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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

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Fri 29 Dec 2023 06:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne (Pelléas et Mélisande, 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.

  • Frédéric Chopin

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

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
    • Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Franz Schubert

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

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Karl Böhm.
    • DG.

  • Robert Schumann

    Märchenerzählungen [Fairy Tales] No.1

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.

  • Josef Suk

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

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Chandos.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Forlana (5 Bagatelles, Op 23)

    Performer: Amy Dickson. Music Arranger: Lawrence Ashmore. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.

  • Carl Millöcker

    Der Bettelstudent: Overture

    Orchestra: Philharmonie Nürnberg. Conductor: Christian Simonis.
    • Millöcker: 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

    Ertöt uns durch dein Güte (Cantata No 22)

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

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour Op.12

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • RCA.

  • 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 García de Zéspedes

    Convidando está la noche

    Ensemble: The Harp Consort. Director: Andrew Lawrence‐King.
    • 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.

Broadcast

  • Fri 29 Dec 2023 06:30
    BBC Radio 3