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Charles Mackerras at 100

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's Breakfast show, as Radio 3 celebrates the legacy of conductor Sir Charles Mackerras. To get in touch, email [email protected].

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong, Bach Before 7 and the best in classical music, including today the start of Radio 3's centenary celebrations of conductor Sir Charles Mackerras. You can contact the show by emailing [email protected]

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Mon 17 Nov 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacrée et danse profane

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Works by Ravel/Debussy.
    • NAIVE.
    • 11-12.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    On a tree by a river [Tit Willow] (The Mikado)

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Singer: Richard Suart. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Telarc.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8: OAE, Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for Viola da Gamba in G Minor, BWV 1029 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Teodoro Baù. Performer: Andrea Buccarella.
    • J. S. Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord.
    • Arcana.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Haydn

    The Apothecary (Overture)

    Orchestra: Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta. Conductor: Manfred Huss.
    • Haydn: The Complete Overtures: Haydn Sinfonietta Wien/Manfred Huss.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 2 in D major, Op.36 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Va tacito (Giulio Cesare)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Performer: Frank Lloyd. Orchestra: English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Handel: Julius Caesar (highlights): Mackerras.
    • EMI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cosi fan tutte (Overture)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Così fan tutte, K. 588.
    • Telarc.
    • 1.

  • Percy Grainger

    Over the hills and far away - children's march

    Ensemble: Kongelige norske marines musikkorps. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Percy Grainger: Complete Music for Wnd Band, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Dance of the Paper Umbrellas

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Northey.
    • The Elena Kats-Chernin Collection.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 84.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 trumpets in C (1st mvt)

    Performer: Maurice André. Performer: Mauritz Sillem. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Vivaldi / Torelli / Telemann / Viviani / Handel: Baroque Trumpet Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    String Quartet no.2 in B flat major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Allegri String Quartet. Ensemble: Allegri String Quartet.
    • Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen - The Six String Quartets.
    • CALA.
    • 12.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Wild Bears (The Wand of Youth Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Elgar: The Starlight Express: Welsh National Opera Orchestra/Mackerras.
    • Argo.
    • 13.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 11 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nikolai Demidenko. Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Hyperion.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Evening Prayer (Hänsel und Gretel)

    Singer: Rebecca Evans. Singer: Jennifer Larmore. Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: New London Children's Chorus.
    • Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel: New London Children's Choir/Philharmonia/Mackerr.
    • Chandos.

  • Antonio Bazzini

    String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 75: IV. Quasi presto

    Ensemble: Quartetto Bazzini.
    • Bazzini: String Quartets Nos. 2, 4 & 5.
    • Tactus.
    • 104.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Books 1 & 2: Andras Schiff.
    • ECM.

  • Leos Janáček

    Katya Kabanova (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Sir Charles Mackerras Conducts Janacek.
    • Supraphon.
    • 1.

  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Sydney Opera House Opening Concert 1973.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 1.

  • Arnold Bax

    Oboe Quintet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Dvorak: Symphonic Variations etc: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Mackerras.
    • Supraphon.
    • 2.

  • Léo Delibes

    Prelude; Mazurka (Coppélia Suite)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • French Ballet Music: Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

    Singer: Ann Murray. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Virgin.

Broadcast

  • Mon 17 Nov 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3