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Classical music to brighten your morning

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

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Mon 7 Oct 202406:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • John Field

    Nocturne no.18 in E major 'Le Midi'

    Performer: Finghin Collins.
    • The bright day is done.
    • Claves Records.
    • 5.

  • Garçimuñoz

    Cancionero musical de palacio: No. 429, Una montaña pasando

    Ensemble: Música Temprana. Director: Adrian Rodriguez Van der Spoel.
    • Melancolía.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Adagio Cantabile (Symphony No. 13)

    Performer: Pavel Gomziakov. Orchestra: The Gulbenkian Orchestra.
    • Onyx Classics ONYX 4151.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Harpsichord, Flute and Violin in A major, BWV.1044 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Katy Bircher. Performer: Marcin Świątkiewicz. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Bach: Double and Triple Concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 04.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B Flat Major, D 485 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Stefan Gottfried.
    • Aparté.

  • Niel Gow

    Niel Gow's lament for the death of his second wife

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike.
    • The Image Of Melancholy.
    • BIS.
    • 20.

  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux de vagues (La Mer)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.
    • Debussy - Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Teresa Carreño

    Mazurka de Salon Op.30

    Performer: Alexandra Oehler.
    • Teresa Carreno: Klavierwerke (Piano works).
    • ARS MUSICI.
    • 006.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique Op.14 (Un bal)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 11.

  • Bill Evans

    Waltz for Debby

    Performer: John Horler. Performer: Alec Dankworth. Performer: Ronnie Jones.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Piano Concerto in C-Sharp Minor, FP 146: I. Allegretto

    Performer: Romain Descharmes. Conductor: Michael Halász. Orchestra: Malmö Operaorkester.
    • Fauré & Poulenc: Works for Piano & Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.

  • Karin Rehnqvist

    I himmelen

    Choir: Copenhagen Girls Choir. Conductor: Anne-Terese Sales.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Holbrooke

    Eilean Shona

    Performer: Robert Plane. Performer: Lucy Gould. Performer: Mia Cooper. Performer: David Adams. Performer: Alice Neary.
    • Holbrooke: Clarinet Chamber Music.
    • CPO.
    • 8.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Johann Strauss II Waltzes, Polkas & Overtures.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 207.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Concertino, Op.107

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Great works for flute and orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 007.

  • Édouard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole Op.21 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Omer Meir Wellber.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto - Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 8.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • Scott Joplin

    Bethena (A Concert Waltz)

    Music Arranger: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: André Previn.
    • The Easy Winners & Other Rag-Time Music of Scott Joplin.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite

    Orchestrator: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • AVIE.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, K. 39: III. Molto allegro

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 10.
    • Chandos.
    • 108.

  • Joan Trimble

    Green Rain

    Performer: Gary Beecher. Singer: Niamh O'Sullivan.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell

    Performer: Flowers Band. Director: Paul Holland.
    • Brassed Off!.
    • The Flowers Band.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue No. 20 A minor (WTC Book 2)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Chris Thile. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Music Arranger: Yo‐Yo Ma. Music Arranger: Chris Thile. Music Arranger: Edgar Meyer.
    • Nonesuch 7559793920.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 6.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto polonois in G major

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.

Broadcast

  • Mon 7 Oct 202406:30
    BBC Radio 3