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Ease into the day with classical music

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 25 Sep 202406:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Léo Delibes

    Waltz (Coppelia)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Bru Zane.

  • James MacMillan

    Children are a heritage of the Lord

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Good night, beloved.
    • Coro.
    • 4.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Quintet Op.16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Cigleris. Performer: Gareth Hulse. Performer: John Mills. Performer: Lydia Lowndes-Northcott. Performer: Božidar Vukotić.
    • Gipps: Clarinet Chamber Music.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 302.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto no.7 in G minor BWV.1058

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Bach: Keyboard Concertos Nos. 3,5,6,7: Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.8 in B minor D.759 'Unfinished' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished" & Symphony No. 9 in C M.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 501.

  • Amy Beach

    Berceuse (3 Pieces Op.40)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Children's Cello.
    • BIS.
    • 17.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake - ballet Op.20 (Act 2 no.14, Scène in B minor)

    Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 4.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto no.1 in F minor Op.73 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jörg Widmann. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Peter Ruzicka.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K. 622 - Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 - Widmann: Dr.
    • Orfeo.
    • 301.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soave sia il vento (Così fan tutte)

    Singer: Miah Persson. Singer: Christine Rice. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Tutto Mozart!: Bryn Terfel/Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Trio in E minor Op.90 'Dumky' (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Dvořák: Piano Trios, Op. 65 & 90.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and fugue no.1 in C major Op.87 no.1

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 6 No. 7, HWV 325

    Orchestra: Academy for Early Music, Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.
    • Handel: 12 Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 7-12.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 105.

  • Hubert Parry

    I Was Glad

    Music Arranger: John Rutter. Choir: The King’s Scholars of Westminster School. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Choir: Choir of the Chapel Royal. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Choir: Chapel Choir of Methodist College, Belfast. Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Performer: Peter Holder. Ensemble: Fanfare Trumpeters of the Royal Air Force. Orchestra: Coronation Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • The Official Album of The Coronation: The Service.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C major H.16.10

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol. 8.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Céphale et Procris (Overture)

    Orchestra: Concerto Köln.
    • Coviello Classics.

  • Adrian Sutton

    Polperro Beach (5 Miniatures)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Charlie Harmon. Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Bernstein: Marin Alsop's Complete Naxos Recordings.
    • Naxos.
    • 22.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Septet in D minor Op.74 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • CRD.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Take, O Take Those Lips Away

    Orchestrator: Roderick Williams. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • A Shropshire Lad: English Songs Orchestrated by Roderick Williams.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 18.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.6 in F major Op.68, 'Pastoral' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6: Tonhalle Orchestra, Zinman.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 5.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances Op.11 (no.3 in A flat major)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Romance – The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in C minor RV.480 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Orchestra: L'Aura Soave Cremona.
    • Naive.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Vertigo Suite (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Herrmann - The Film Scores.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.

  • Ivo Antognini

    Hope is the thing with feathers

    Lyricist: Emily Dickinson. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major D.667 'Trout' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Menahem Pressler. Performer: Benjamin Berlioz. Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Menahem Pressler - a 90th Birthday Celebration.
    • Erato.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Wed 25 Sep 202406:30
    BBC Radio 3