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Classical Escape

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring music for Christmas. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours

Last on

Sun 17 Dec 2023 07:00

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in F Minor Op.8 no.4, RV.297 'Winter'

    Performer: Susanne Lautenbacher. Performer: W眉rttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: J枚rg Faerber.
    • Allegretto.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes Op.23 (no.6 in E flat major)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (conclusion)

    Singer: Furio Zanasi. Singer: Lucile Richardot. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SOLI DEO GLORIA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto K.314 vers. oboe & orchestra in C major: 3rd mvt; Allegro

    Performer: Cristina G贸mez Godoy. Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart & Strauss.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Josef Suk

    Meditation on an old Czech hymn "St Wenceslas" Op.35a

    Ensemble: Suk Quartet.
    • Josef Suk: Works for String Quartet.
    • CRD Records.
    • 9.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B minor Op.74 'Path茅tique' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Path茅tique": Philadelphia Orchestra/Eschenbach.
    • Ondine.
  • John Dankworth

    Light of the World

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Performer: Joseph Beadle. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Celestial Dawn.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.
  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Etude no.110 in A major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult: 脡tudes.
    • BIS.
    • 128.
  • 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.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat in D major BWV.243 (Magnificat anima mea)

    Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • J.S. Bach: Magnificat/Easter Oratorio: Taverner Consort & Players/Parrott.
    • Virgin.
    • 1.
  • John Ireland

    The Holy Boy

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • English String Miniatures, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

    Music Arranger: Arthur Sullivan. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Tom Etheridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Favourite Carols from King's.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 15.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Seascape Op.53

    Orchestra: 成人快手 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.
  • Franz Schubert

    'Quartettsatz' in C minor, D 703

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Schubert: String Quintet D956 etc: Takacs Quartet.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • John Williams

    Flying Theme (E.T.)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • MCA.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Waft her, Angels (Jephtha)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Classical Opera Company. Conductor: Ian Page.
    • Signum.
  • Haven Gillespie

    Santa Claus is Coming to Town

    Composer: J. Fred Coots. Choir: Vlaams Radiokoor. Conductor: Herv茅 Niquet.
    • Dreaming of a White Christmas.
    • Brussels Philharmonic Recordings.
    • 4.
  • Leroy Anderson

    Sleigh Ride

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.
    • DG.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Finale

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Bernstein: Arias and Barcarolles etc.:LSO/Tilson Thomas.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 23.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.3 in C minor (Juba)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

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