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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. Email your requests to [email protected]

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Thu 2 May 202406:30
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Music Played

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Légende, Op 17

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Piers Lane. Music Arranger: August Wilhelmj.
    • EMI.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629, Act V: The Plaint. "O Let Me Ever, Ever Weep"

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Singer: Raquel Andueza. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Music for a While - Improvisations on Purcell.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 15.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 8 In D Flat - Op. 27 No. 2

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Nocturnes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto [fragment] in D major, BWV.1045

    Performer: Natsumi Wakamatsu. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J.S.Bach: Cantatas: BCJ, Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 8 in G major, Op. 30 No. 3 - 1st Mvt - Allegro Assai

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Performer: Alasdair Beatson.
    • Signum.

  • Franz Danzi

    Wind Quintet, Op. 68 - No. 2 in F major - i. Allegro

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • Danzi / Lachner: Wind Quintets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sinfonia, 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' (Solomon)

    Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Director: Simon Standage.
    • Handel and the Oratorio for Concerts.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 29.

  • Claude Debussy

    Fantasie for piano and orchestra (iii. Allegro molto)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.

  • Edvard Grieg

    In The Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Op.23)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17 - II Waltz

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Performer: Sergei Babayan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D minor, Op 103 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Edding Quartet.
    • Etcetera.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Una Limosna por el amor de Dios

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Milos Karadaglic: Latino.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 20.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade in E minor for strings, Op 20 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Herman Bellstedt

    Napoli

    Performer: Roger Webster. Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas J Childs.
    • Essential Dyke Vol. III: Black Dyke Band, Nicholas J Childs.
    • Doyen.
    • 3.

  • John Dowland

    Time stands still in gazing on her face

    Music Arranger: Nico Muhly. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • DG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543 - II Andante con moto

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg.
    • Sony.

  • Henriëtte Bosmans

    Nuit Calme

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Sony.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 (Scherzo)

    Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs‐Élysées. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream: Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Rita - "Allegro io son"

    Lyricist: Gustave Vaëz. Singer: Juan Diego Flórez. Conductor: Riccardo Frizza. Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi.
    • Juan Diego Flórez - Una Furtiva Lagrima: Donizetti & Bellini Arias.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Deep river (24 Folk melodies Op.59)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Quartet in B flat, Op.41 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble.
    • Saint-Saens/Chausson: Piano Quartets - Schubert Ensemble.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Onyx.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzi, Op. 117 - No. 3 in C# minor, Andante con moto

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (Tales of Hoffmann)

    Singer: Fatma Said. Singer: Marianne Crebassa. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sascha Goetzel.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 5 in E flat (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Alpha.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 May 202406:30
    BBC Radio 3