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Morning classical

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. To listen on most smart speakers just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Breakfast.”

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Mon 23 Dec 202406:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Angela Morley

    Snowride

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Naxos.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Gloria (Missa Puer natus est)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major, Op 33 No 3 'The Bird' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Six Little Preludes, BWV 933-938

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.
    • The Kreisler Album: Joshua Bell/Paul Coker.
    • Decca.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz (Eugene Onegin)

    Singer: Neil Shicoff. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Choir: St. Petersburg Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • RCA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 13, 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas: 'Moonlight'; 'Pathetique'; 'Waldstein'.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Richard Bissill

    A Christmas Carnival

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
    • A Christmas Festival.
    • Linn Records.
    • 15.

  • Clara Schumann

    Nocturne from Soirees Musicales

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.

  • Thomas Clark

    Cranbrook (While Shepherds Watched)

    Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Choir: Psalmody. Director: Peter Holman.
    • Helios.

  • Trad.

    Ashwell Carol

    Music Arranger: Andy Wareham.

  • James Lord Pierpont

    Jingle Bells

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5 in F-Sharp Minor (Version for Orchestra) [Live]

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • R. Strauss & Brahms: Orchestral Works (Live).
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 301.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltz in A major for piano duet, Op 39 No 15

    Performer: Mikhail Rudy.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Ronald Binge

    Elizabethan Serenade

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Jubilee - Sparkling Classical Gems.
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 2.

  • Lucy Walker

    We Shall Walk

    Singer: Emma Tring. Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Concerto da Chiesa (Veni, Emmanuel)

    Performer: Andrew Watkinson. Performer: Edward Roberts. Performer: Stephen Tees. Performer: Stephen Orton. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Duke Ellington

    The Nutcracker Suite; Overture

    Composer: Billy Strayhorn.

  • Jule Styne

    Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

    Lyricist: Sammy Cahn. Music Arranger: Barry Gordon. Ensemble: The Hampton String Quartet.
    • RCA.

  • William Grant Still

    Mother and Child (Suite for violin and piano)

    Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Gabriele Strata.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    North by Northwest (Overture)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Bernard Hermann: The Film Scores: Salonen, LA Phil.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.

  • Gordon Langford

    A Christmas Fantasy - medley of Christmas carols

    Ensemble: Sellers Engineering Band. Conductor: Brian Kay.
    • Chandos.
    • Chan4530.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade no. 2 in F major Op.38

    Performer: Alexander Gadjiev.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture Op.80

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • CHANNEL.

  • Frank Loesser

    Luck Be A Lady (Guys And Dolls)

    Singer: Dave Willetts. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • Silva Screen.

  • Erik Satie

    Je te veux

    Performer: Anne Queffélec.
    • ERATO.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio in C major Op.87 (4th mvt)

    Music Arranger: John P. Newhill. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Beethoven: Chamber Music for Winds.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Mon 23 Dec 202406:30
    BBC Radio 3