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Emma Clarke presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. You can contact the show by emailing [email protected]

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Sat 12 Jul 202506:30
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Music Played

  • George Butterworth

    A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.

  • John Blow

    Lovely Selina

    Singer: Tim Mead (counter-tenor); David Bates (musical direction); La Nuova Musica (ense. Conductor: David Bates. Ensemble: La Nuova Musica.
    • Beauteous Softness.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Trio No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 34: II. Tema con variazioni. Andante semplice

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • CPO.

  • Philippe Verdelot

    Beata es virgo

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Gimmel.

  • John Wilbye

    The Lady Oriana (The Triumphs of Oriana)

    Music Arranger: Mark Kroll. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • Canadian Brass: English Renaissance Music.
    • CBS.
    • 14.

  • Roman Hoffstetter

    String Quartet in F Major Op.3 no.5 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • Hommage.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Troubled Water

    • Fantasie.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Performer: Simon Höfele. Performer: Sarah-Jane Porsmoguer. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.

  • Rudy Wiedoeft

    Dans l'orient

    Composer: Domenico Savino. Performer: Diesler. Performer: Ashley Fripp.
    • The Saxophone Craze: Homage to Rudy Wiedoeft.
    • Champs Hill Records.
    • 2.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op 65 No 6 (Lyric Pieces)

    Orchestrator: Franz Josef Breuer. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt, Sigur Jorsalfar.
    • NAXOS.
    • 11.

  • Toby Hession

    She walks in beauty

    Lyricist: Lord Byron. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.

  • Philip Lane

    Constant Billy (Suite of Cotswold folk-dances)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • British Light Music - Philip Lane.
    • Marco Polo.

  • Léo Delibes

    Sous le dôme épais (Lakmé)

    Singer: Mary Plazas. Singer: Diana Montague. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.
    • Saint Saens/Gounod etc: Great Operatic Arias: Diana Montague/Philharmonia/Parry.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    Waltz No.6 in F sharp minor

    Performer: Nicholas Walker.
    • Balakirev: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 11.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Bernstein: Wonderful Town.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Michael Betteridge [b.1988]

    A Place

    Choir: Kantos Chamber Choir. Conductor: Ellie Slorach.

  • Barbara Strozzi

    "Mentita", Op. 6

    Ensemble: Ensemble Poïesis.
    • Barbara Strozzi.
    • Aeon.
    • 10.

  • Leos Janáček

    Jealousy

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Baïlèro (Chants d'Auvergne)

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Erato.

  • William Boyce

    Symphony No.1 in B flat major

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • William Boyce: 8 Symphonies: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 4-6.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Oboe Sonata in D Major, Op. 166: II. Allegretto

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Saint-Saëns, Koechlin & Poulenc: Oboe Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Édouard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole Op.21 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Bruch, Lalo: Little, RSNO, Handley.
    • EMI Eminence.

  • Eric Coates

    Knightsbridge (March - 3rd mvmt of London Every Day Suite)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Coates: Orchestra Works, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 Jul 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3