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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 4 Feb 202407:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne

    Music Arranger: Chris Hazell. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.
    • Decca.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Quintet in E flat major Op.16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Les Vents Français - Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri Op.70

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Elgar: Elgar's Music in Wartime: BBC Concert Orchestra/John Wilson.
    • Somm.
    • 3.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    In the Bottoms: Barcarolle (Morning)

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano.
    • Albany Records.
    • 27.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.
    • Deutsche Grammophon 479 5524.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur (Overture)

    Ensemble: Barokopera Amsterdam. Director: Frédérique Chauvet.
    • Ligia.

  • John Ireland

    When daffodils begin to peer (Songs of a Wayfarer)

    Singer: Mark Stone. Performer: Sholto Kynoch.
    • Stone Records.

  • Samuel Sebastian Wesley

    O thou who camest from above

    Conductor: Christopher Eastwood. Choir: The Choir of Lincoln College Oxford. Performer: Christopher Bucknall.
    • Love Divine - Choral Music by Wesley, Handel, Bach.
    • Guild GmbH.
    • 11.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo concertante in B flat major K.269 (K.261a)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.
    • Dance!.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Slow and quiet (Nocturnal after John Dowland)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Dreams and Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 27.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.3 in G major BWV.1048 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Six Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Linn.
    • 8.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Spring song Op.16 for orchestra

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • DG.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Piano Trio no.1 in G minor Op.11 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • A Room of Her Own.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Dolce Cantavi

    Performer: TENET.
    • The Secret Lovers.
    • Avie.
    • 13.

  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Once upon a time in the West (Final Duel)

    • Once Upon a Time in the West (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Remastered].
    • RCA.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Sonata da camera in D minor Op.6 no.12 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Performer: Giangiacomo Pinardi.
    • BBC recording.

  • Richard Strauss

    Violin Concerto in D minor Op.8 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • Strauss: Violin Concerto.
    • Angel Records.
    • 3.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 4 [1608 no.3]

    Ensemble: Berlin Brass.
    • Gabrieli: Music for Brass and Organ.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 07.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major Op.90 'Italian' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos.3 & 4: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Harnoncourt.
    • Teldec.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Sun 4 Feb 202407:00
    BBC Radio 3