Daybreak Saturday 3 January 2026

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Daybreak Saturday 3 January 2026

Episode • 3 Hr 0 Mins • 03 JAN • Daybreak with Evonne Ferguson ADVERTISEMENT PLAYING…

Evonne Ferguson will be up with the early birds to ease you into the weekend with music from across the centuries, plus regular intervals for news and weather.

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Evonne Ferguson will be up with the early birds to ease you into the weekend with music from across the centuries, plus regular intervals for news and weather.

Episode Playlist

07:06

Title: Only such ice could be so fair

Composer: Buckley, Irene

Performer(s): Isabelle O'Connell (piano)

Album: RTÉ Recording for Composing the Island 2016

Duration: 4:44

07:11

Title: A New Year Carol

Composer: Benjamin Britten

Performer(s): The Cambridge Singers

Album: Christmas With The Cambridge Singers

Duration: 2:09

07:13

Title: Summa

Composer: Part, Arvo

Performer(s): Bournemouth Sinfonietta

Album: Arvo Part: Fratres

Duration: 5:21

07:22

Title: "Kapsberger"

Composer: Kapsberger, Giovanni

Performer(s): Cooper, Gary (harpsichord), Levy, Mark (Viola da gamba)

Album: 14 Silver Strings

Duration: 4:42

07:32

Title: Violin Concerto in A minor (1st movement)

Composer: Bach, Johann Sebastian

Performer(s): Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)

Album: EMI 50 Best Violin

Duration: 4:09

07:40

Title: Bel contento gia gode quest'alma (Sweet Contentment)

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Performer(s): Andreas Scholl (countertenor)

Album: Arias for Senesino

Duration: 5:56

07:46

Title: The Harmonious Blacksmith

Composer: Handel, George Frideric

Performer(s): Royal Danish Brass

Album: British Brass Connection

Duration: 3:43

07:52

Title: Entry Of The Three Kings

Composer: Gardner, John

Performer(s): Monteverdi choir

Album: Once as I remember...

Duration: 5:31

07:58

Title: Three Kings From Persian Lands afar

Composer: Cornelius, Peter

Performer(s): Craig Ogden

Album: Craig Ogden - Christmas Time

Duration: 3:06

08:01

Title: We three kings

Composer: Hopkins, John Henry

Performer(s): Theatre of Voices

Album: The Christmas Story

Duration: 3:54

08:11

Title: Symphony No.1 In D (3rd movement) Feierlich Und Gemessen, Ohne Zu Schleppen

Composer: Mahler, Gustav

Performer(s): Leonard Bernstein (conductor)

Album: Mahler - Symphonie No.1

Duration: 10:24

08:34

Title: Concerto for 2 Mandolins In G (1st movement) Allegro

Composer: Vivaldi, Antonio

Performer(s): Giovanni Scaramuzzino (Mandolin)

Album: Vivaldi Mandolin Concertos

Duration: 3:57

08:44

Title: Marche Pour La Ceremonie Des Turcs

Composer: Lully, Jean-Baptiste

Performer(s): Le Concert Des Nations

Album: Tous Les Matins Du Monde

Duration: 2:21

08:48

Title: Suite in Old Style 1st movement Prelude

Composer: Tabakova, Dobrinka

Performer(s): Maxim Rysanov (viola)

Album: String Paths

Duration: 6:00