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Christmas Day - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents a special festive Breakfast for Christmas morning. Unwrap your presents and get the turkey in the oven to joyful Christmas music and a seasonal Sounds of the Earth slow radio soundscape blending nature sounds and music.

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Christmas Day 2022 07:00
成人快手 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no.191 'Gloria in excelsis Deo'

    Singer: Claron McFadden. Singer: Christoph Genz. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • J.S. Bach, Cantatas Vol 18: Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 8.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Corde natus (Concerto da chiesa)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Naxos.

  • 罢谤盲诲

    Jesu, redemptor omnium

    Choir: Seminarians Of Saint Peter Wigratzbad. Director: Dafydd Gwilym Evans.
    • De Montfort Music.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Christmas Overture (The Forest of Wild Thyme Op.74)

    Music Arranger: Sydney Baynes. Orchestra: 成人快手 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • The Night Before Christmas.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Trad.

    Sans Day Carol

    Music Arranger: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • John Rutter - The Choral Collection.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 21.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Overture di ballo

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Decca.

  • Mykola Leontovych

    Carol of the Bells

    Performer: Dan Gibson. Music Arranger: Dan Gibson.
    • Christmas Wonder.
    • Solitudes.
    • 13.

  • Trad.

    Sweet Bells

    Music Arranger: Kate Rusby. Performer: Kate Rusby.
    • Sweet Bells.
    • PURE.
    • 002.

  • Alfred S. Burt

    The Star Carol

    Choir: The Ebor Singers. Conductor: Paul Gameson.
    • RESONUS CLASSICS.

  • Leroy Anderson

    A Christmas Festival

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
    • RSNO: A Family Christmas.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Michael Praetorius

    In dulci jubilo

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Talvikuva [Winter Scene] (5 Esquisses Op.114)

    Performer: H氓vard Gimse.
    • Naxos.

  • Irving Berlin

    Snow (White Christmas)

    Singer: Bing Crosby. Singer: Danny Kaye. Singer: Peggy Lee. Singer: Trudy Stevens.
    • Selections from Irving Berlin's White Christmas (Remastered).
    • Remastered Collections.
    • 8.

  • 罢谤盲诲

    D酶gg og Sproti

    Music Arranger: Angelika Nielsen. Performer: Angelika Nielsen. Performer: Ian Melrose. Performer: Thomas Loefke. Composer: Trad.. Music Arranger: Angelika Nielsen.
    • Nor冒an- North Atlantic Soundscapes.
    • Laika Records.
    • 2.

  • Stephen Foster

    While shepherds watched their flocks

    Choir: Taverner Choir. Ensemble: Taverner Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Christmas Carols.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Troika

    Music Arranger: Tristan Fry. Ensemble: Sky.
    • Carillon, The Singles Collection: 1979-1987.
    • Esoteric.
    • 15.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in G minor Op.6`8 'Christmas Concerto' (mvts 4-6)

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon.
    • Corelli: Concerti Grossi, opus 6 - Baroque Esprit Series.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 27.

  • Gustav Holst

    In the bleak midwinter

    Music Arranger: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Decca.

  • J. Fred Coots

    Santa Claus Is Coming To Town

    Lyricist: Haven Gillespie. Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.
    • White Christmas - A Christmas Festival.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

  • Tom Lehrer

    A Christmas Carol

    Performer: Tom Lehrer.
    • The Tom Lehrer Collection 1953-60.
    • Acrobat.
    • 15.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

    Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Morgan. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • Christmas Carols At King's.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.

  • Trad.

    Innesheer; Ships in Full Sail; I Saw Three Ships; New Christmas Reel

    Music Arranger: Kathie Stewart. Ensemble: Apollo鈥檚 Fire. Director: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • AVIE.

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    成人快手 Radio 3

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