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Classical music to set you up for the day

Kate Molleson presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with the Friday poem and music that captures the mood of the morning.

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3 hours

Last on

Fri 9 Aug 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite Op.11: (ii) Ballad

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna M盲lkki.
    • BIS.
  • Alice Mary Smith

    Symphony in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Mokale Koapeng

    Prelude in D-flat major

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • SOMM.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Decca.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sextet in E flat Op. 71, 2nd mvt: Adagio

    Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists.
    • Music for Winds.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.
  • Amy Beach

    Summer Dreams, Op. 47: No. 1, The Brownies

    Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov.
    • Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo.
    • CPO.
    • 401.
  • Amy Beach

    Robin Redbreast (Summer Dreams)

    Ensemble: Genova and Dimitrov Piano Duo.
    • Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo.
    • CPO.
    • 402.
  • Franz Biebl

    Ave Maria

    Choir: The Gentlemen of St John鈥檚. Director: Christopher Robinson.
    • Music for Men's Voices.
    • Priory.
    • 5.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Emily Beynon. Performer: Andrew West.
    • L'Album des Six: The complete works of The Six for flute and piano.
    • Hyperion.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • DG.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Philip Glass

    The Windcatcher, Pt. III

    Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner.
    • Philip Glass - Recent Recordings.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    "Happy the Man" by John Dryden (after Horace), read by Anton Lesser

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.6`2 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Sinfonia to Santa Beatrice d'Este.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 110.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Marriage of Figaro: Overture

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • EMI.
  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Concerto in B flat - 3rd mvt: Allegro

    Performer: Ewa Kupiec. Orchestra: Neubrandenburger Philharmonie. Conductor: Sebastian Tewinkel.
    • Capriccio.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Oboe Concerto from BWV 105, 170 and 49 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • Voices of Bach: Albrecht Meyer.
    • Decca.
    • 17.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Overture - The King and I

    Composer: Oscar Hammerstein II. Conductor: Ted Sperling.
    • Universal Music Classics.
  • George Gershwin

    Prelude No.1

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • DG.
  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No 2 in E flat major, Op 63 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Elgar: Symphony No.2/Cockaigne: LPO/Boult.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.
  • David Raksin

    Laura

    Performer: Coleman Hawkins.
    • PRESTIGE.
  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Swedish Festive Music, Op 25

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Nobel Prize Ceremony Music: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/Davis.
    • FINLANDIA.
    • 001.
  • Joseph Parry

    Myfanwy

    Choir: Morriston Orpheus Choir. Director: Alwyn Humphreys.
    • SAIN.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major Op.90 'Italian' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos.3 & 4: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Harnoncourt.
    • Teldec.
    • 8.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Sonata a 8 sopra 'Sancta Maria' (Vespro della Beata Vergine)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 203.
  • Claude Debussy

    Sarabande

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Paris. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Naive.
  • Clara Schumann

    Romance (2nd mvt) from Piano Concerto in A minor

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Performer: Miwa Rosso.
  • Michael Nyman

    Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds (The Draughtman's Contract)

    Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Director: Michael Nyman.
    • CHARISMA.
  • Aaron Copland

    Rodeo - 4 Dance Episodes (Hoe-down)

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

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