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Wake up your senses with classical music

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Sun 17 May 2026 06:30
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Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma Mère l'Oye, M. 62: VI. Cinquième Tableau

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Ravel: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Montparnasse

    Performer: Pascal Rogé. Singer: Felicity Lott.
    • Decca.

  • Frank Bridge

    Seascape (The Sea)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

    Performer: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti.
    • Bach from Italy: The Vivaldi & Marcello Influences.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Baïlèro (Chants d'Auvergne, Set 1)

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne: Kiri Te Kanawa.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Antônio Carlos Gomes

    String sonata in D major (4th mvt)

    Music Arranger: Brazilian Guitar Quartet. Ensemble: Brazilian Guitar Quartet.
    • Essȇncia Do Brasil - Brazilian Guitar Quartet.
    • Delos.
    • 12.

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy, Op.46 - 3. Andante sostenuto

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory MacDonald.
    • Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto a 5 in C major Op.7`11

    Performer: Anthony Robson. Performer: Catherine Latham. Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90. Director: Simon Standage.
    • Albinoni: Double Oboe/String Concertos Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 16-18.

  • Clara Schumann

    Mein Stern

    Performer: Ian Tindale. Singer: Santiago Sánchez.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Grande valse brillante

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: Waltzes: Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet (Balcony Scene)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Abbado A-Z: Prokofiev – Ravel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 55.

  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik, D 547

    Singer: Felicity Lott. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Felicity Lott sings Schubert.
    • I.M.P. Classics.
    • 6.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Deux Poemes de Louis Aragon: Fetes galantes

    Performer: Pascal Rogé. Singer: Felicity Lott.
    • DECCA.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    3 Fancies (1. Windmills)

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • John Ireland, His Friend And Pupils.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.

  • Manuel de Falla

    El sombrero de tres picos; The Neighbour's dance (Seguidillas)

    Performer: Javier Perianes. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra.
    • Alma y Fuego.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Suite in G Major / G Minor: IV. La Poule

    Performer: Sarah O’Brien.
    • audite Musikproduktion.

  • Franz Lehár

    Gold and Silver - Waltz Op.79

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vienna Soiree: Gardiner/Vienna PO.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 5 in F Major, Op. 24 "Spring": IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non tropp

    Performer: Alena Baeva. Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.
    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 "Spring", 9 'Kreutzer" & 3.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.

  • Gustav Holst

    March (A Moorside Suite)

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • Brass From The Masters Vol. 2:.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Richard Strauss

    Beim Schlafengehen (Four Last Songs)

    Singer: Felicity Lott. Performer: Edwin Paling. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Mel Bonis

    Suite Orientale, Op 48 - Mvts 1&2

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

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  • Sun 17 May 2026 06:30
    BBC Radio 3