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Canada 150: Saturday - Martin Handley

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show including performances by Canadian artists as part of Radio 3's Canada 150 celebration.

Martin Handley presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring listener requests and performances by Canadian artists as part of Radio 3's Canada 150 season.

CANADA 150: a week of programmes from across Canada, marking the 150th anniversary of Canada's birth as a nation. Beginning on Saturday 24th June, and ending as Canada Day dawns on 1st July, Canada 150 explores the range and diversity of Canadian music and arts, focused mainly on late night on Radio 3.

Canada's classical music scene is reflected in contemporary music from Banff in the Rocky Mountains, plus an Early Music Show from Montreal; Francophone and Anglophone traditional folk are represented in a kitchen party from Prince Edward Island; jazz and indigenous music is highlighted in programmes from Calgary and the Six Nations Reserve; and Canada's lively indie music scene is reflected with sets from the CBC's Music Festival in Toronto. Other highlights include a specially-commissioned collaboration representing the cultural links between the UK and Canada, and a feature from UK pianist James Rhodes focusing on a legend of Canadian music, Glenn Gould, complete with an interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Plus Canada-themed content across Radio 3, with daily 'Canada Moments' on Breakfast, Canadian guests on In Tune, an exploration of Wilderness on Free Thinking, and a Canada-inspired Words and Music.

Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

2 hours

Last on

Sat 24 Jun 2017 07:00

Music Played

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Polka: To our Girls (Nasim devam)

    Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: V谩clav Smet谩膷ek.
    • Supraphon.
  • Gustav Holst

    A Fugal Concerto Op.40`2

    Performer: William Bennett. Performer: Peter Graeme. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Imogen Holst.
    • LYRITA.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Canadian Overture, Op. 19

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Dances from the Cassel Manuscript: Suite X & Suite VII - La Duchesse

    Orchestra: La Simphonie du Marais. Conductor: Hugo Reyne.
    • ERATO.
  • Florence Price

    Cotton Dance & The Old Boatman

    Performer: Althea Waites.
    • CAMBRIA.
  • Ivor Gurney

    The Lent Lily (Ludlow and Teme)

    Singer: Andrew Kennedy. Ensemble: Dante Quartet. Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips.
    • On Wenlock Edge: Kennedy?Crawford-Phillips/Dante Quartet.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 13.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor after Alessandro Marcello, BWV 974: II. Adagio

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Richard Strauss

    Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme Suite Op. 60: Overture

    Performer: Walter Prystawski. Performer: Denise Masse. Orchestra: National Arts Centre Orchestra. Conductor: Eduardo Mata.
    • RCA RED SEAL.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Don Quixotte Suite

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon.
    • FLEUR DE LYS.
  • Leopold Mozart

    Sinfonia in G major (Eisen G8): I. Allegro

    Orchestra: Toronto Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Naxos.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Laudate pueri (primo, 1641)

    Choir: I Fagiolini. Orchestra: English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble. Choir: The 24, University Of York. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.
    • Decca.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Cello Concerto: III. Radiant

    Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov.
    • ECM NEW SERIES.
  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Bagatelle Op.59`9

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • HYPERION.

Broadcast

  • Sat 24 Jun 2017 07:00

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