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Your classical weekend

Elizabeth Alker with a Breakfast mix of classical music, folk and the odd Unclassified track, plus two shortlisted entries from the Carol Competition.

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Sat 16 Dec 2023 07:00
成人快手 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Sony.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Polonaise [Christmas Eve - Suite] (arr. for brass band)

    Performer: Fairey Band. Music Arranger: Denis Wright. Conductor: Kenneth Dennison.
    • DECCA.

  • David Croft

    'Allo! 'Allo! Theme tune

    Composer: Roy Moore. Ensemble: London Music Works.
    • Silva Screen.

  • Jacques Brel

    Vesoul

    Singer: Jacques Brel.
    • BARCLAY.

  • Salamone Rossi

    Elohim hashivenu

    Choir: Vache Baroque Singers. Ensemble: La Vaghezza. Director: Jonathan Darbourne.

  • Salamone Rossi

    Gagliarda della Zambalina

    Ensemble: La Vaghezza.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Hans Vonk.
    • Mozart: Clarinet concerto K.622: Meyer/Staatskapelle Dresden/Vonk.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

  • Anon.

    Gaudete

    Performer: Steeleye Span.
    • CHRYSALIS.

  • Peter Warlock

    A Cornish Christmas Carol

    Ensemble: Finzi Singers. Conductor: Paul Spicer.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Sleigh Ride

    Performer: Guido Schiefen. Orchestra: WDR Radio Orchestra. Conductor: David de Villiers.
    • Offenbach 鈥� Works for Violoncello and Orchestra.
    • CPO.
    • 7.

  • Enrique Granados

    Danzas espa帽olas (Romantica orch Ferrer)

    Orchestrator: Rafael Ferrer. Orchestra: Orquestra Simf貌nica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Salvador Brotons.
    • Granados: Danzas Espanolas: Barcelona Symphony & Catalonia National Orch/Brotons.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.

  • Daniel Pioro

    Et Lux

    Performer: Daniel Pioro.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Joyeuse marche

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Tortelier's French Bonbons: 成人快手 Philharmonic/Tortelier.
    • Chandos.

  • Andrew Carter

    A maiden most gentle

    Performer: Francesca Massey. Choir: 成人快手 Singers. Conductor: Graham Ross.

  • Francesco Manfredini

    Concerto Grosso in C major, Op.3'12 "Con una Pastorale per il Santissimo Natale" (2nd & 3rd mvts)

    Performer: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Florence Price

    Elfentanz

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • From Brighton to Brooklyn.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert Waltz No.1 in D, Op.47

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Ernest Ansermet.
    • DECCA.

  • 罢谤盲诲

    I saw three ships come sailing in

    Singer: Jon Boden. Singer: Eliza Carthy.
    • Hudson Records.

  • Arn贸r Dan

    For now I am winter

    Performer: 脫lafur Arnalds. Performer: 脫lafur Arnalds. Music Arranger: Nils Frahm. Music Arranger: Nils Frahm.
    • MERCURY.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Tango

    Music Arranger: Victor Babin. Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • HYPERION.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Hob. I:94 "Surprise": II. Andante

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer.
    • Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 106.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Of the three wise men, from The Ballad of the Brown King

    Singer: Noah Stewart. Ensemble: The Dessoff Choirs. Orchestra: The Dessoff Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Merriweather.
    • The Ballad Of The Brown King & Selected Songs.
    • Avie.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Little Prelude No 1 in C major, BWV 939

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Overture for a Festival

    Orchestrator: Rodney Newton. Orchestra: Royal National Scottish Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.
    • Ernest John Moeran: Sketches for Symphony No.2 - John Ireland: Sarnia - An Islan.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 8.

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