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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Sonata no.2 in G major Op.13 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestrator: Bernt Simen Lund. Orchestrator: Henning Kraggerud. Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Orchestra: Tromsø Chamber Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Three Concerti for Violin and Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Krišs Russman.
    • Butterworth: Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 101.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26: II. Poco Adagio

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Barbara Buntrock. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Man Singet Mit Freuden Vom Sieg BWV 149: Chorus

    Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 20.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 16.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": III. Menuetto Allegretto. Trio

    Orchestra: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41 "Jupiter".
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 203.

  • Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches for String Orchestra: V. Calm Sea in Summer

    Conductor: John Andrews. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Grace Williams: Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 14.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle, D.550

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Jorge Bolet.
    • Liszt: Schubert Song Transcriptions: Jorge Bolet.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Sunrise Mass: II. Sunrise

    Choir: Westminster Williamson Voices. Orchestra: The Sunrise Orchestra. Conductor: James Jordan.
    • GIA ChoralWorks.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op.71`1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op. 71.
    • Linn Records.
    • 4.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36: III. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato - Allegro

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Complete Symphonies.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 303.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals (The Elephant)

    Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Performer: Libero Lanzilotta.
    • Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals & Symphony No. 3, "Organ Symphony".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 109.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Boléro

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • William Byrd

    Will Yow Walke the Woods So Wylde

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.
    • Reformation: Keyboard works by William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, John Bull & Jan Pi.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Concerto in D major Op. 35a for violin and orchestra; 3rd mvt Allegro impetuoso

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Where'er you walk (Semele)

    Singer: Ben Bliss. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dances, Series I, B. 83: No. 6 in D Major, Sousedská. Allegretto scherz

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Dvořák: Slavonic Dances.
    • Pentatone.
    • 106.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet Op.50 No.6 ('The Frog'); 1st mvt

    Ensemble: Kleio Quartet.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 4 in A Major, Op. 90 ('Italian'): 4th mvt Saltarello

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4 \"Italian\", Symphony No. 5 \"Reformation\" & Th.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Sat 4 Oct 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3