
    • 7.

  • Trad.

    Nu rinder solen opp [Behold, the dawning sun]

    Music Arranger: Linn Andrea Fuglseth. Ensemble: Trio Mediæval.
    • 2L.

  • George Enescu

    Piano Trio no.1 in G minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Amatis Piano Trio.
    • Enescu, Ravel, Britten.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 2.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor Kk.89

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Ophira Zakai. Performer: Patrick Sepec. Performer: Yizhar Karshon.
    • Art of the Mandolin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique (A Ball)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    Lux aeterna

    Singer: Rebecca Tavener. Performer: Stephen McIntyre. Performer: Stephen McIntyre.
    • MacMillan: Consecration.
    • Linn Records.
    • 7.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence, Op.70 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Camerata de Lausanne.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Souvenir de Florence.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet: The Cleveland Orchestra, Lorin Maazel.
    • Decca.
    • 11.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Berceuse

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun dorma (Turandot)

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Choir: The John Alldis Choir. Choir: Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • DECCA.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Quartet no. 1 in E minor (From my life) - IV. Vivace

    Ensemble: Modigliani Quartet.
    • MIrare.

  • Johannes Eccard

    Maria wallt zum Heiligtum

    Lyricist: Peter von Hagen. Conductor: Owain Park. Choir: The Gesualdo Six.
    • Morning Star: Music for Epiphany Down the Ages.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in F major, Op.46 no.4

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, op.46 and op.72.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Tarantella (Suite no.2 Op.17)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Rachmaninov, Ravel, Lotslawski: Music for Two Pianos: Martha Argerich & Nelson F.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Orpheus in the Underworld, Act II Scene 2: Galop - "Can-Can"

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band.
    • 150 Years Of Black Dyke.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

  • Joseph Horovitz

    Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano: II. Lento, quasi andante

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • Michael Collins Plays British Clarinet Sonatas, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Requiem: VI. Agnus Dei

    Performer: Richard Gowers. Singer: Anita Monserrat. Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Kerensa Briggs: Requiem.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 6.

  • Claude Debussy

    L'isle joyeuse

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Debussy: Preludes 1/L'Isle Joyeuse: Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.

  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony No. 1 in C Major: IV. Allegro vivace

    Conductor: François Leleux. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1 & Symphony No. 1 - Gounod: Petite Symphonie.
    • Linn Records.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Wed 3 Jan 202406:30
    BBC Radio 3