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Classical sunrise

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]. To listen on most smart speakers just say "Ask BBC Sounds to play Breakfast.”

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Tue 4 Feb 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Max Bruch

    String Quintet in E flat major (3rd mvmt, Andante con moto)

    Ensemble: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players.
    • ALPHA.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    De profundis (De profundis clamavi ad te Domine no.6)

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Edward MacDowell

    Suite No. 2 (Indian), Op. 48: Love Song

    Orchestra: Filharmonie Bohuslava Martinů Zlín. Conductor: Charles Johnson.
    • Orchestral Music of Edward MacDowell.
    • Albany Records.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Forlana (5 Bagatelles Op.23)

    Music Arranger: Lawrence Ashmore. Performer: Robert Plane. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Finzi: Clarinet Concerto, Five Bagatelles: Robert Plane, Northern Sinfonia.
    • Naxos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo concertante in B flat major K.269

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • Pentatone.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Polyphony. Director: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor: Homages.
    • Decca.
    • 009.

  • Peter Warlock

    Pieds en l'air (Capriol suite)

    Orchestra: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Marianna Martines

    Harpsichord Concerto in E major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Ensemble: La Floridiana.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • George Enescu

    Concertstucke

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Frank Dupree.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Valse des rayons (Le papillon)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Famous Waltzes.
    • DECCA.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: IV. Allegro con brio

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lahav Shani.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 & Piano Concerto No. 4.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Richard Strauss

    Morgen (4 Lieder Op.27)

    Singer: Kateřina Kněžíková. Performer: Jakub Hrůša.
    • Supraphon.

  • Pierre-Gabriel Buffardin

    Flute Concerto a 5 in E minor

    Performer: Wilbert Hazelzet. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln.
    • DG Archiv.

  • Robert Schumann

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105: II. Allegretto

    Performer: Alina Imbragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Schumann: Violin Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Max Reger

    10 Gesänge, Op. 83: No. 9, Abschied

    Choir: Ensemble Vocapella Limburg. Conductor: Tristan Meister.
    • Reger: The Works for Men's Choir, Vol. 2.
    • Rondeau.
    • 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major, D 803 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.
    • The Fibonacci Sequence - Schubert Octet.
    • Deux-Elles.
    • 3.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered.
    • Azica Records.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez, 1st mvt

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony. Conductor: Delyana Lazarova.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor, Op 1 - Movement 1: Vivace

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Rachmaninov The piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion Records Limited,Hyperion Records Limited.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Rigaudon (Holberg Suite, Op 40)

    Ensemble: Philharmonische Virtuosen Berlin.
    • Grieg: Holberg Suite/Tchaikovsky: Serenade: Philharmonische Virtuosen Berlin.
    • Teldec.
    • 9.

  • Mason Bates

    Die Lorelei (Sirens, No 2)

    Choir: Chanticleer.
    • Platoon.

  • Josef Rheinberger

    Suite for violin, cello and organ, Op 149 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Christopher Herrick. Performer: Paul Barritt. Performer: Richard Lester.
    • Suites for organ, violin & cello Op 149 and six pieces for violin & organ Op150.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tue 4 Feb 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3