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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 91热爆 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, Grammy nominated composer Anna Clyne launches the series with a fanfare recalling the arrival of the new millennium in her orchestral work for the 91热爆 Philharmonic, The Eye.

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Music Played

  • Amy Beach

    Hermit Thrush at Morn Op.92`2

    Performer: Joanne Polk.
    • Amy Beach - Under the Stars. Solo Piano Music (Vol. 2).
    • Arabesque.
    • 5.

  • Ignace Joseph Pleyel

    Clarinet Concerto in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Meyer. Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jean鈥怭ierre Rampal.
    • DENON.

  • Otto Nicolai

    Moon chorus (The Merry Wives of Windsor)

    Choir: Wiener Singverein. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • SONY.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude, Allemande, Courante (Cello Suite No 2 in D minor, BWV 1008)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Six Evolutions.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    La Primavera (Trittico Botticelliano)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li猫ge. Conductor: John Neschling.
    • Respighi: Vetrate di chiesa, Il tramonto & Trittico botticelliano.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    En Bateau (Petite Suite)

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Paul Lewis.

  • Percy Grainger

    Over The Hills and Far Away

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade, K. 250 "Haffner" (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Iona Brown. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Iona Brown.
    • HANSSLER.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 1 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Philippe Jordan.
    • Wiener Symphoniker.

  • Raymond Yiu

    Tonkin Jasmine (Three Shidaiqu Transcriptions)

    Performer: Peter Mallinson. Performer: Matthias Wiesner. Performer: Lynn Arnold.
    • MERIDIAN.

  • Alun Hoddinott

    Folk-song suite for small orchestra

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Welsh Classical Favourites: Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Penny.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 5-8.

  • John Dunstable

    Regina Coeli

    Choir: The Marian Consort.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Conifer.

  • Franz Schubert

    St盲ndchen, D.889

    Singer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Geoffrey Parsons.
    • Schubert: Lieder: Barbara Bonney, Geoffrey Parsons.
    • Teldec.
    • 13.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 1 in B flat major, Op 38, 'Spring' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch.
    • Schumann: Symphonies Nos 1-4 etc: Sawallisch.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Andante, Piano Trio in D minor

    Ensemble: Chagall Trio.
    • MERIDIAN.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Neujahrskonzert 2025 / New Year's Concert 2025 / Concert du Nouvel An 2025.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Josquin des Prez

    Miserere mei, Deus: II. Auditui meo dabis gaudium

    Choir: Cappella Amsterdam. Conductor: Daniel Reuss.
    • Josquin des Prez: Miserere mei Deus.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 14.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade no.3 in A flat major Op.47

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Anna Clyne

    The Eye

    Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: Ben Gernon.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Paradisum Interlude (Materna Requiem)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No 2 in E minor, Op 27 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Eugene Ormandy - Brahms R. Strauss Webern Kabalevsky Rachmaninov Sibelius.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A major D.664 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Radu Lupu plays Schubert.
    • Decca.
    • 36.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    La vie parisienne (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Darrell Ang.
    • Offenbach: Overtures.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Philippe Verdelot

    Dormend'un giorno a Baia

    Music Arranger: B谩lint Bakfark. Choir: The Marian Consort. Performer: Kristiina Watt.

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    91热爆 Radio 3

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