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Day of Dance

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show, with Darcey Bussell joining him in the studio to kickstart Radio3's Day of Dance.

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Last on

Fri 8 Nov 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Arnold Bax

    Dance in Sunlight (3 Pieces for small orchestra)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • The Banks of Green Willow.
    • EMI.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Introduction & Fandango (arr for guitar quartet)

    Music Arranger: Jeremy Sparks. Ensemble: Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
    • Dances Aquarelle Guitar Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Anna Clyne

    Cello Concerto 'Dance' (When You're Broken Up)

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Avie.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068

    Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Director: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Archiv.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in C sharp minor, Op 64 No 2

    Performer: Jean鈥怋ernard Pommier.
    • The Chopin Experience.
    • Warner Classics and Jazz.
    • 4.
  • Trad.

    Tarantella del Gargano

    Singer: Alfio Antico. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • ALPHA.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Lazarev.
    • The Tchaikovsky Experience.
    • Warner Classics and Jazz.
    • 14.
  • Benjamin Britten

    The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57 - Act 3 Scene 2 - Finale

    Conductor: Benjamin Britten. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
    • Britten: The Prince of the Pagodas.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 36.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Juliette Hurel. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • WARNER.
  • Paco de Luc铆a

    La Barrosa

    • Anthology.
    • Universal Music Spain S.L..
    • 4.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cinderella, Op. 87, Act 2: No. 36, Duet of the Prince and Cinderella

    Conductor: Andr茅 Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Cinderella & Symphony No. 1, Op. 25 "Classical".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances Sz.56

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Dance: Works for piano: Kathryn Stott.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    "The Little Dancers" by Laurence Binyon, read by Noni Lewis

  • Traditional Irish

    Jimmy Holme's Favourite

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
    • The Celtic Viol 2: Savall/Lawrence-King/McGuire.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 25.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 18.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Histoire du tango (Bordel 1900)

    Music Arranger: ESCUALO5. Ensemble: ESCUALO5.
    • Piazzolla: Tango Works.
    • BIS.
    • 109.
  • Grace Williams

    Tarantella (The Dancers)

    Choir: Richard Hickox Singers. Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka (The Shrovetide Fair)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Onyx.
  • Irving Berlin

    Top hat - musical: Top hat, white tie and tails

    Singer: Fred Astaire. Orchestra: Orchestra.
    • PAST PERFECT.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Mambo

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • DG.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Das Lied von der Erde (Song of the Earth) - IV. Von der Schonheit

    Singer: Alice Coote. Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.1 in E Minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite from the Aylesford Pieces: I. Entr茅e - II. Gavotte - III. Passepied - Menu

    Performer: Georg Lawall.
    • 100 Best Guitar Classics.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 Cornish dances Op.91

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.
  • Constant Lambert

    Rondino: The dancers arrive, late for class (Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Norman Del Mar.
    • LYRITA.
  • Joby Talbot

    The Mad Hatter's Tea Party (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • Signum.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in A minor, Op.59 no.1

    Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • CBS.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • HYPERION.

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