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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including music from Sibelius's Suite for violin and orchestra and Edward German's Romance for clarinet and piano.

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast show, including music from Sibelius' Suite for Violin and Orchestra performed by violinist Dong-Suk Kang with the Lahti Symphony Orchestra conducted by Osmo Vanska, and Edward German's Romance for clarinet and piano is performed by John Bradbury and James Cryer.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 20 Aug 2011 07:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

    Performer: Orchestra of St John’s Performer: John Lubbock (conductor)

    • Resonance CD RSN 3072.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Suite for Violin and Orchestra, op 117: 1. Country Scenery; 2. Evening in Spring; 3. In th

    Performer: Dong-Suk Kang (violin) Performer: Lahti Symphony Orchestra Performer: Osmo Vanska (conductor)

    • BIS CD 1125.
  • Samuel Barber

    Agnus Dei

    Performer: Accentus Chamber Choir Performer: Laurence Equilby (director)

    • Naïve V 4965.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Strings RV 154

    Performer: Concerto Italiano Performer: Rinaldo Alessandrini (director)

    • OPUS 111 OP 30377.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade, op 35

    Performer: The Young Prince and Princess Performer: New York Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Kurt Masur (conductor)

    • APEX 2564 60374 2.
  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Dance no 10 in E

    Performer: Nino Gvetadze (piano)

    • Orchid ORC 100017.
  • Luigi Arditi

    Il Bacio (Waltz for voice and orchestra)

    Performer: Joan Sutherland (soprano) Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Richard Bonynge (conductor)

    • Decca 417 780 2.
  • Edward German

    Romance

    Performer: John Bradbury (clarinet) Performer: James Cryer (piano)

    • Naxos 8.570539.
  • John Dowland

    The Shoemaker's Wife

    Performer: Nigel North (lute)

    • Naxos 8.557586.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F: 2nd movt - Assez vif – Tres rythme

    Performer: Belcea Quartet

    • EMI CDZ5740202.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no 4 in E minor, op 98: 3rd movt

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Sir Simon Rattle (conductor)

    • EMI 2 67254 2.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Turtle Dove

    Performer: James Oxley (tenor) Performer: The Finzi Singers Performer: Paul Spicer (director)

    • CHAN 9425.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rondo for cello and orchestra Op. 4

    Performer: Dmitry Yablonsky (cello and conductor) Performer: Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

    • Naxos 8.557352.
  • Enrique Granados

    The Maiden and the Nightingale from "Goyescas"

    Performer: Ana-Maria Vera (piano)

    • Signum SIGCD146.
  • Johann Strauss II - Polka : Bitte schon op 372 (polka francaise)

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Performer: Lorin Maazel (conductor)

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade no 6 in D major K 239 "Serenata Notturna"

    Performer: The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra Performer: Ton Koopman (director)

    • APEX 2564 60712 2.

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