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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

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Music Played

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Canticum canticorum (Motets, book 4): Surge propera amica mea

    Conductor: Paul Hillier. Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • Palestrina: Canticum Canticorum.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 115.

  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Performer: Stephen Taylor. Performer: Raymond Mase. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Henriette Renié

    Harp Concerto in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Belle Epoque.
    • Naive.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen (Canata BWV.215)

    Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Bach: Celebratory Cantatas.
    • BIS.
    • 12.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise, Op.34 No.14

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Rachmaninoff - Symphony No.3 Vocalise The Isle of the Dead.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Quartet concertant in C major Op.15 no.3

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Bologne

    6 Quartetto concertans, No. 3 in C Major: II. Rondeau. Moderato

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Franz Schubert

    Heidenröslein, D 257

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • EMI CLASSICS.

  • Thomas Alexander Erskine

    The Maid of the Mill (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
    • Scotland's Music.
    • LINN RECORDS.
    • 3.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Sevilla (Suite española)

    Music Arranger: John Williams. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists.
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: I. Allegro affettuoso

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Clara & Robert Schumann: Piano Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Bernhard Crusell

    Quartet No 3 in D major for clarinet and strings, Op 7 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Kari Kriikku. Performer: Sakari Oramo. Performer: Tuula Riisalo. Performer: Lea Pekkala. Ensemble: Avanti! Quartet.
    • Crusell: Complete Clarinet Quartets.
    • Ondine.
    • 12.

  • Eduardo Di Capua

    O sole mio

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Chiaramello.
    • DECCA.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Wedding-cake Op.76

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.

  • Allen George

    Knight Templar

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: David Loukes.
    • The Concert Sound of the Black Dyke Mills Band.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Geoffrey Bush

    Yorick

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overtures from the British Isles, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 102.

  • Trad.

    Wallom Green (The English Dancing Master)

    Music Arranger: John Playford. Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 101.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor 'con due violini obligati', RV 522

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Mel Bonis

    Barcarolle in E-Flat Major, Op. 71

    Performer: Joanna Kacperek.
    • Bonis: Barcarolle in E-Flat Major, Op. 71.
    • Rubicon.
    • 1.

  • Edwin York Bowen

    Fantasy Overture on Tom Bowling Op.115

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overtures from the British Isles Vol 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 10: IV. Finale. Allegro moderato

    Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Glazunov: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 108.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No.9 'From the New World'; 2nd mvt

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lahav Shani.
    • Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “ From the New World”.
    • Warner.

  • Claude Debussy

    Orchestral Suite No 1: Ballet

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Debussy: La Mer & Première Suite d'Orchestre.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Fireworks Op.4

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.

  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Teldec.

  • Arthur Wood

    Barwick Green (The Archers' Theme)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • The Best Of British Light Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 19.

Broadcast

  • Fri 29 May 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3