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Monday - Sarah Walker

Essential Classics With Sarah Walker. Including Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony (excerpt).

Saturday - Martin Handley

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Duration: 2 hours

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical Breakfast Show, including a Symphonic Dance by Grieg performed by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conduced by Paavo Berglund, the City of London Sinfonia conducted by Richard Hickox perform the Finale of Bizet's Symphony in C, and Strauss' Roses from the South waltz is played by the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Willi Boskovsky.

Music played

16 items
Timings are shown from the start of the programme in hours and minutes
  • 00:03
    Artist Image for Franz Liszt

    Franz Liszt Valse oubliee No.1

    Performer: Stephen Hough (piano)

    HYPERION CDA67686, Tr. 10

  • 00:07
    Artist Image for Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev

    Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev Finale from Symphony No.1 in D major, op.25, “Classical”

    Performer: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

    DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 437 253-2, Tr. 4

  • 00:12
    Artist Image for Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach Sinfonia from Cantata BWV 169

    Performer: Accademia Bizantina Performer: Ottavio Dantone (director)

    DECCA 478 2718, Tr. 10

  • 00:21
    Artist Image for Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Melodie (from Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op.42’3)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman (violin) Performer: Samuel Sanders (piano)

    EMI CLASSICS 4 76957 2, CD2 Tr. 7

  • 00:26
    Artist Image for Malcolm Arnold

    Malcolm Arnold Comedy Suite from St. Trinians

    Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Rumon Gamba (conductor)

    CHANDOS CHAN 9851, Tr. 18-22

  • 00:35
    Artist Image for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Rondo from Piano Sonata in D major, K.311

    Performer: Rafal Bechacz (piano)

    DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 477 7453, Tr. 10

  • 00:43
    Artist Image for Edvard Grieg

    Edvard Grieg Symphonic Dance no.3, Allegro giocoso

    Performer: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra Performer: Neeme Jarvi (conductor)

    DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON 4713002, CD1 Tr. 7

  • 00:50
    Artist Image for Giacomo Puccini

    Giacomo Puccini E lucevan le stelle from Tosca

    Performer: Placido Domingo (tenor) Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra Performer: James Levine (conductor)

    VIRGIN CLASSICS 50999 6 08528 2, CD2 Tr. 14

  • 00:54
    Artist Image for Carl Maria von Weber

    Carl Maria von Weber Final movement (Alla Polacca) from Concerto No.2, Op.74 in E flat major for clarinet and orchestra

    Performer: Michael Collins (clarinet / conductor) Performer: City of London Sinfonia

    CHANDOS CHAN 10702, Tr. 13

  • 01:04
    Artist Image for George Frideric Handel

    George Frideric Handel My heart is inditing, from Coronation Anthem No.4, HWV 261

    Performer: The Sixteen Performer: Harry Christophers (conductor)

    CORO CO16092, Tr. 1

  • 01:07
    Artist Image for Georges Bizet

    Georges Bizet Symphony in C major: Finale

    Performer: City of London Sinfonia Performer: Richard Hickox (conductor)

    EMI CLASSICS 2 06777 2, CD6 Tr. 3

  • 01:18
    Artist Image for Joseph Haydn

    Joseph Haydn Quartet in F major, Op.74’2: 1st mvt

    Performer: Takacs Quartet

    HYPERION CDA67781, Tr. 5

  • 01:26
    Artist Image for Johann Strauss II

    Johann Strauss II Rosen aus dem Suden (Roses from the South)

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Performer: Willi Boskovsky (conductor)

    DECCA 4177062, Tr. 2

  • 01:38
    Artist Image for Frédéric Chopin

    Frédéric Chopin Marche funebre from Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor, Op.35

    Performer: Janina Fialkowsk (piano)

    ATMA Classique ACD2 2554, CD2 Tr. 3

  • 01:48
    Artist Image for Claude Debussy

    Claude Debussy Danse profane for harp and strings

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson (harp) Performer: Orchestre National de Lyon Performer: Jun Markl (conductor)

    NAXOS 8.509002, CD9 Tr. 6

  • 01:54
    Artist Image for John Ireland

    John Ireland Spring Sorrow

    Arranger: Lloyd Webber Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) Performer: John Lenehan (piano)

    NAXOS 8.572902, Tr. 2

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