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Friday - Hannah's classical alarm call

Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring January Joy listener requests, the Friday poem and daily insights into the music of Hildegard von Bingen and the musicianship of conductor Bernard Haitink.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Jan 2022 06:30

Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Norman Del Mar.
    • EMI.
  • Els Van Laethem

    Ou rien ne bouge

    Composer: Bert Van Laethem. Ensemble: Zefiro Torna.
    • ANTARCTICA.
  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata in A major, D 959 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ll欧r Williams.
    • A Schubert Journey.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 104.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto (Cantata No 152, 'Tritt auf die Glaubensbahn')

    Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina.
    • Bach Sinfonia Academia Bizantina Ottavio Dantone.
    • Decca.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • EMI.
  • Peter Ludwig Hertel

    Clog Dance (La fille mal gard茅e)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • EMI.
  • Thomas Morley

    When loe, by break of morning

    Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble. Director: Paul Hillier.
    • ERATO.
  • William Herschel

    Symphony no.2 in D major

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Amanda Maier-Rontgen

    Violin Sonata in B minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Frank Almond. Performer: William Wolfram.
    • Avie.
  • Douglas Lilburn

    String Trio: iii. Allegro

    Ensemble: Members of the New Zealand String Quartet.
    • NAXOS.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter and the Wolf, Op.37: And now, this is how things stood

    Narrator: Dame Edna Everage. Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • Peter And The Wolf.
    • Naxos.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for flute and orchestra (RV.428) (Op.10`3) in D major "Il Gardellino [The Goldfinch]": 1st movement; Allegro

    Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Vivaldi: 6 Flute Concertos Op.10: Beznosiuk, The English Concert, Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 10.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Thunder and Lightning, Op 324

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Champagne and Laughter: The Music of Johann Strauss II.
    • EMI.
    • 17.
  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • The Copland Collection.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    Daybreak in Alabama by Langston Hughes, read by Adjoa Andoh

  • Duke Ellington

    Solitude in Transblucency

    Composer: Eddie DeLange. Music Arranger: Lawrence Brown. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • American Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 310.
  • Leroy Anderson

    Bugler's Holiday

    Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Mercury Living Presence.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Benvenuto Cellini (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Hector Berlioz - Overtures.
    • BMG Classics.
    • 7.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O pastor animarum

    Singer: Claudia Reinhard.
    • OEHMS.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ancient Suite

    Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Music Arranger: Jonas Forssell. Choir: Adolf Fredriks Girls Choir.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborado del gracioso arr for orchestra

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Se tu m'ami

    Music Arranger: Alessandro Parisotti. Singer: Teresa Berganza. Performer: Richardo Requejo.
    • DG.
  • Darius Milhaud

    L' Apotheose de Moliere Op.286

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Carnaval D'Aix - Carnaval De Londres etc New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Take o Take Those Lips Away (7 Shakespeare Songs)

    Singer: Wanda Brister. Performer: Timothy Hoekman.
    • Songs of Madeleine Dring.
    • Cambria.
    • 8.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 1 in D major, K 412

    Performer: Radovan Vlatkovi膰. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Director: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

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