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Sunday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's 20 Favourite Voices and listener requests. Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests. Also, as part of "Classical Voice", we are featuring Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's 20 Favourite Voices. Each day, during the 20 days of the Classical Voice season, Dame Kiri, drawing on her own experience, selects a singer and illustrates in music - explaining in an entertaining and simple way - why she's selected this voice as one of her favourites.

Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 28 Jun 2015 07:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no. 1 (BWV.1046) in F major, 4th movement; Menuetto

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    Auf dem Wasser zu singen D.744 [S.558 no.2]

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Evgeny Kissin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Aaron Copland

    Danzón cubano

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Aaron Copland: The World of Aaron Copland.
    • Decca.
    • 18.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Seasons [Die Jahreszeiten]: Pt.3, no.26; Hort das laute Geton [chorus]

    Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. Choir: Salzburg Bach Choir. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • Joseph Haydn: Die Jahreszeiten - The Seasons.
    • OEHMS.
    • 9.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Wedding Procession, Op 21

    Orchestra: The Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Igor Golovchin.
    • Glazunov: Finnish Fantasy, Finnish Sketches: Moscow SO.
    • Naxos.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani

    Performer: Henryk Szeryng. Performer: Charles Reiner.
    • Mercury Living Presence.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 5 in D, Op. 107 'Reformation': 4th mvt; Andante con moto - allegro

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1 & 5: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Masur.
    • Teldec.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Tis done! I am a bride (The Yeomen of the Guard)

    Singer: Sylvia McNair. Choir: Chorus of St Martin in the Fields. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Circus Polka

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Eliahu Inbal.
    • Stravinsky: Petrouchka/Scherzo a la Russe: Philharmonia Orchestra/Inbal.
    • Teldec.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 23 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les fêtes d'Hébé (Overture)

    Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • Rameau: Overtures: Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Aram Khachaturian.
    • Legends - Khachaturian: Spartacus: Wiener Philharmoniker.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Quintet for piano and strings (Op. 34); 3rd movement; Scherzo

    Performer: 山本アキヲ. Ensemble: Quatuor ?bène.
    • Brahms, String Quartet no.1, Piano Quintet Op.34: Quatuor Ebene, Akiko Yamamoto.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 7.

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