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Your classical alarm call

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 13 Dec 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Trad.

    I Saw Three Ships

    Music Arranger: James Morgan. Music Arranger: Juliette Pochin. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Performer: Piano Hands. Conductor: James Morgan.
    • Carols Revisited - Christmas with the 成人快手 Singers.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    In the Bottoms: Barcarolle (Morning)

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano.
    • Albany Records.
    • 27.
  • Dorothy Howell

    2 Pieces for Muted Strings

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Teresa Riveiro B枚hm.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in G Minor, BWV.1056R

    Performer: Thibault Noally. Ensemble: Les Accents.
    • Bach & Co.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Tarentelle Op.6

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Synergy.
    • BIS.
    • 201.
  • Trad.

    In dulci jubilo

    Music Arranger: Robert Lucas Pearsall. Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Conductor: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Nativitas, A celebration of peace: Choir of New College, Oxford/Higginbottom.
    • Erato.
    • 14.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Quartet in A flat major (1st mvt: Allegro moderato)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet; Piano Quartet; Piano Trio.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Frantizek Prochazka

    Valse Revee

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.
    • Supraphon.
  • John Gardner

    Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Hodie - An English Christmas Collection.
    • Coro.
    • 25.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Seal Lullaby

    Performer: Zoe Hancock. Performer: Black Dyke Band. Music Arranger: Paul Sharman. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Black Dyke Gold Volume VII.
    • Doyen.
  • Mykola Leontovych

    The Grey Cuckoo

    Performer: William Spaulding. Choir: Songs for Ukraine Choir.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F major Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Dmitri Maximovich Shostakovich. Orchestra: I Musici de Montr茅al. Conductor: Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich.
    • Shostakovich: Piano concerto no. 2: I Musici de Montr茅al.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • The Wilderness Yet

    Old Jacky Frost

    Performer: The Wilderness Yet.
    • Scribe Records.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes Op.23 (no.10 in G flat major)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.6 in B flat major

    Orchestrator: Albert Parlow. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • 罢谤盲诲

    Sankta Lucia

    Orchestra: G枚teborgs symfonietta. Conductor: Tomas Blank.
    • En Klassisk Jul, Vol. 2.
    • Blank.
    • 15.
  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Herdmaiden's Dance (The Mountain King)

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Alfven: Symhony no.5: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • BIS.
    • 4.
  • Traditional Swedish

    Nu t盲ndas tusen juleljus

    Orchestra: G枚teborgs symfonietta. Choir: Leif Strands Damk枚r. Conductor: Jerker Johansson.
    • When You Wish Upon a Star (G枚teborgsMusiken).
    • Naxos Sweden.
    • 7.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite (Russian Dance, 'Trepak')

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Serenade For Strings; Neville Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 4.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite (Arabian Dance)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Serenade For Strings; Neville Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite (Chinese Dance)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Serenade For Strings; Neville Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Second livre de pi猫ces de clavecin, Ordre 7: No. 3, La Basque

    Performer: Jory Vinikour.
    • L'unique.
    • Cedille.
    • 206.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto No.2 in D major - 3rd mvt Rondo (Allegro)

    Performer: Maximilian Hornung. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.
    • Sony.
  • Catrin Finch

    Wish

    Composer: Trad.. Performer: Aoife N铆 Bhriain. Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • Double You.
    • ARC Music Productions International Ltd.
    • 9.
  • Franz Xaver Gruber

    Tawel nos [ Silent Night ]

    Music Arranger: Chris Hazell. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Tecwyn Evans.
    • Carols & Christmas Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata no.21 in C major Op.53 'Waldstein' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus Iste

    Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: David Hill.

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