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Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3鈥檚 award-winning classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning, including 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3鈥檚 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century 鈥� a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, in Birds of Paradise for the 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra and violinist Freya Goldmark, Orcadian composer Erland Cooper reflects on the natural world in the 21st century and pays tribute to David Attenborough, whose landmark series Planet Earth and Life of Mammals brought it to record numbers of viewers in the early 2000s.

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse sentimentale (6 Pieces Op.51)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • Cinema.
    • Sony.

  • Teresa Carre帽o

    Elegia No 1, Op 18, 'Plainte'

    Performer: Alexandra Oehler.
    • Teresa Carreno: Klavierwerke (Piano works).
    • ARS MUSICI.
    • 003.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance Op.11

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 103.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.

  • George Frideric Handel

    L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, HWV 55, Pt. 3: Duet. "As steals the morn

    Singer: Kate Royal. Singer: Ian Bostridge. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • Great Handel.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 8 in B minor, D 759, 'Unfinished' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • David Popper

    Elfentanz Op.39

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Complices.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Conductor: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Decca.

  • Scott Joplin

    Overture: Treemonisha

    Orchestra: Houston Grand Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Gunther Schuller.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • John Lanchbery

    The Mouse Waltz (Tales of Beatrix Potter)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • Lanchbery.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • FRIDAY POEM

    Valentine written by Carol Ann Duffy and read by Alice Arnold

  • Richard Rodgers

    My Funny Valentine

    Composer: Lorenz Hart. Performer: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Polydor.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz 2 (Variety Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites.
    • BIS.
    • 407.

  • George Onslow

    Quartet no. 6 in A major Op.8 No.3; II. Adagio

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ruggieri.
    • George Onslow.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 2.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde - Prelude

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Wagner: Overtures and Preludes from the Operas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 102.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Quintet no.1 in A minor Op.30 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble of London.
    • Louise Farrenc: The Two Piano Quintets.
    • ASV.
    • 03.

  • Edvard Grieg

    March of the Trolls (Lyric Pieces Op.54)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.

  • Erland Cooper

    Birds of Paradise

    Performer: Freya Goldmark. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jack Sheen.

  • Francesco Cavalli

    Salve regina

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Chorale prelude: Herzlich tut mich verlangen, Op.122, No.10

    Performer: Samson Tsoy.

  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: Marc Albrecht.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Elfrida Andr茅e

    String Quartet in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Stockholm Quartet.
    • Caprice.

  • Anne Dudley

    Jeeves and Wooster (Theme)

    Ensemble: Dover Street Jazzomaniacs.
    • The World of Jeeves and Wooster.
    • EMI.
    • 001.

  • Jerome Kern

    Bill

    Composer: Oscar Hammerstein II. Composer: P.G. Wodehouse. Composer: P.G. Wodehouse. Music Arranger: Fred Norman. Singer: Dinah Washington.
    • Dinah '63.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 12.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op.25: Presto - Molto allegro e vivace

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Constantine.
    • Mendelssohn/Goodyear/Schumann.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 303.

  • Franz Schubert

    Im Fr眉hling, D. 882

    Lyricist: Ernst Schulze. Singer: Benjamin Appl. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Lines of Life: Schubert & Kurt谩g.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Fri 14 Feb 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3