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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

Music Played

  • Roman Hoffstetter

    String Quartet in F Major Op.3 no.5 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • Hommage.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Frederick Delius

    Daybreak (Florida Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • Beecham Conducts Delius.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    O magnum mysterium

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Martin Baker.
    • Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, Missa Hodie Christus Natus Est etc....
    • HYPERION.
    • 11.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Whispered lullaby

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Evelyn Chang.
    • AVIE.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly)

    Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repu拧i膰.
    • Famous Opera Choruses.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 6.
  • Claude Debussy

    Petite Suite

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.
  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series volume II.
    • CEDILLE RECORDS.
    • 2.
  • Hania Rani

    Morning

    Performer: Hania Rani.
    • Gondwana Records.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Albumblatt in E minor, Op 117 (Song without Words)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 34.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    The Seasons Op.67 (Summer - excerpts)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major RV.204

    Performer: Federico Guglielmo. Performer: Esther Crazzolara. Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco. Director: Federico Guglielmo.
    • BRILLIANT.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Danza (Les Soirees musicales)

    Music Arranger: Erich Schagerl. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Performer: Ernst Ottensamer. Ensemble: Vienna Virtuosi.
    • The Clarinotts.
    • DG.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525: I. Allegro

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • Mozart, Haydn & CPE Bach.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Elfrida Andr茅e

    Piano Sonata in A major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lena Johnson.
    • Caprice.
  • Erland Cooper

    Longhope by Ayre

    Composer: Paul Weller. Performer: Erland Cooper. Performer: Paul Weller.
    • Holm (Variations & B-sides).
    • Believe International.
    • 13.
  • William Lawes

    Consort Suite 脿 6 No 3 in F major, 'Sunrise' (Air)

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat in D major BWV 243 (1st - 4th mvts)

    Singer: Miah Persson. Singer: Yukari Nonoshita. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Quartet movement in A minor

    Ensemble: Skride Piano Quartet.
    • ORFEO.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Sonatine: Mouvement de menuet

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.
  • Franz Leh谩r

    Sirens of the Ball - waltz (The Merry Widow)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nick Davies.
    • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performs the Greatest Classics.
    • EMI Gold.
    • 2.

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