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Friday - Petroc's classical Eurovision special

Petroc Trelawny presents classical music from the 26 countries in the Eurovision final. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's breakfast show featuring classical music from the 26 countries in the Eurovision final, and just before 8am, our weekly Friday Poem.

This is London calling! Countries are listed in alphabetical order…

Albania... St. John KOUKOUZELES Glory to the Father
Armenia... KHACHATURIAN Sabre Dance
Austria... SCHUBERT Quintet in C: 4th movement
Australia... SIMPSON Of Stars and Birds
Belgium... VIEUXTEMPS Viola Sonata in B flat major Op.36 (2nd mvt)
Estonia... PART Darf ich...
Croatia... PEJACEVIC The Lives of Flowers
Cyprus... TRAGODISTES O Great Pascha
Czechia... DVORAK Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op.72 No. 2
France... SAINT-SAENS Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op. 78, 'Organ Symphony'
Finland... SIBELIUS March (from the Karelia Suite)
Germany... J.S. BACH Sinfonia in D, BWV.1045
Israel... BEN HAIM Berceuse sfaradite
Italy... VIVALDI Concerto in E minor, RV.133
Lithuania... GODOWSKI Old Vienna
Moldova... TRAD. Calusari
Norway.... GRIEG Morning Mood (from Peer Gynt)
Poland... CHOPIN Polonaise in A major, Op.40 No.1 'Military'
Portugal... de CRISTO Ave maris stella
Serbia... BOGDANOVIC Chaconne and Gigue (from Suite Brève)
Slovenia... GERBIC In the Night
Spain... ALBENIZ Castilla (from Suite espagnola)
Sweden... TRAD. Du ar den forsta
Switzerland... BLOCH Jewish Song (from From Jewish Life)
Ukraine... SILVESTROV Prayer for Ukraine
United Kingdom... MATHIAS Fanfare; FOULDS Prepare (from Puppet Ballet Suite); COULTER & MARTIN Puppet on a String

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 12 May 2023 06:30

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt: Morning Mood

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Paul Ben-Haim

    Berceuse sfaradite

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Samuel Sanders.
    • EMI.
  • Pedro de Cristo

    Ave maris stella

    Choir: Cupertinos. Conductor: Luís Toscano.
    • Hyperion.
  • Dušan Bogdanović

    Chaconne & Gigue

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • Bach Inspirations.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto [fragment] in D major BWV.1045

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 218.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op 72 No 10

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • DG.
  • Hieronymos Tragodistēs

    O Great Pascha

    Choir: Cappella Romana. Director: Alexander Lingas.
    • Cappella Romana.
  • Traditional Swedish

    Du Ar Den Forsta

    Performer: Anna Maria Friman. Performer: Arve Henriksen. Ensemble: Trio Mediæval.
    • Trio Mediaeval & Arve Henriksen.
    • ECM.
    • 13.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Snow drops; Lily of the Valley; Forget-me-not (Lives of Flowers)

    Performer: Nataša Veljković.
    • Pejačević: Complete Piano Works.
    • CPO.
  • Leopold Godowsky

    Old Vienna

    Performer: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Milton Kaye.
    • Heifetz Encores.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 16.
  • Ernest Bloch

    Jewish Song (Jewish Life)

    Performer: Edgar Moreau. Orchestra: Luzerner Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Michael Sanderling.
    • Transmission.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Alla marcia)

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Classical Images from Finland.
    • Ondine.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C (4th mvt)

    Performer: Heinrich Schiff. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • DG.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in E minor, RV.133

    Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • Vivaldi: The French Connection 2.
    • Avie.
    • 1.
  • FRIDAY POEM

    We Lived Happily During the War by Ilya Kaminsky, read by Garth Greenwell

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Prayer for Ukraine (Maidan)

    Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: Kyiv Chamber Choir. Conductor: Mykola Hobdych.
    • Valentin Silvestrov: Maidan.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 13.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Castilla (Suite espagnola)

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • DECCA.
  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Te Deum H.146 (Prelude)

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Fran Gerbič

    In the Night

    Singer: Bernarda Fink. Singer: Marcos Fink. Performer: Anthony Spiri.
    • Slovenija!.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Emilia Kopatchinskaja & Viktor Kopatchinsky

    Calusari

    • Rapsodia.
    • Naive.
  • William Mathias

    Fanfare

    Performer: Richard Lea.
    • PRIORY.
  • John Foulds

    Puppet Ballet Suite: I. Prelude

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • John Foulds, Vol. 4.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 12.
  • Phil Coulter

    Puppet On A String

    Lyricist: Bill Martin. Performer: Sandie Shaw.
    • Champions Of Europe.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 6.
  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Viola Sonata in B flat major Op.36 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Bel Canto: The Voice of the Viola.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Sabre Dance (Gayane)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Aram Khachaturian.
    • Legends - Khachaturian: Spartacus: Wiener Philharmoniker.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Nardi Simpson

    Of Stars and Birds

    Ensemble: Ensemble Offspring.
    • Women of Note Vol 3.
    • ABC Classics.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Darf ich...

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Onyx.
  • St. John Koukouzeles

    Glory to the Father

    Choir: Sofia Boys' Choir.
    • St. John Koukouzeles.
    • Gega New.
    • 2.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony No 3: 'Organ Symphony' (Finale)

    Performer: Noel Rawsthorne. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Loris Tjeknavorian.
    • Saint-Saens: Symphony No.3, Danse, Carnival.
    • Regis.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise in A major, Op 40 No 1, 'Military'

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: Polonaises: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Fri 12 May 2023 06:30