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Sunny side up classical

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show with the Friday poem and music that captures the mood of the morning.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 29 Dec 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne (Pell茅as et M茅lisande, Op.80)

    Performer: Robert Thuillier. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Armin Jordan.
    • Pavane: The music of Gabriel Faure.
    • Erato.
    • 5.
  • Pau Casals

    Song of the Birds (El Cant del Ocells)

    Performer: Pau Casals. Orchestra: Prades Festival Orchestra.
    • CBS.
  • Pau Casals

    O vos omnes

    Ensemble: Sospiri. Conductor: Christopher Watson.
    • NAXOS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Oboe Concerto in C major, RV 447 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: New Seasons Ensemble.
    • Decca.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen! - Ihr konnet verjagen (Cantata BWV.66)

    Singer: Kai Wessel. Singer: Peter Kooij. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Director: Phillipe Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Study in G flat major, Op 25 No 9 (Butterfly)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
    • Chopin: 12 脡tudes, Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No.5 in B Flat, D.485 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Karl B枚hm.
    • DG.
  • Robert Schumann

    M盲rchenerz盲hlungen [Fairy Tales] No.1

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Mozart: Quintet in E-Flat & Trio in E-Flat - Schumann: M盲rchenerz盲hlungen & Fant.
    • CRD Records.
    • 7.
  • Josef Suk

    Intermezzo - Playing at Swans and Peacocks, from Fairytale Suite (Raduz and Mahulena)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Chandos.
  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles Op.23 for clarinet and piano; No. 4 Forlana

    Performer: Amy Dickson. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
  • Carl Mill枚cker

    Der Bettelstudent: Overture

    Orchestra: Philharmonie N眉rnberg. Conductor: Christian Simonis.
    • Mill枚cker: Walzes, Marches & Polkas.
    • CPO.
    • 1101.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Andante cantabile, arr. composer for str orch (with vc solo)

    Performer: Johannes Moser. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Pentatone.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    Pied Beauty by Gerard Manley Hopkins, read live by Martin Handley

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ert枚t uns durch dein G眉te (Cantata No 22)

    Music Arranger: Harriet Cohen. Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach Arrangements.
    • HYPERION.
    • 14.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour Op.12

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto: Sol Gabetta/Danish National Symphony Orchestra/Venzago.
    • RCA.
    • 6.
  • Amy Beach

    Summer Dreams, Op. 47: No. 1, The Brownies

    Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov.
    • Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo.
    • CPO.
    • 401.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in G major Op.1`2 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Rautio Piano Trio.
    • Beethoven: Piano Trios, Op. 1, Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 8.
  • Andy Statman

    Flatbush Waltz

    Ensemble: Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
    • Torrential Goulash.
    • Self Release.
  • Juan Garc铆a de Z茅spedes

    Convidando est谩 la noche

    Ensemble: The Harp Consort. Director: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.
    • Missa Mexicana: The Harp Consort, Andrew King.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 16.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 4 in A major, Op 90, 'Italian' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DECCA.
  • Michael Berkeley

    Music From Chaucer: No. 5, The Wakeful Poet

    Ensemble: Onyx Brass.
    • Pavans, Fantasias, Variations.
    • Meridian Records.
    • 6.
  • William Llewellyn

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Choir: Worcester Festival Choral Society. Conductor: Donald Hunt.
    • Joy to the World: Carols from Worcester Cathedral.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.35 in D major K.385 'Haffner' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Mozart: Paris & Haffner Symphonies & Oboe Concerto.
    • Pentatone.
    • 101.

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