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Your classical alarm call

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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Wed 17 Jul 202406:30
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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in A flat major, D.935 no.2

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • ECM: 4811572.
    • ECM.
    • 3.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet no.2 in A Minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 10.

  • Henry Purcell

    Hear my prayer, O Lord

    Choir: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.
    • Naked Byrd two: Armonico Consort.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1018; Mvts 2-4

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Benoît Loiselle. Performer: Luc Beauséjour.
    • Bach.
    • Analekta.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.21 in C major K.467 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Trio No 22 in D major for strings, Op 14 No 4 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.
    • Boccherini: Trio, Quartet, Quintet & Sextet for strings: Europa Galante.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 13.

  • Richard Strauss

    Romanze

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Strauss: Concertante Works.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 005.

  • Roger Quilter

    Come away, Death (Three Shakespeare Songs)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • Bryn Terfel: Silent Noon - English Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 001.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Rose Adagio (The Sleeping Beauty)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker - Highlights.
    • EMI.
    • 7.

  • Derek Bourgeois

    Serenade Op.22

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Frank Renton.
    • Classic Brass.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 4.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Fair Is The Rose

    Ensemble: The Queen’s Six.
    • Her Heavenly Harmony: Profane Music From the Royal Court.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 16.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor RV.522, Op.3`8

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • L'Estro Armonico.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
    • 4-6.

  • Peter Dickinson

    Wild Rose Rag

    Performer: Peter Dickinson.
    • Naxos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Marc Blitzstein

    I wish it so (Juno)

    Music Arranger: Eric Stern. Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Performer: Eric Stern.
    • ELEKTRA NONESUCH.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Semiramide (Overture)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Famous Italian Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Étude pathétique, Op 124

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
    • Helios.
    • 14.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Tarantelle in A minor, Op 6

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Performer: Demarre McGill. Orchestra: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Allen Tinkham.
    • Winged Creatures.
    • Cedille.
    • 301.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Happiness - Cinderella (Waltz Suite, Op.110)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Nino Rota

    The Godfather- Love theme

    Orchestra: Unnamed Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Savina.
    • Original Motion Picture Soundtrack from The Godfather.
    • MCA.
    • 7.

  • Ian Venables

    The Song of the Severn, Op.43 (Laugh and be Merry)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Graham J. Lloyd. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • The Song of the Seven.
    • Signum.
    • 4.

  • Frank Martin

    Trio on Popular Irish Melodies; 3. Gigue

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Rooted.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony (Frolicsome Finale)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten: The Young Person's Guide etc: LSO/ECO/Britten.
    • Decca.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music - suite in D major, HWV 349

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Decca.

  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Semtimental Romance in F minor, Op.28 no.2

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Nicola Eimer.

  • Thomas Tallis

    O Nata Lux

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • BBC RECORDING.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng. Performer: Michala Petri. Performer: Elisabeth Selin. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • J.S.Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos: Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 11.

Broadcast

  • Wed 17 Jul 202406:30
    BBC Radio 3