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Classical rise and shine

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

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O felix anima

    Choir: Anonymous 4.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.22 in E flat major 'The Philosopher' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Alice Mary Smith

    Piano Piece in D major (6 Short pieces for piano, No 2)

    Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.4 in G major BWV.1049 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Koopman.
    • Erato.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • Beethoven, Symphony no. 5 and no. 7: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • DGG.
  • Maurice Duruflé

    Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, Op. 10 - Ubi caritas

    Performer: The Cambridge Singers. Performer: John Rutter.
    • This is the day - Music on royal occasions.
    • Collegium.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Quintet Op.16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Cigleris. Performer: Gareth Hulse. Performer: John Mills. Performer: Lydia Lowndes-Northcott. Performer: Božidar Vukotić.
    • Gipps: Clarinet Chamber Music.
    • SOMM Recordings.
  • Pierre Boulez

    12 Notations for Piano: VII. Hiératique

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
    • Pierre Boulez: Oeuvres complètes.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 7.
  • Edward Elgar

    Nimrod (Enigma Variations Op.36)

    Music Arranger: Eric Ball. Orchestra: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Classical Dyke Vol. 1: Elgar.
    • Doyen.
    • 19.
  • Joe Hisaishi

    Memory (from the film 'Departures')

    Performer: Nobuo Furukawa. Performer: Ken Fujimitsu.
    • Songs of Hope: The Essential Joe Hisaishi Vol. 2.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade: The Young Prince and the Young Princess

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Performer: Herman Krebbers. Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Strauss: Don Juan (Herman Krebbers Edition, Vol..
    • PHILIPS.
    • 3.
  • Claude Debussy

    Serenade for the Doll (Children's Corner)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Debussy: Children's Corner, Suite Bergamasque, Pour le Piano: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Robert Louis Stevenson

    FRIDAY POEM

    Narrator: Harriet Walter.

    Foreign Lands written by Robert Louis Stevenson and read by Harriet Walter

  • Maurice Ravel

    L' Enfant et les Sortileges (Garden Scene)

    Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G minor Op.23 no. 5

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - The Berlin Recital.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Così fan tutte K588: Der Odem der Liebe (Un' aura amorosa)

    Singer: Fritz Wunderlich. Orchestra: Berlin Symphonic Orchestra. Conductor: Berislav Klobučar.
    • Very Best of Fritz Wunderlich.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Adventures of Robin Hood (Main Title)

    Orchestra: The Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William T. Stromberg.
    • NAXOS.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Sonata in G Minor: IV. Rondo

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Romance – The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
    • Decca.
  • William Grant Still

    Lyric Quartet (1st mvt: The Sentimental One)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol 3.
    • Azica.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie No 2 in C major

    Performer: Pascal Rogé.
    • Satie: 3 Gymnopedies & Other Piano Works; Pascal Roge.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo (Toccata)

    Ensemble: Le Concert d’Astrée. Ensemble: Les Sacqueboutiers. Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm.
    • Virgin.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending, Symphony no.2: Royal Phil, Andre Previn.
    • Telarc.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata And Fugue Bwv.565, Arr. P. Williams For Violin Solo [orig. For Organ; S

    Performer: Nemanja Radulović. Ensemble: Les Trilles du Diable.
    • Nemanja Radulovic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 004.
  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    5 Lieder: No. 4, Bei dir ist es traut (Transcr. Gottwald for Choir)

    Music Arranger: Clytus Gottwald. Choir: SWR Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • Clytus Gottwald - Alma und Gustav Mahler.
    • Carus.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.4 in E minor (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms: The Symphonies.
    • DECCA.
    • 5.
  • Eric Coates

    Birdsongs at Eventide

    Singer: Niamh O'Sullivan. Performer: Gary Beecher.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Unforgettable Year 1919 - Suite Op. 89a: The Assault on Beautiful Gorky

    Performer: Dmitri Alexeev. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 etc.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 115.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 17 in B flat major, K 570 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pastorale transc. for orchestra

    Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Le Sacre Du Printemps.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Fri 28 Mar 2025 06:30