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Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, including Mendelssohn's Trumpet Overture, Elgar's Three Bavarian Dances, and a famous aria from Puccini's La Boheme.

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast Show, including Mendelssohn's Trumpet Overture performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under Claudio Abbado, the London Philharmonic Orchestra play Elgar's Three Bavarian Dances, and Luciano Pavarotti sings Che gelida manina from Puccini's La Boheme.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 14 Jan 2012 07:00

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Marche militaire in E flat, D733 No 3

    Performer: Ykeda Duo

    • WCJ 2564 69074-4.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Suite mignonne, Op 98a

    Performer: Finlandia Sinfonietta Performer: Conductor Pekka Helasvuo

    • Finlandia FACD 354.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    "Trumpet Overture", Op 101

    Performer: London Symphony Orchestra Performer: Conductor Claudio Abbado

    • DG 423 104-2.
  • Nicola Porpora

    Contemplar almen chi l'ama (Or che una nube ingrate)

    Performer: Iestyn Davies (countenor) Performer: Arcangelo Performer: Director Jonathan Cohen

    • Hyperion CAD67894.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Schon Rosmarin; Caprice viennois, Op 2

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov (violin) Performer: Itamar Golan (piano)

    • Teldec 9031 773512.
  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants

    Performer: Montreal Symphony Orchestra Performer: Conductor Charles Dutoit

    • Decca 421 527-2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Variation 1 (Goldberg Variations, BWV988)

    Performer: Steven Devine (harpsichord)

    • CHAN 0780.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto rondo in E flat, K371

    Performer: Radovan Vlatkovic (horn) Performer: English Chamber Orchestra Performer: Conductor Jeffrey Tate

    • EMI CDC 7 47453 2.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C, Op 18

    Performer: Jonathan Biss (piano)

    • EMI 3653812.
  • Edward Elgar

    Three Bavarian Dances, Op 27)

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Conductor Adrian Boult

    • EMI CDM 7 69207 2.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Che gelida manina (La Boheme, Act I)

    Performer: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Performer: Conductor Herbert von Karajan

    • Decca 417 362-2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G minor, Op 20 No 3 (4th movement: Allegro molto)

    Performer: The London Haydn Quartet

    • Hyperion CDA67877.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Overture: The Thieving Magpie

    Performer: La Scala Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Conductor Riccardo Chailly

    • Decca 448 218-2.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Caribbean Dance

    Performer: Ro Hancock-Child

    • Red Glory RHC 009.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in G, Op 3 No 3

    Performer: Handel & Haydn Society Performer: Director Christopher Hogwood Performer: L鈥橭iseau Lyre

    • 421 729 2.

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  • Sat 14 Jan 2012 07:00

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