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Classical music to start the day

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Also, the 成人论坛 Singers perform the eight finalists in the 2023 Breakfast Carol Competition.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 14 Dec 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Apres un reve

    Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Decca.
  • William Byrd

    Lullaby, my sweet little I. baby

    Performer: Martin Bauer. Performer: Liam Fennelly. Conductor: Geoffroy Jourdain.
    • Melancholia.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 110.
  • Fredrik Sixten

    Mary's Lullaby (Silent Night)

    Performer: Emma Walshe. Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Advent Calendar.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 123.
  • William Byrd

    Lullaby, my sweet little baby

    Performer: Benjamin B茅douin. Performer: Patrick Wibart. Performer: Fr茅d茅ric Baldassare. Performer: Martin Bauer. Performer: Liam Fennelly. Conductor: Geoffroy Jourdain.
    • Melancholia.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 117.
  • Morfydd Llwyn Owen

    Maida Vale

    Performer: Brian Ellsbury.
    • Morfydd Owen: Portrait of a Lost Icon.
    • T欧 Cerdd.
    • 7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F Major, BWV1047

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • Linn.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • AVI MUSIC.
  • Jacqueline Burley

    Can it be true?

    Performer: Caroline Jaya-Ratnam. Ensemble: 成人论坛 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Dario Castello

    Sonata - 1621 no.11

    Performer: Benny Aghassi. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Richard Egarr.
    • AAM.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G minor for Cello and Piano, Op.19 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and Gigue in D

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • TELDEC.
  • Maurice Walters

    The Winter's Brightening

    Performer: Caroline Jaya-Ratnam. Ensemble: 成人论坛 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Traditional Scottish

    Canaries I & II [Straloch Lute Book]

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no 5, Emperor (Finale)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: 成人论坛 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Harry Belafonte & Ralph Hunter

    The Baby Boy

    • Jump Up Calypso.
    • RCA Records.
    • 3.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Winter (1st mvt)

    Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • Avie.
  • RADIO 3 CHRISTMAS CAROL COMPETITION 2023 TEXT

    "Polaris" by Simon Armitage, read by Simon Armitage

  • TED (Junior Carol Finalist no. 1)

    Polaris

    Lyricist: Simon Armitage. Choir: 成人论坛 Singers. Performer: Iain Farrington. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • LAURA (Junior Carol Finalist no. 2)

    Polaris

    Lyricist: Simon Armitage. Choir: 成人论坛 Singers. Performer: Iain Farrington. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Eric Coates

    The Merrymakers

    Orchestra: 成人论坛 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Coates: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • REBECCA (Junior Carol Finalist no. 3)

    Polaris

    Lyricist: Simon Armitage. Choir: 成人论坛 Singers. Performer: Iain Farrington. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • ISABELLE (Junior Carol Finalist no. 4)

    Polaris

    Lyricist: Simon Armitage. Choir: 成人论坛 Singers. Performer: Iain Farrington. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Debussy, Attahir, Ravel.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: B鈥橰ock Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Pentatone.
  • ANDREW COLLIER (Senior Carol Finalist No. 1)

    Polaris

    Lyricist: Simon Armitage. Choir: 成人论坛 Singers. Performer: Iain Farrington. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • RICHARD MACK (Senior Carol Finalist No. 2)

    Polaris

    Lyricist: Simon Armitage. Choir: 成人论坛 Singers. Performer: Iain Farrington. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Barry Gray

    A Christmas to Remember - Skating

    • Stingray (Original Television Soundtrack).
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 21.
  • Josef Strauss

    Eislauf, Polka schnell, Op. 261

    Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Neujahrskonzert / New Year's Concert 2004.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • BEVERLEY (BEV) MOORE (Senior Carol Finalist No. 3)

    Polaris

    Lyricist: Simon Armitage. Choir: 成人论坛 Singers. Performer: Iain Farrington. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • CLARE WELFARE (Senior Carol Finalist No. 4)

    Polaris

    Lyricist: Simon Armitage. Choir: 成人论坛 Singers. Performer: Iain Farrington. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op 66

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Recording.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

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