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Thursday - Clemency Burton-Hill

Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's breakfast show, with works by Steve Martland, York Bowen, Grieg and Monteverdi. Plus performances by Tasmin Little and the Nash Ensemble.

Clemency Burton-Hill presents Radio 3's Breakfast, opening another door on our Advent Calendar and featuring performances by the Nash Ensemble, Tasmin Little, the Brodsky String Quartet, Thomas Ades and Carolyn Sampson. Including works by Monteverdi, Rimsky-Korsakov, Buxtehude, Steve Martland and Ligeti.

Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk or text 83111 with your music requests and Musical Map suggestions.

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Music Played

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Gaetano Pugnani

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • Partners in Time: Tamsin Little/John Lenehan.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Anonymous

    Scottish Dances (16th century) arr.Ulrich Dieckmann

    Ensemble: Triton Trombone Quartet. Music Arranger: Ulrich Dieckmann.
    • Triton's Journey.
    • BIS.
    • 2-5.

  • Haydn Wood

    Serenade to Youth for orchestra

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Best of British Light Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schlummert ein, ihr matten Augen (Cantata No 82)

    Singer: Christine Sch盲fer. Ensemble: Berlin Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Christine Schafer - Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Robert Schumann

    Kinderszenen Op.15 for piano: no.1 Von fremden: Landern und Menschen

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet. Performer: Philip Edward Fisher.
    • 10708.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 13.

  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Les baricades misterieuses

    Music Arranger: Thomas Ad猫s. Ensemble: The Composers Ensemble. Conductor: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • EMI.

  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto symphonique for piano and orchestra no. 4 (Op.102), 2nd mvt; Scherzo

    Performer: Clifford Curzon. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Brahms: Piano Concerto no. 1: Curzon, Boult.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Canario (Fantas铆a para un gentilhombre)

    Performer: Pepe Romero. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Chiome d'oro (Madrigals, Book 7)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Rebecca Outram. Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Consort. Conductor: Robert King.
    • Monteverdi - Heaven and Earth.
    • Vivat.
    • 5.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Indian Dance (Mlada)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov Overture and Suites from the Operas.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Prelude in D flat major, Op 28 No 15, 'Raindrop'

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • The World of The Piano: Ashkenazy, Schiff, Lupu.
    • Decca.
    • 16.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Chorale-Prelude 'In dulci jubilo', BuxWV 197

    Performer: Marie鈥怌laire Alain.
    • Buxtehude - Oeuvres Pour Orgue.
    • Erato.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflote - singspiel in 2 acts (K.620); Act II; no.10; (aria) O isis...

    Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Mozart - Die Zauberflote - Rene Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

  • Edwin York Bowen

    Suite Mignonne (No 2, Valse)

    Performer: Joop Celis.
    • Bowen: Works for Piano, Vol.4.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Gustav Holst

    Venus, the Bringer of Peace (The Planets, Op.32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    Contre qui, rose (Les chansons des roses)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Les Chansons Des Roses.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite in D major HWV.349 (Alla hornpipe)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Handel: Water Music: The English Concert, Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
    • 8.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Dance, Op 35 No 3

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Grieg: Norwegian Dances; Lyric Suite etc..
    • Dutton Laboratories.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Sonata for clarinet and piano (Op.120`1) in F minor, 3rd mvt; Allegretto...

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Performer: Franklin Cohen.
    • Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas 1&2: Cohen/Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Steve Martland

    Dance 3 (Dance Works for ensemble)

    Ensemble: The Steve Martland Band. Conductor: Steve Martland.
    • Steve Martland: Patrol.
    • Catalyst.
    • 3.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Parysatis - incidental music

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Saint-Saens.
    • Cala.
    • 1-4.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major Op.20 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Beethoven/Mendelssohn: Nash Ensemble.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 6.

  • David Jennings

    Piano Sonata no.1: 3rd movement; Romance

    Performer: James Willshire.
    • David Jennings: Music for Piano.
    • Divine Art.
    • 3.

  • Ernst Heinsius Heinsius

    Sinfonia in D major, Op 2 No 1

    Performer: Makoto Akatsu. Orchestra: Orchestra "Van Wassenaer". Director: Makoto Akatsu.
    • Heinsius: 6 Sinfonie; Lentz: Harpsichord Concerti.
    • BIS.
    • 1-3.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi

    Conductor: Kurt Herbert Adler. Singer: Leona Mitchell. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • The World of Puccini: Sutherland, Freni, Pavarotti.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Romanian Concerto for orchestra (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.
    • The Ligeti Project.
    • Teldec.
    • 5.

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