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Friday - Ian Skelly

Ian Skelly presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British music Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Also, including your requests for works by neglected composers, amateur music-making groups and wake-up calls.
Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your music requests.

2 hours, 30 minutes

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Fri 6 Jun 2014 06:30
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Music Played

  • Michael Praetorius

    Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen for 4 voices

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Singer: Deborah Roberts. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • Christmas Carols and Motets.
    • Gimell.
    • 12.

  • Franz Schubert

    Marche militaire No 1 in D major, D 733

    Performer: Maria João Pires. Performer: Hüseyin Sermet.
    • Schubert: Fantasie...: Pires, Sermet.
    • Erato.
    • 2.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 2 in C minor, Op 17, 'Little Russian' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphonies nos 1-3: LSO/Gergiev.
    • LSO Live.
    • 7.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wind Octet in E flat major, Op 103 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • Beethoven: Octet etc.: Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for organ no. 5 (BWV.529) in C major; 1st mvt. Allegro

    Performer: Christopher Herrick.
    • Bach Six Trio Sonatas, BWV525-530.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Mazurek in E minor, Op 49 arr for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Dvorak: Violin Concerto; Romance; Mazurek; Humoresque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Johannes Brahms

    8 Pieces Op.76 for piano: no.2; Capriccio in B minor

    Performer: Alessio Bax.
    • Alessio Bax Plays Brahms.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 6.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (Les contes d'Hoffmann)

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Singer: Stéphanie d'Oustrac. Choir: Chœur des Musiciens du Louvre. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Anne Sofie von Otter sings Offenbach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op 43

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Decca.

  • John Dowland

    Mistress Winter's Jump

    Performer: Christoph Denoth.
    • Mister Dowland's Midnight.
    • SIGNUM.
    • SIGCD 382.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Thamos, Konig in Aegypten - music for the play (K.345), no.5; Entracte in D minor

    Conductor: David Greilsammer. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Genève.
    • David Greilsammer: Mozart In-Between.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Lennox Berkeley

    Paysage for piano

    • Lennox and Michael Berkeley: Piano Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Léo Delibes

    Prelude; Mazurka (Coppélia Suite)

    Conductor: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • French Ballet Music: Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Cantata No 1)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Director: Ton Koopman.
    • Bach - Complete Cantatas 13.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 1.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Viennese Musical Clock (Hary Janos Suite, Op 35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite - Dances of Galanta...: BFO, Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 11.

  • Franz Schubert

    Winterreise - song-cycle D.911: no.13; Die Post

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Performer: Helmut Deutsch.
    • Schubert - Winterreise.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.

  • Claude Debussy

    En bateau (Petite suite)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Cristina Marton.
    • Martha Argerich and Friends Live from the Lugano Festival 2013.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • William Byrd

    Vigilate for 5 voices

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vigilate! Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 9.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Canario (Fantasía para un gentilhombre)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Milos Karadaglic - Aranjuez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Edward Elgar

    3rd movement - Rondo (Presto) from Symphony no. 2 in E flat major Op.63

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Elgar: Symphony no.2.
    • DECCA.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in C major, H XV 27 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio.
    • Dorian.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Bartok: The Orchestral Masterpieces.
    • Decca.
    • 17-23.

  • A. E. Kelly

    Arromanches (march)

    Ensemble: The Royal Artillery Band. Conductor: Terry Davis.
    • The Listen to the Band Collection - Quick March.
    • BBC Music.
    • 6.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    La Princesse jaune - opera in 1 act (Op.30), Overture

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Saint-Saens: La Princesse Jaune.
    • Cala.
    • 3.

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