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Rise and shine with classical music

Linton Stephens presents Radio 3鈥檚 classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

Linton Stephens presents Radio 3鈥檚 Breakfast show live from Salford, 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, violinist and co-founder of the Manchester Collective Rakhi Singh commemorates the Manchester Arena Bombing which took place on 22nd May 2017, in her piece There is nothing in the Sky. The work is recorded by the 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic and features 22 bells, one for each of the lives lost that night. It鈥檚 a collaboration with music producer Sebastian Gainsborough.

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Music Played

  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Chitra, Op. 43 (Excerpts): I. Andante sostenuto

    Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Wilhelm Stenhammar: Serenad, Midvinter & Chitra.
    • Naxos Sweden - Musica Sveciae.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus, K 618

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Mozart: Requiem.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 016.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Symphony in A Minor, Op. 8: II. Lament. Larghetto affettuoso

    Conductor: Douglas Bostock. Orchestra: Aarhus Symfoniorkester.
    • Musical Concepts.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major, BWV.1050 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Cello sonata (2nd mvt) arr. for violin & strings

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Ensemble: Her Ensemble.
    • Spotlight.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 3.

  • Louis Spohr

    Concerto for clarinet No. 3 in F Minor, WoO 19: III. Vivace non troppo

    Performer: Paul Meyer. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Meyer.
    • Spohr: The Forgotten Master (The 4 Concertos for Clarinet).
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 9.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride, JB 1:100, Act III: Dance of the Comedians

    Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti. Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Slavonic Dances; Smetana: The Bartered Bride (Antal Dor谩ti / Minnesota O.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 20.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Warsaw Concerto

    Performer: Valentina Lisitsa. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Love Story - Piano Themes from Cinema's Golden Age.
    • Decca.
    • 001.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No. 2, Op. 55: IV. Solveig's Song

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • Grieg: Orchestral Music (Peer Gynt Suite).
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in F major, Op.18 no.1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Inventions.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 1.

  • Johann Strauss II

    The Blue Danube

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
    • RCA.

  • Amy Beach

    The Canticle of the Sun, Op. 123: I. O Most High

    Lyricist: Francis of Assisi. Choir: Yale Schola Cantorum. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Beach: The Canticle of the Sun, Op. 123: I. O Most High.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.1 in D major 'Titan' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Mahler: Symphony no.1: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 2.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Trio No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 90, B. 166 "Dumky": III. Andante

    Performer: Milana Chernyavska. Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Sebastian Klinger.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104 & "Dumky" Trio, Op. 90.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    The Alchymist, HWV 43 - Saraband - Bor茅e - Aire - Bor茅e

    Conductor: Christopher Hogwood. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Handel: Italian Cantatas; The Alchemist.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Agnus Dei (The Armed Man)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Karl Jenkins: Motets.
    • DG.
    • 8.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Bank Holiday

    Performer: Paul Guinery.
    • Stone.

  • Gordon Jacob

    Concerto for horn and strings (3rd mvt)

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.
    • British Horn Concertos - Gordon Jacob, Malcolm Arnold, York Bowen, Ruth Gipps, G.
    • Lyrita.

  • Rakhi Singh

    There is nothing in the sky

    Performer: Rakhi Singh. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Naomi Woo.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Prelude (The Birds)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Alma redemptoris mater

    Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Conductor: Ralph Allwood.
    • A Choral Christmas.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1201.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: IV. Allegro con spirito (Live)

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Brahms: Complete Symphonies; Orchestral Works; Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

  • Traditional Irish

    Robin Adair

    Performer: Katarzyna Kempinska.
    • wave LE.

  • Trad.

    Danza del Altiplano

    Music Arranger: Leo Brouwer. Performer: Robert Beer.
    • Cuban Landscape.
    • Koch.
    • 19.

  • Henry Purcell

    How Happy the Lover

    Ensemble: Les Inventions. Choir: VOCES8.
    • A Purcell Collection.
    • Signum Records.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der Liebe himmlisches Gef眉hl, K 119

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Music Arranger: Jonathan Biss. Ensemble: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Signum.

  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle styrienne [Danse]

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Debussy; Ravel.
    • Naive.
    • 14.

Broadcast

  • Mon 26 May 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3