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A relaxing classical morning

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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Sun 7 Jan 202407:00
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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings Op.48 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Concertgebouw Kamerorkest. Conductor: Marco Boni.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings etc.: Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra/Boni.
    • Pentatone Classics.
    • 2.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    January and February (Das Jahr)

    Performer: Wolfram Lorenzen.
    • Troubadisc.

  • Robin Milford

    The Darkling Thrush Op.17

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet in E flat major K.452 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.
    • Mozart: Quintets: Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet/ Hough.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Peter Cornelius

    The Three Kings (Weihnachtslieder Op.8)

    Choir: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus. Singer: Gerald Finley. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Christmas With The Academy.
    • DECCA.
    • 17.

  • Duke Ellington

    Balthazar (Three Black Kings)

    Orchestra: American Composers Orchestra. Conductor: Maurice Peress.
    • Symphonic or Bust: The Orchestral Duke Ellington.
    • MusicMasters.
    • 8.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Love in Bath (Gigue)

    Orchestrator: Thomas Beecham. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • Handel: Solomon/Love in Bath: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham.
    • EMI.
    • 27.

  • Philip Stopford

    O Clap Your Hands

    Choir: Choir of St Luke's, Chelsea. Performer: Rupert Jeffcoat. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
    • Philip Stopford: Sacred Choral Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 113.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 4 'La Spiritata' [1608 no.1]

    Ensemble: Berlin Brass. Conductor: Lucas Vis.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 15 - 3rd movement, Rondo (Finale)

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Orchestra: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3: Brautigam.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Seal Lullaby

    Music Arranger: Simon Parkin. Ensemble: The Kanneh‐Masons.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    Iona Boat Song

    Singer: Moray West. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Scottish Opera.
    • Moray West.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations (Benediction)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • Linn.

  • Maurice Jarre

    Lawrence of Arabia (Rescue of Gasim and bringing Gasim into camp)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Maurice Jarre.
    • Lawrence of Arabia.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 7.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Juchhe, der Wein ist da (The Seasons: Autumn)

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • César Franck

    Symphony in D minor M.48 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • NAXOS.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus iste

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Bruckner: Mass in E minor/Motets: Polyphony/Britten Sinfonia/Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Ronald Binge

    The Water Mill

    Orchestra: Light Music Society Orchestra. Conductor: Vivian Dunn.
    • British Composers: Best of British.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 118.

Broadcast

  • Sun 7 Jan 202407:00
    BBC Radio 3