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Boost your morning with classical

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

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2 hours, 30 minutes

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Fri 19 Jan 202406:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Choir: Elora Festival Singers. Conductor: Noel Edison.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata no.2 in D major

    Performer: Florence Malgoire. Ensemble: Les Dominos.
    • RICERCAR.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.2 in A major Op.16 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Brahsm: Serenades No. 1 and No. 2.
    • Telarc.
    • 11.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor, BWV 891 (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 19.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Swan of Tuonela (Leminkainen Suite, Op 22)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Alexander Tsfasman

    Snowflakes (Jazz Suite)

    Performer: Alexander Tsfasman. Orchestra: Grand Symphony Orchestra of All-Union National Radio Service. Conductor: Yuri Silantyev.
    • Alexander Tsfasman.
    • Melodiya.
    • 2.

  • Raimbaut de Vaqueiras

    Estampie ancienne, 'Kalenda Maya'

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.

  • William Walton

    Touch her soft lips, and part (Henry V Suite)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • DECCA.

  • Louis Spohr

    Nonet in F major Op.31 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Young Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.

  • Caterina Assandra

    Ave verum corpus

    Performer: Mechthild Winter.
    • O Dulcis Amor - La Villanella Basel.
    • Ramee.
    • 2.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Double Oboe Concerto in C major, Op 7 No 11

    Performer: Heinz Holliger. Performer: Hans Elhorst. Orchestra: Camerata Bern.
    • Albinoni: Concerti per oboe: Holliger/Elhorst/Camerata Bern.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 13.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Songs of Travel: 7. Whither Must I wander?

    Performer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • DG.

  • FRIDAY POEM

    Those Winter Sundays by Robert Haydn, read by Sharon Olds

  • Frédéric Chopin

    24 Preludes Op.28 (no.4 in E minor)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes Scherzo NR. 2 - Martha Argerich.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 4.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Bagatelle No 3, 'Carol', for clarinet and piano, Op 23

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.39 in E flat major K.543 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 7.

  • Gerard Schurmann

    Claretta Suite: Waltz

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Gerard Schurmann.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quintet in F minor, Op 34 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Rudolf Serkin. Orchestra: Budapest String Quartet.
    • Great Performances The Budapest String Quartet / Rudolf Serkin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • François Couperin

    Le Tic-Toc-Choc (Ordre no.18)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud - Autograph.
    • Erato.
    • 13.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    España

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • Paray Conducts Chabrier & Roussel.
    • Mercury.
    • 1.

  • Roderick Williams

    Let nothing trouble you

    Choir: Old Royal Naval College Trinity Laban Chapel Choir. Conductor: Jonathan Eyre.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Ensemble: Kongelige norske marines musikkorps. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grainger: Complete Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in E flat major H.16.52 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Rafał Blechacz.
    • Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart: Sonatas: Rafal Blechacz.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Sigmund Romberg

    The Student Prince : Act 1 Drinking Song

    Singer: José Carreras. Orchestra: The London Musicians Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Lee.
    • The José Carreras Collection.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 24.

Broadcast

  • Fri 19 Jan 202406:30
    BBC Radio 3