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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Breakfast including a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape and also our celebration of the Commonwealth Games. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

Martin Handley presents Breakfast including a Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape and continuing our celebration of the Commonwealth Games 2022 taking place in Birmingham with a piece by a composer from the Commonwealth. Ranging from Africa to the Caribbean and North America, from Malta in the Mediterranean to New Zealand, we explore the rich musical heritage of the Commonwealth nations. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Sun 7 Aug 2022 07:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto no.3 in D major BWV.1054 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masato Suzuki.
    • BIS.
    • BIS2481.
    • 1.
  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Westminster Mass (Gloria)

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.
    • Teldec.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major Op.20 no.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Quatuor Mosa茂ques.
    • Naive.
  • Arnold Bax

    Dance in Sunlight (3 Pieces for small orchestra)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • The Banks of Green Willow.
    • EMI.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    12 Studies (no.1 in E minor)

    Performer: Andr茅s Segovia.
    • NAXOS.
    • 2.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture (Suite) in C major TWV.55:C3 'Hamburger Ebbe und Fluth' (extract)

    Ensemble: Zefiro. Director: Alfredo Bernardini.
    • Zefiro.
    • ARCANA.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Solent

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • The Solent.
    • Albion.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Gretchen am Spinnrade D.118

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.
  • Granville Bantock

    The Sea Reivers (2 Hebridean Sea Poems)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Bantock: Celtic & Hebridean Symphonies/ The Witch of Atlas.
    • HYPERION.
    • 14.
  • Antoine Reicha

    Wind Quintet in E flat major Op.88 no.2 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Harmos Winds.
    • 成人快手 recording.
  • Aaron Copland

    Hoe-Down (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • B谩lint Bakfark

    Czarna Krowa [Black Cow]

    Performer: Michele Carreca.
    • Evening Song / Pie艣艅 Wieczorna / Giesm臈 Vakarin臈.
    • AYROS.
    • 10.
  • Joan Trimble

    The Cows are-a-milkin

    Performer: Una Hunt. Performer: Roy Holmes.
    • Joan Trimble: Two Pianos - Songs and Chamber Music.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 1.
  • Ella Fitzgerald & The Ink Spots

    Cow-Cow Boogie

    • DECCA.
  • Douglas Lilburn

    Aotearoa

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Lilburn: Orchestral Works: James Judd.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Music for Gymnastics

    Performer: H氓kon Austb酶.
    • Jan谩cek: Complete Piano Works.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
    • 23.
  • Tom Springfield

    The Carnival Is Over

    Ensemble: The Seekers.
    • The Very Best of the Seekers.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major Op.19 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Piano concertos nos. 2 & 4.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 3.

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