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Wednesday - Hannah's classical alarm call

Hannah French presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 16 Mar 2022 06:30

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Images for orchestra, No.2 Iberia; Les Parfums de la nuit

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, Op 73 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Beethoven: The Piano Concertos: Zimerman/Wiener Philharmoniker/Bernstein.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Gustav Mahler

    I went this morning over the field (Songs of a Wayfarer)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010 (Prelude)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 19.
  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne

    Music Arranger: Samuel Dushkin. Performer: Jacqueline du Pr茅. Performer: Gerald Moore.
    • A Lasting Inspiration: Jacqueline du Pre.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    What passion cannot music raise and quell! (Ode for St Cecilia's day)

    Performer: Oph茅lie Gaillard. Singer: Raquel Camarinha. Director: Oph茅lie Gaillard. Orchestra: Pulcinella Orchestra.
    • APARTE.
  • Robert Schumann

    Vom fremden Landern, Traumerei, Am Camin (Kinderszenen Op.15 Nos 1, 7 and 8)

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • Sony.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet in E flat major Op.51 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Albion Quartet.
    • Dvor虒谩k: String Quartets Nos. 8 & 10.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 8.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.83 in G minor 'The Hen' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
  • Karine Polwart

    Follow the Heron

    Singer: Karine Polwart. Performer: Kevin McGuire. Performer: Inge Thomson. Performer: Mattie Foulds.
    • The Rough Guide To Scottish Folk.
    • WORLD MUSIC.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major, D.803 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Chris West. Performer: Philip Gibbon. Performer: Michael Thompson. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Somm.
  • Edward Bairstow

    Let all mortal flesh keep silence

    Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: John Scott.
    • HYPERION.
  • Richard M. Sherman

    Feed the Birds (Mary Poppins) in the style of Brahms

    Composer: Donald Fraser. Ensemble: The Shanghai Quartet. Ensemble: The Shanghai Quartet.
    • Heigh-Ho! Mozart - Favorite Disney Tunes in the Style of Great Classical Compose.
    • Delos.
    • 1201.
  • Rhona Clarke

    A Song for St Cecilia's Day

    Choir: Valsts Akad膿miskais koris "Latvija". Conductor: M膩ris Sirmais.
    • DIVINE ART Metier.
  • Richard Wagner

    Das Liebesverbot (Overture)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • Wagner: Overtures, Marches, Symphony in E, Siegfried Idyll: Sawallisch.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Pagainini, Op 43: concluding variations

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein.
    • Warner.
  • Trad. Northumbrian

    Ca' Hawkie Through the Watter

    Music Arranger: David Haslam. Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Choir: Sinfonia Chorus. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: David Haslam.
    • Songs of Northumbria Vol. 1.
    • MWM.
    • 3.
  • Trad. Northumbrian

    O' Aa Hae Seen the Roses Blaa

    Music Arranger: David Haslam. Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: David Haslam.
    • Songs of Northumbria Volume 1.
    • MWM.
    • 5.
  • Charles Avison

    Concerto Grosso in D major, Op 6 No 6

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
    • Charles Avison: Twelve Concertos, Op.6.
    • Naxos.
    • 19-22.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No 2 (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • SONY.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet quintet in F sharp minor, Op.10 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Stephan Siegenthaler. Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett.

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