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Spring: Four Seasons in One Day

Petroc Trelawny starts the celebrations for the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Petroc Trelawny starts a day of celebrations to mark the 300th anniversary of Vivaldi's Four Seasons on Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show.

The Radio 3 Early Music Show presenter Hannah French introduces Vivaldi's "Spring" concerto, performed by Theotime Langlois de Swarte, alongside a playlist tailor-made for brightening days and blustery weather.

Plus, to coincide with the first day of Spring, CountryFile presenter and broadcasting veteran John Craven tells us about one of his favourite British spring birds - the nightingale.

Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Spring 3 (The Four Seasons Recomposed)

    Music Arranger: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in F sharp minor D.571 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • DECCA.

  • Frederick Delius

    The March of Spring (North Country Sketches)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Frederick Delius: Orchestral Music.
    • HALLE.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata no.3 in E major BWV.1016 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: David Fray.
    • ERATO.

  • Christian Sinding

    The Rustle of Spring (6 Pieces Op.32)

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Sinding, C.: Violin and Piano Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Sparrow and the Gentle Dove (From Hardy Climes and Dangerous Toils of War Z.325)

    Singer: Mark Dobell. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Royal Welcome Songs for King Charles II Volume II.
    • CORO.
    • 19.

  • J贸hann J贸hannsson

    A Sparrow Alighted upon our Shoulder

    Orchestra: Air Lyndhurst String Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Weeden.
    • 翱谤辫丑茅别.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Galina Grigorjeva

    In Paradisum

    Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Ondine.

  • Aaron Copland

    Simple Gifts (Appalachian Spring)

    Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Copland: The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra/Wolff.
    • Teldec.
    • 20.

  • Paul Desmond & Don Sebesky Orchestra

    Someday My Prince Will Come

    • Summertime.
    • A&M JAZZ.
    • 5.

  • Christopher Simpson

    The Four Seasons suite (Spring: Galliard)

    Ensemble: Sirius VIOLS.
    • Simpson: The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Spring, Op.34

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Edvard Grieg

    To the Spring (Lyric Pieces, Op.43)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.

  • Anon.

    Kyrie Cuthberte prece

    Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • En Albion: Medieval Polyphony in England.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 11.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cockaigne Op.40 'In London Town'

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • First Hand Records.

  • Willie 鈥淭he Lion鈥� Smith

    Echoes of Spring

    Performer: Willie 鈥淭he Lion鈥� Smith.
    • ASV.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.1 in C major H.7b.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Pentatone.

  • Deborah Henson-Conant

    The Nightingale

    Performer: Emily Granger.
    • In Transit.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 13.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Spring Song Op.16

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Sibelius: Lunnotar, Op. 70 & Other Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 501.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell (Overture)

    Orchestra: World Orchestra for Peace. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • United Nations 50th Anniversary Concert: Rossini, Bart贸k & Beethoven.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Aga Khan Master Musicians

    Nowruz

    • Nowruz.
    • Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
    • 12.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    To Daffodils (Songs of Springtime)

    Choir: The Finzi Singers. Conductor: Paul Spicer.
    • Moeran: Song Cycles / Warlock: Songs.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E major, RV.269 "La Primavera"

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

Broadcast

  • Thu 20 Mar 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3