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Daybreak classics

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

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Tue 10 Sep 202406:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Fantazia no.5 in B flat major Z.736

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Henry Purcell The Complete Fantazias Fretwork.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 11.

  • Clara Schumann

    Abendfeier in Venedig (3 Part-songs)

    Ensemble: Studio Vocale Karlsruhe. Conductor: Werner Pfaff.
    • Schumann - Die Chorwerke Vol. 2.
    • EBS.
    • 1.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Gurrelieder, Part One: Orchestral Prelude

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Simon Rattle Edition: The Second Viennese School.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Iain Farrington

    Animal Parade (Alley Cats)

    Performer: Timothy End. Ensemble: Ferio Saxophone Quartet.
    • Evoke.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 11.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite in A minor, BWV 818a (V: Allemande; VI: Gigue)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Bach Tharaud.
    • Erato.
    • 9-10.

  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Performer: John Scott.
    • PRIORY.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Courtly Dances (Gloriana)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Benjamin Britten: Works for Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in E major, Op.1`2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Lynn Harrell. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • EMI.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Rondeau (Les biches)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Paris 1920: Orchestre de Paris/Semyon Bychkov.
    • Philips.
    • 2.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet in G Major: II. Andante moderato - Allegretto

    Performer: Pacifica Quartet.
    • American Voices.
    • Cedille Records.
    • 106.

  • Alexander Goehr

    Air

    • Alexander Goehr: Symmetry Disorders Reach.
    • wergo.
    • 12.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    O sacrum convivium

    Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Choir: Danish National Concert Choir. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • OUR Recordings.

  • Catharina Josepha Pratten

    Forgotten (Impromptu)

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.
    • Delphian.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Alpha.

  • Manecas Costa

    Paraiso di Gumbe

  • Jean Sibelius

    Impromptu in B minor, Op. 5/5

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in E major, Wq 182 No 6

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.

  • Traditional Mozambique

    Elisa gomara saia [Elisa Wants to Leave]

    Performer: Daria Spiridonova. Music Arranger: Daria Spiridonova.
    • Songs From There.
    • Fineline.
    • 26.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Foxtrot (Suite for Jazz Band no.1)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Nagim Mendygaliyev

    Legend of Dombra

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Let thy hand be strengthened, HWV 259

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Trio in A minor: IV - Final. Anime

    Ensemble: Trio Karénine.
    • Mirare.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La forza del destino (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Verdi: Overtures and Preludes: Muti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 4 in D Major. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Rachmaninoff: Preludes, Op. 23 & 32.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Whither must I wander; Bright is the ring of words (Songs of Travel)

    Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Tango Suite (Tango no.2)

    Performer: Patrick Gallois. Performer: Göran Söllscher.
    • Piazzolla for Two - Tangos for Flute & Guitar: Patrick Gallois, Goran Sollscher.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    March in D major, K 189

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Mozart: A Festival of Mozart: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Sep 202406:30
    BBC Radio 3