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Friday - Petroc's classical alternative

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Friday poem and listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 19 Feb 2021 06:30

Music Played

  • Oswald von Wolkenstein

    Nu rue mit sorgen

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Singer: Kathleen Dineen. Ensemble: Shield of Harmony. Director: Crawford Young.
    • Wolkenstein, Songs of Myself: Andreas Scholl.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 13.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    12 Movements from Romeo and Juliet Op. 64: Morning Serenade

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Sergei Babayan. Music Arranger: Sergei Babayan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque No 1 in E major

    Performer: Jean鈥怋ernard Pommier.
    • Debussy: Piano works: Jean-Bernard Pommier.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 14.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Concertino, Op.107

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Great works for flute and orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 007.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV 878 (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.
    • J.S.Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Sviatoslav Richter.
    • RCA.
    • 9.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello concerto in A minor, Wq.170 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • C P E Bach, Cello concertos.
    • HYPERION.
    • 001.
  • William Fox

    Teach me thy way, O Lord

    Choir: Romsey Abbey Choir. Director: George Richford.
    • CONVIVIUM.
  • Jean Fran莽aix

    Flower Clock (Blue Catananche, Torch Thistle, Malabar Jasmine)

    Performer: John de Lancie. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • BMG.
  • Carl Nielsen

    An Imaginary Journey to the Faroes - rhapsodic overture (FS.123)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Danse macabre

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Jonathan Feldman.
    • Devil's Dance: Gil Shaham.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • William Byrd

    Sing Joyfully

    Choir: Choir of St Michael's College, Tenbury. Director: Lucian Nethsingha.
    • ARGO.
  • John Field

    Nocturne no.5 in B flat major, H.37

    Performer: David Quigley.
    • AVIE.
  • Joly Braga Santos

    Symphony no.2 in B minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: 脕lvaro Cassuto.
    • Joly Braga Santos: Symphony No.2.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 3.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    Sonnet no. 42 from 'Sonnets from the Portuguese' by Elizabeth Barrett-Browning

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin Op.15`2

    Performer: Lydia Mordkovitch. Performer: Julian Milford.
    • Elgar: Sospiri - music for violin and piano: Mordkovitch/Milford.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • An-Lun Huang

    Saibei Dance (Saibei Suite no. 2)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Delights & Dances.
    • CEDILLE RECORDS.
    • 1.
  • George Gershwin

    S'Wonderful (Funny Face)

    Music Arranger: Julian Bliss. Music Arranger: Neal Thornton. Music Arranger: Lewis Wright. Ensemble: The Julian Bliss Septet.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola - Overture

    Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini - La Cenerentola.
    • Decca.
    • 01.
  • William Sterndale Bennett

    Come live with me

    Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble. Director: Paul Hillier.
    • MERIDIAN.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Murder on the Orient Express (Waltz)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • 100 Greatest Film Themes, Take 2.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 11.
  • Marc Blitzstein

    Never get lost / Take me to the world

    Composer: Stephen Sondheim. Music Arranger: Daniel Troob. Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Stern.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Zigeunerweisen, Op.20

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
  • Julius Fucik

    Florentiner-Marsch Op.214

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: John Anderson.
    • Brassed off.
    • RCA.
    • 11.
  • Alessandro Stradella

    Sonata in D major for 8 strings and trumpet

    Performer: Crispian Steele鈥怭erkins. Ensemble: Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Peter Holman.
    • Italian Baroque Trumpet Music: The Parley of Instruments.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

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