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Wednesday - Kate's classical alternative

Kate Molleson presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 13 Apr 2022 06:30

Music Played

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto no.9 in B flat major, G.482 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Juha Kangas.
    • Boccherini: Cello Concertos and Sonatas.
    • EMI.
    • 12.
  • Clara Schumann

    Nocturne (Soirees musicales) arr. for harp

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Nightscapes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Anonymous

    You minor beauties of the night

    Performer: Mikko Perkola. Singer: Maria Valdmaa.
    • Aberdene 1662.
    • Estonian Record Productions.
    • 10.
  • Mel Bonis

    Soir et matin, Op 76

    Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger. Performer: David Geringas. Performer: Barbara Moser.
    • It's a Girl!.
    • Gramola.
    • 5-6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No 182, 'Heavenly King, be welcome' (Sinfonia & opening chorus)

    Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Director: Ton Koopman.
    • Challenge Classics.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Armide - Overture

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Sailing (Three Ships, No 1)

    Performer: Tom Kerstens.
    • Black Venus - New Music for Guitar.
    • BGS Records.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite in D major HWV.349 (Alla hornpipe)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Handel: Water Music: The English Concert, Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
    • 8.
  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Prelude and fugue in D major Op.35`2

    Performer: Howard Shelley.
    • HYPERION.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite (Waltz of the Flowers)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.1 etc: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Abbado.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Legend in F major, Op 59 No 8 (Un poco allegretto e grazioso)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • ELOQUENCE.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn quintet in E flat major, K 407 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Ensemble: Zemlinsky Quartet.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Alonso Lobo

    Kyrie (Missa Prudentes virgines)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra.
    • From Spain to Eternity - The Sacred Polyphony of El Greco's Toledo.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 4.
  • John Adams

    En un d铆a de amor (The Gospel According to the Other Mary)

    Choir: Los Angeles Master Chorale. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Adams: The Gospel According to the Other Mary.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier - Final Scene

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Singer: Sophie Koch. Singer: Diana Damrau. Singer: Franz Grundheber. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Strauss - Der Rosenkavalier.
    • Decca.
    • 013.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • BIS.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Little Suite in A minor Op.1 (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Director: Iona Brown.
    • The Sound of Scandinavia.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Lok, Op 61 No 3 (7 Children's Songs)

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf.
    • Songs You Love.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 18.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Tilim-bom (Four Songs)

    Lyricist: Trad.. Singer: Phyllis Bryn鈥怞ulson. Ensemble: Ensemble intercontemporain. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Stravinsky: Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 23.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in B flat major Wq.182`2

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Christine Schornsheim.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Charlotte Sohy

    Berceuse, Op 30 No 4

    Performer: Marie Vermeulin.
    • Charlotte Sohy - Piano Music.
    • La boite a pepites.
    • 14.
  • Earl Zindars

    Lullaby for Helene

    Performer: Bill Evans.
    • From Left to Right.
    • Verve.
    • 13.
  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants

    Ensemble: Les Si猫cles. Director: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Les Siecles.
    • Mirare.
    • 09.
  • Richard Strauss

    Liebesliedchen for Piano Quartet

    Ensemble: Oculi Ensemble.
    • Champs Hill Records.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rage over a lost penny, Op 129

    Performer: Olga Scheps.
    • Family.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.

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