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Sunny side up 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

  • Johannes Brahms

    6 Chorale Preludes: Herzlich tut mich erfreuen, Op. 122/4

    Music Arranger: Ferruccio Busoni. Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Encounter.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 11.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E major RV 267a 'per Anna Maria'

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per una vita.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Serenade (Harold en Italie, Op 16)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Hamadi Ferjani. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: John Nelson.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor BWV.232: Pt.3; Et Incarnatus; Crucifixus

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach, J S: Mass in B minor, BWV232.
    • SDG.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Eliza Aria (Arr. for Violin and String Ensemble)

    Music Arranger: François Vallières. Music Arranger: Angèle Dubeau. Performer: Angèle Dubeau. Ensemble: La Pietà.
    • Elle.
    • Groupe Analekta, Inc.
    • 1.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor Op.21 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.
    • Chopin Piano Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 06.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in E-flat major, K.563 - VI. Allegro

    Ensemble: Trio Zimmermann.
    • BIS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty (complete).
    • Chandos.
    • 15.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks: III. La paix; IV. La réjouissance; V. Menuets I & II

    Ensemble: Zefiro. Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini.
    • Handel: The Musick for the Royal Fireworks.
    • Arcana.
  • Joseph Tawadros

    Shared Memories

    Lyricist: Joseph Tawadros.
    • Permission To Evaporate.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 15.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 6 in D Major, Op. 104: II. Allegretto moderato - Poco con moto - Po

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 7, The Tempest.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.
  • Gerald Finzi

    I praise the tender flower (7 Part Songs, Op.17)

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Finzi: Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice & Other Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Edward Elgar

    'Enigma' Variations, No 14: E.D.U. (finale)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Elgar - In the South, Serenade, Enigma Variations.
    • Onyx.
    • 19.
  • Geoffrey Burgon

    Nunc Dimittis (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis)

    Singer: Paul Phoenix. Performer: James Watson. Orchestra: English Symphony Orchestra. Choir: St Pauls Choir.
    • Guild.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Allegro in F major

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Carl Nielsen: 4 Quartets and 5 Movements for String Quartet.
    • Kontrapunkt.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.24 in F sharp major Op.78

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • The Piano Sonatas Vol. VI.
    • ECM.
    • 6-7.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony no.3 in C minor 'Organ Symphony' (4th mvt)

    Performer: James O’Donnell. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • LPO.
  • Sofia Gubaidulina

    Sounds of the forest for flute and piano

    Performer: Magnus Båge. Performer: Bengt-Åke Lundin.
    • SFZ Records.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Brockes-Passion, TWV 5 - Part I - XVI. Aria 'Mein Vater!; XVII. Recit 'Mich drückt der sünden'; XVIII Aria 'Ist's möglich'

    Singer: Johannes Weisser. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Telemann: Passion Oratorio 'Mich vom Stricke meiner Sünden' ('Brockes Passion'),.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Henriette Renié

    Danse des Lutins

    Performer: Judy Loman.
    • Harp Showpieces.
    • Naxos.
    • 009.
  • Arturo Márquez

    Danzón no.2

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Toru Takemitsu

    Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear?

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Jâms Coleman.
    • Path to the Moon.
    • Chandos.
    • 18.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D minor, Op 76 No 2, 'Fifths' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
    • ASV.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Caprice Viennois Op.2

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Péter Nagy.
    • Favourite Encores: Kavakos/Nagy.
    • Delos.
    • 9.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Fri 14 Mar 2025 06:30