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Wednesday - Kate's classical rise and shine

Kate Molleson presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and continuing our celebration of the Commonwealth Games. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

Kate Molleson presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests.

Plus every day this week on Breakfast, we celebrate the Commonwealth Games 2022 taking place in Birmingham, with a piece by a composer from the Commonwealth. Ranging from Africa to the Caribbean and North America, from Malta in the Mediterranean to New Zealand, we explore the rich musical heritage of the Commonwealth nations.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 27 Jul 2022 06:30

Music Played

  • Zdenek Fibich

    Quintet in D major Op.42 (Largo)

    Ensemble: Endymion.
    • ASV.
  • Philip Stopford

    Ave verum

    Choir: Ecclesium Choir. Director: Philip Stopford.
    • Priory.
  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor Op.26: II. Adagio

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Guiseppe Sinopoli.
    • DG.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wedding Cantata BWV.202 (Sich üben im Lieben)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Petra Müllejans.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in E flat, D 899

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Schubert: Four Impromptus, D899 & D935: Radu Lupu.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Borodin Quartet.
    • Gabrieli Quartet - Borodin Quartet.
    • Decca.
    • 007.
  • Thea Musgrave

    Song of the Enchanter

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
  • Anon.

    Kouroukanfouga

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Luiz Levy

    Valsa Lenta No. 4

    Performer: Arnaldo Cohen.
    • BIS.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Symphony No. 6 in E flat major, Op. 94, Finale

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Naxos.
    • 8570355.
    • 4.
  • Enrique Granados

    Danzas v Op 37; No 4 Villanesca

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • SONY.
  • George Frideric Handel

    La Resurrezione, HWV 47, Part 1 Scene 2 - II. Aria. Ferma l'ali

    Singer: Sophie Bevan. Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Harry Bicket.
    • Linn.
    • CKD675.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in C major, K 373

    Performer: Thomas Zehetmair. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • The Teldec Recordings: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Teldec.
    • 3.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in D flat major, Op 64 No 1, 'Minute'

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Chopin: Maria Joao Pires, Pavel Gomziakov.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E major 'Spring'

    Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • Avie.
  • Sonny Burke

    He's tramp

    Performer: Peggy Lee.
    • Walt Disney.
    • 00050086129171.
    • 7.
  • Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou

    The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½less Wanderer

    Performer: Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou.
    • Buda Musique.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G major, Op 77 No 1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Cremona Quartet.
    • Haydn/Bartok: String Quartets: Cremona Quartet.
    • Genuin.
    • 13.
  • Eleanor Alberga

    Celebration Dance (Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs)

    Orchestra: The Taliesin Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Ash.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.
  • John Ireland

    Sea Fever

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • NAXOS.
  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Lustspiel Overture

    Orchestra: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Busoni: Orchestral works, vol.2: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Piano Quartet in F sharp minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Notos Quartet.
    • RCA Red Seal.
  • Kurt Weill

    Symphony No. 2: III. Allegro vivace

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
    • Kurt Weill: Symphony No. 2 & Violin Concerto, Op.12.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 103.

Broadcast

  • Wed 27 Jul 2022 06:30