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Friday - Kate's classical picks

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

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 8 Jul 2022 06:30

Music Played

  • Jonathan Dove

    Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars

    Performer: Jeremy Filsell. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • John Dowland

    Semper Dowland semper dolens

    Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols.
    • Naxos.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 25

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio Méndez.
    • Linn CKD 555.
    • Linn.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia from Cantata no.146 BWV.146 Wir mussen durch viel Trubsal

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Director: Raphaël Pichon.
    • ERATO.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Acis and Galatea – Act 2: Consider, fond shepherd, how fleeting’s the pleasure

    Performer: Patricia Petibon. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Erato.
    • 2564659887.
    • 22.
  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Cello Sonata no.1 in G major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Andrei Ioniţă. Performer: Lilit Grigoryan.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Summa

    Music Arranger: Eduard Wesly. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • William Byrd/Arvo Part: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • MDG.
    • 12.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 102 in B flat major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde

    Morón en la Frontera

    Performer: Ignacio Lusardi Monteverde.
    • Flamenco: Pasado y Presente.
    • Arc Records.
    • 1.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Spanish Dance No.1 (La Vida Breve)

    Ensemble: Katia Labèque.
    • PHILIPS.
  • SPEECH

    Under Milk Wood by Dylan Thomas (extract) read by HRH The Prince of Wales

  • Alun Hoddinott

    Investiture Dances, op.66: 3rd mvt Presto

    Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • Elgar Symphony No.2: Hoddinott Investiture Dances.
    • Divine Art.
    • 7.
  • Percy Grainger

    The Lads of Wamphray

    Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Grainger: Works for Wind Orchestra vol. 4: Reynish/Rundell.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    Love's Philosophy by Percy Bysshe Shelley, read by Imogen Stubbs

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study in C major, Op.10 no.1

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony.
  • Richard Wagner

    Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)

    Conductor: George Szell. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Wagner Without Words (Cleveland Orchestra feat. conductor: George Szell).
    • CBS.
    • 002.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in E major, Op 109 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Beethoven, The Late Piano Sonatas Nos. 28-32: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Un bel dì vedremo (Madam Butterfly)

    Singer: Montserrat Caballé. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Opera Album 2002.
    • Virgin.
    • 10.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Subject to the Weather

    Ensemble: Perpetuo.
    • Reels, Drones & Jigs.
    • Champs Hill.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Las 4 estaciones portenas; Summer in Buenos Aires

    Performer: Jacob Reuven. Performer: Omer Meir Wellber. Orchestra: Sinfonietta Leipzig.
    • The Mandolin Seasons.
    • HYPERION.
    • 12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Batti, batti, o bel Masetto (Don Giovanni)

    Music Arranger: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • New Era.
    • Decca.
    • 9.
  • Jimmy Davis

    Lover Man

    Composer: Jimmy Sherman. Composer: Ramirez. Singer: Jeanne Lee. Performer: Ran Blake.
    • The Newest Sound Around.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 7.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Pini di Roma, P. 141: IV. I pini della Via Appia

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Respighi: Fontane di Roma, Pina di Roma, Feste Romane & Il Tramonto.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

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