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Classical music to start the day

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to [email protected].

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Wed 8 Jan 202506:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Blasius Amon

    Miserere mei Deus

    Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Franz Schubert

    Divertissement sur des motifs originaux francais in E minor

    Performer: Benjamin Britten. Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.
    • DECCA.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Largo (2nd movement) from Violin Concerto in A major, Op.5 no.2

    Performer: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow. Orchestra: Orchestre Bernard Thomas.
    • Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos.
    • ARION.
    • 005.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, joy of man's desiring (Cantata No.147)

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'Amour

    Music Arranger: Julian Milone. Performer: Natalie Clein. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto: Natalie Clein.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Trio Sonata no.4 in G minor

    Ensemble: Musica Fiorita. Director: Daniela Dolci.
    • PAN CLASSICS.

  • Scott Joplin

    Weeping willow

    Performer: Dick Hyman.
    • Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
    • RCA.
    • 013.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia, Op. 70

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • RCA.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane, Op 50

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bizet, Faure, Ibert, Ravel: City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 5.

  • Lowell Mason

    Nearer my God to thee

    Music Arranger: Chris Hazell. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Nino Rota

    Harp Concerto, II. Andante

    Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Adrien Perruchon.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Mass in D: VI. Agnus Dei

    Singer: Susanna Hurrell. Singer: Catriona Morison. Singer: Ben Johnson. Singer: Duncan Rock. Choir: BBC Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Mendelssohn & Shostakovich: Violin Concertos: Hilary Hahn.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quintet in E-Flat Major, Op. 44: II. In modo d'una marcia. Un poco l argamente

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Ensemble: Artemis Quartet.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • George Gershwin

    Porgy Sings (Catfish Row Suite from Porgy and Bess)

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Gershwin: Catfish Row: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Slatkin.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • George Butterworth

    Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • George Butterworth, Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Williams / Burnside.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Tarantelle Op.6

    Performer: Susan Milan. Performer: James Campbell. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Saint-Saëns: Africa.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 8.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Sonata in G Major, K. 379 - I. Adagio

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Kit Armstrong.
    • Mozart: Sonatas for Piano & Violin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 58.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence, Op 70 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Ensemble: Moritzburg Festival Ensemble.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: James McVinnie.
    • Pentatone.

  • Hubert Parry

    I was glad

    Performer: Timothy Byram-Wigfield. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Choir: Waynflete Singers. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Jerusalem: Winchester Cathedral Choir/Waynflete Singers/Bournemouth SO/Hill.
    • Argo.
    • 1.

  • Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel

    Piano Trio in C Major III. Rondo. Vivace

    Ensemble: London Fortepiano Trio.
    • CPO.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The cat does not give up catching mice (Coffee Cantata, BWV.211)

    Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau. Singer: Júlia Várady. Singer: Aldo Baldin. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Phillips.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Mazurka (Masquerade Suite)

    Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin.
    • BMG.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Long Road for chorus

    Ensemble: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Passion and Resurrection.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Wed 8 Jan 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3