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Sunrise classical

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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3 hours

Music Played

  • John Field

    Nocturne No.7 in C major 'Reverie-Nocturne'

    Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.
    • DECCA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 5 in A major, Op. 18 No. 5: II. Minuet

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • Beethoven Quartets, Vol. 3: Early String Quartets.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 602.
  • Egberto Gismonti

    Agua e Vinho

    Performer: Graham Anthony Devine.
    • Guitar Music From Brazil.
    • Naxos.
    • 14.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major, BWV.1050 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltz in A major, Op.39 no.15

    Ensemble: Duo Tal & Groethuysen.
    • Sony.
  • Elfrida Andrée

    Piano Sonata in A major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lena Johnson.
    • Caprice.
  • Frederick Delius

    Florida - Suite For Orchestra: 2. By The River

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • CAPRICE.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Trio Sonata No 5 in F major (1st mvmt, Allegro)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas. Director: Monica Huggett.
    • Zelenka: Sonatas.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Alma Redemptoris mater - antiphon for 8 voices

    Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra. Conductor: Michael Noone.
    • Luis de Victoria: Sacred Works.
    • Archiv.
    • 02.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.104 in D "London" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Harnoncourt conducts Haydn.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 21.
  • Thomas Morley

    Now is the month of maying

    Music Arranger: Philip Rosseter. Ensemble: Dowland Consort. Director: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Heavenly Noyse: Download Consort/Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • Thomas Lupo

    Shows and nightly revels

    Music Arranger: Philip Rosseter. Ensemble: Dowland Consort. Director: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Heavenly Noyse: Download Consort/Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.
    • 10.
  • Laura Karpman

    Meditation on When Laura Smiles from Rosseter A Book of Ayres 1601

    Ensemble: Double bass quartet of Orin O’Brien’s students.
    • NETFLIX MUSIC.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony No. 4 in E-Flat Major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • Glazunov: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 2.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    Cello Sonata in A minor (2nd mvt: Adagio)

    Performer: Paul Watkins. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • British Works for Cello and Piano, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Julia Smith

    String quartet (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Apollo Chamber Ensemble.
    • Trace of Time.
    • Azica.
    • 2.
  • Gian Carlo Menotti

    The Telephone (Overture)

    Orchestra: New York Chamber Ensemble. Conductor: Stephen Radcliffe.
    • Happy Endings: Comic Chamber Operas.
    • Albany Records.
    • 20.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.9 in E minor 'From the New World' (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Martin Ellerby. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • Classic Brass.
    • RCA/Sony Masterworks.
    • 11.
  • William Grant Still

    Romance

    Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Lucerne DeSa.
    • But Not Forgotten: Music by African-American Composers for clarinet and piano.
    • SONO LUMINUS.
    • 10.
  • Franz Schubert

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

    Ensemble: Mullova Ensemble.
    • ONYX.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Unaccompanied Cello Suite No.5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: Gigue

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Six Evolutions.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • Claude Debussy

    La cathédrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • William Walton

    Crown imperial

    Conductor: Carl Davis. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • John Williams at the Proms.
    • MD NFM.
    • 19.
  • Richard Rodgers

    What's The Use Of Wond'rin' (Carousel)

    Composer: Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyricist: Richard Rodgers. Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Shirley Jones. Ensemble: The Carousel Orchestra.
    • Rodgers & Hammerstein's Carousel (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Expanded.
    • Angel Records.
    • 13.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 4 in A major, Op 90, 'Italian' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DECCA.
  • Edward Bairstow

    Let all mortal flesh keep silence

    Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Director: David Hill.
    • E. Bairstow: Choral music: Choir of St John's/Britten Sinfonia/Hill.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Florence Price

    String Quartet no.2 in A Minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 10.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Der Tambourg'sell (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn, Symphonie No. 10: Adagio; Kozena, Gerhaher, Cleve.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Mon 10 Mar 2025 06:30