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Start your weekend the Radio 3 way, with Saturday Breakfast

Join Elizabeth Alker to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 27 Jul 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.
    • Homage: James Ehnes.
    • Onyx.
    • 19.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lake in the Mountains (49th Parallel)

    Performer: Ian Brown.
    • Vaughan Williams: Violin Sonata; String Quartet No.2 etc..
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Passacaglia "The Guardian Angel"

    Performer: Daniel Pioro.
    • Dust.
    • Bedroom Community.
    • 5.
  • Peter Warlock

    Pieds en l'air (Capriol suite)

    Orchestra: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Marianna Martines

    Bella fiamma del mio core (Il primo amore)

    Singer: N煤ria Rial. Ensemble: La Floridiana. Director: Nicoleta Paraschivescu.
    • deutsche harmonia mundi.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro

    Performer: Osian Ellis. Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.
    • EMI.
  • John Field

    Nocturne no.15 in C major

    Performer: Benjamin Frith.
    • John Field: Piano Music, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.
  • Trad.

    Captain Bover

    Lyricist: Trad..
    • Nowhere And Everywhere.
    • Billingham Records.
    • 1.
  • Giulio Caccini

    Ave Maria

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Janusz Szadowiak. Performer: Maria Perucka. Performer: Roman Perucki.
    • The famous organs from Frombork Cathedral.
    • Soliton.
    • 1.
  • Francesca Caccini

    Dolce Maria

    Performer: Amanda Keesmaat. Performer: Luc Beaus茅jour. Singer: Shannon Mercer.
    • Francesca Caccini: O Viva Rosa.
    • Analekta.
    • 6.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: II. Largo

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 5.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.
  • Frederick Septimus Kelly

    Serenade for flute & piano, Op.7 (1st mvt: Prelude)

    Performer: Michael Waye. Performer: David Wickham.
    • Kelly: Chamber Music.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 4.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Ensemble: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.
    • LAGQ.
    • Sony.
    • 16.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D major, RV.589

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • COLLINS CLASSICS.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • American Quintets.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Kathryn Tickell

    Brig Set

    Composer: Corrina Hewat. Performer: Kathryn Tickell. Performer: Corrina Hewat.
    • The Sky Didn't Fall.
    • Park Records.
    • 2.
  • Olivia Chaney

    Waxwing

    Composer: Alasdair Roberts. Singer: Olivia Chaney.
    • The Longest River.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 3.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite: Nocturne and Mazurka

    Conductor: Kirill Kondrashin. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra.
    • Khachaturian/Kabalevsky/Tchaikovsky/Rimsky-Korsakov: Kondrashin.
    • BMG.
    • 1.
  • Charles Avison

    Concerto Grosso in E flat major Op.9'7

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • The Avison Ensemble: Avison: Concerti Grossi, op. 9 & op. 10.
    • Divine Art.
    • 25.
  • Geordie Ridley

    Blaydon Races

    Performer: Sheila Armstrong. Performer: Sir Thomas Allen. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Choir: Sinfonia Chorus. Choir: Sinfonia Chorus. Conductor: David Haslam. Conductor: David Haslam. Conductor: David Haslam.
    • MAWSON AND WAREHAM MUSIC LTD.
    • 886788736528.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major Op. 77 (3rd movement)

    Performer: Thomas Zehetmair. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Brahms: Violin Concerto / Schumann: Fourth Symphony.
    • AVIE.
    • 3.

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