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Classical sunrise

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 麻豆社 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, virtuoso sitarist Jasdeep Singh Degun pays tribute in 础产产丑腻 to his teacher鈥檚 teacher Ustad Vilayat Khan who passed away in 2004 and whose artistry and innovation continue to inspire Indian classical musicians in the UK and worldwide today. The 麻豆社 Philharmonic recorded it with Jasdeep Singh Degun and Ustad Dharambir Singh on sitar, and tabla players Harkiret Bahra and Upneet Singh.

Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. To listen on most smart speakers just say "Ask 麻豆社 Sounds to play Breakfast.鈥

3 hours

Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Music for a While (Oedipus, Z.583, Act 3)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • If.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 11.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Lullaby

    Performer: Suvi Lehtonen-Gr盲sbeck. Performer: Jaakko Kuusisto.
    • BIS.
  • Kalevi Aho

    Laulu maasta [Song of the Earth]

    Performer: Jan Lehtola. Performer: Kaija Saarikettu. Performer: Anna-Kaisa Pippuri.
    • Ludus Solemnis.
    • BIS.
    • 09.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka In E Minor, Op. 17/2

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Chopin: Mazurkas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 003.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Brecon Baroque.
    • Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque - J.S. Bach violin concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury, the Winged Messenger (The Planets)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Sir Simon Rattle - Gustav Holst.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • Antoine Forqueray

    Jupiter (Suite no. 5 in C minor)

    Performer: Thomas Dunford. Performer: Jean Rondeau.
    • ERATO.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Venezia: 4. La biondina in gondoleta

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Author: Antonio Lamberti. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
    • Souvenirs de Venise - Songs of Venice.
    • Helios.
    • 16.
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no. 4 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes

    Music Arranger: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Santiago Ca帽贸n-Valencia. Performer: Naoko Sonoda.
  • Cl茅mence de Grandval

    Le vase bris茅 [The Broken Vase]

    Singer: Thomas Elwin. Performer: Lana Bode.
    • Le vase bris茅.
    • VOCES8 Records.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Havanaise

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • TELDEC.
  • Norman Cocker

    Tuba Tune

    Performer: Simon Lindley.
    • Town Hall Organ Classics.
    • OxRecs.
  • Friday Poem

    • 'The Awakening' by James Weldon Johnson, read by Adjoa Andoh

  • Duke Ellington

    The Single Petal of a Rose (The Queen's Suite)

    Singer: Jimmy Woode. Performer: Duke Ellington.
    • Duke Ellington: The Ellington Suites.
    • PABLO.
  • Vivien Ellis

    Coronation Scot (Paul Temple)

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics: The New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
  • Kreeta Haapasalo

    Kanteleeni - My Kantele

    Choir: Tapiolan kuoro. Performer: Sinikka Kontio. Performer: Matti Kontio. Conductor: Kari Ala-P枚ll盲nen.
    • ONDINE.
  • Uuno Klami

    The Spout of Spring (Kalevala Suite, Op 23, 2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Sinfonia concertante in B flat (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Performer: Peter Whelan. Performer: Ilya Gringolts. Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Mozart: Oboe & Bassoon Concertos 鈥 Haydn: Sinfonia concertante.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Steve Reich

    Mallet Quartet (Fast)

    Ensemble: Colin Currie Group.
    • Colin Currie & Steve Reich Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton.
    • Colin Currie Records.
    • 105.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les Biches - suite (Rondeau)

    Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Poulenc: Les biches Suite, Les animaux mod猫les Suite & Sinfonietta.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Siciliano (Flute Sonata in E flat)

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
    • Bach Nostalghia.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 7.
  • Jasdeep Singh Degun

    础产产丑腻

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Va tacito (Giulio Cesare)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Handel: Ombra mai fu: Andreas Scholl, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Whither must I wander? (Songs of Travel)

    Singer: Christopher Maltman. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: Maltman/Vignoles.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18.
  • Joseph Parry

    Myfanwy

    Performer: Steve Rosenberg. Performer: Ciaran Jenkins.
    • Private recording.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 2 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Brahms: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Studies (Etudes de virtuosite) Op.72 (no.6 in F major)

    Performer: Ryan Corbett.
    • 麻豆社 New Generation Artists recording.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in E flat major Op.127 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Beethoven Around the World: The Complete String Quartets.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 34.
  • Erkki Melartin

    Festive March (The Sleeping Beauty Op.22)

    Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jorma Panula.
    • Naxos.

Broadcast

  • Fri 28 Feb 2025 06:30