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Ease into the day with classical music

Hannah French presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Sat 7 Feb 202606:30
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Music Played

  • Édouard Lalo

    Piano Trio No 1 in C minor, Op 7 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Leonore Piano Trio.
    • Hyperion.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Scarf Dance (Callirhoë)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Metz. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • Compositrices - New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 2.

  • Bill Evans

    Since We Met

    • Conversations with Bill Evans.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H VIIe 1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.

  • Frederick Delius

    Late swallows

    Music Arranger: Eric Fenby. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Trad.

    The Oak and the Ash

    Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • Watching the White Wheat - Folksongs of the British Isles.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 14 in C-sharp Minor, Op. 131: V. Presto

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • Beethoven Quartets, Vol. 1: Late String Quartets.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 309.

  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Super flumina Babylonis

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Choir: The Sixteen.
    • The Flowering of Genius.
    • Coro.
    • 7.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz 2 (Suite no.2 for Jazz Band)

    Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Charles Mutter. Performer: Michael Gray. Performer: Timothy Welch. Performer: Ben Dawson. Performer: Benjamin Hughes. Performer: Andrew Wood.
    • RISE.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Max Bruch

    Concerto for two pianos, Op 88a (3rd mvt, Adagio ma non troppo)

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mendelsson/Bruch: Concertos for 2 pianos & Orchestra: Katia & Marielle Labeque/B.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite)

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna Mälkki.
    • Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkäinen.
    • BIS.
    • 10.

  • Philippe Sarde

    Lord of the Flies (original soundtrack)

    • Lord of the Flies (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • BSX Records.
    • 1.

  • Muzio Clementi

    12 Monferrinas, Op 49 No 7 in D major

    • Clementi: Capriccios & Variations for Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    A Musical Joke, K.522 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Mozart: Serenate, Notturne, Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Le Concert des Nations, Jord.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 14.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in D major RV.428 'The Goldfinch'

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.
    • EMI.

  • Trad.

    Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond

    Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
    • Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca.
    • 014.

  • Christopher Willis

    The Personal History of David Copperfield: David's Writings

    Ensemble: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • MVKA.

  • Lionel Bart

    Food, Glorious Food

    • Oliver! (1994 London Palladium Cast Recording).
    • First Night Records.
    • 2.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No 1 in F minor (Gnossiennes Set 1)

    Performer: Anne Queffélec.
    • Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dover, glustizia, amor (Polinesso, Ariodante act 3)

    Singer: Christophe Dumaux. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.

  • John Robert Shepley

    September Sun

    Ensemble: Klezmer‐ish.
    • Dusty Road.
    • Riverboat Records/World Music Network.
    • 4.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Spring 2 (The Four Seasons Recomposed)

    Composer: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: André de Ridder.
    • DG.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Two-Part Invention in F major, BWV.780

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake, Op 20 (Act 1 Waltz)

    Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 22, TH 12 (1877 Version).
    • PENTATONE.
    • 202.

Broadcast

  • Sat 7 Feb 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3