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Classical music to brighten your morning

Hannah French presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. To listen on most smart speakers just say 'ask ѿý Sounds to play Breakfast’. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 19 Nov 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Second Eve

    Singer: Emily Dickens. Singer: Andrea Haines. Singer: Chris Wardle. Singer: Barnaby Smith. Singer: Sam Dressel. Singer: Vincent Oliver. Singer: Paul Smith. Singer: Dingle Yandell. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Summa

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Renaud Capuçon.
    • Pärt: Tabula Rasa.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Bachianas Brasileiras, No. 5: Aria (Cantilena)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Javier Perianes. Music Arranger: William Primrose.
    • Cantilena.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 114.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (Cantata No 188, 'Ich habe meine Zuversicht') [I have put my trust]

    Performer: Silas John Standage. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach Cantatas: Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 18.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (A German Requiem)

    Choir: Munich Bach Choir. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sergiu Celibidache.
    • Brahms: German Requiem; Symphony No.1.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Josef Suk

    Serenade in E flat major Op.6 for string orchestra - III - Adagio

    Orchestra: Český Komorní Orchestr. Conductor: Ondrej Kukai.
    • Animal Music.
  • Henry Purcell

    O solitude, my sweetest choice Z.406 for voice and continuo

    Singer: Tim Mead. Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Conductor: François Lazarevitch.
    • Purcell: Songs & Dances.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Gipsy Suite, Op. 20 - 2nd mvt - A Gipsy Dance

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, orchestral works.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 7.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • DECCA.
  • Anon

    Brunettes, Book 1: J'avais cru qu'en vous aimant

    Singer: Juliette Mey. Performer: Myriam Rignol. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op.65 no.6

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Lyric Pieces.
    • Hyperion.
    • 21.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Callirhoé (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Metz. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 1.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Hungarian March (The Damnation of Faust)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Sony.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sinfonia 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' (Solomon)

    Music Arranger: Michael Allen. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • Legends: Canadian Brass.
    • Opening Day Recordings.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasie in F Minor, D. 940, Op. 103: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Performer: Samson Tsoy.
    • Schubert: Divertissement à la Hongroise, Fantasie in F Minor - Desyatnikov: Trom.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 7.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.7 (3rd mvt; Allegro non troppo)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.
    • Decca.
  • Trad.

    Sekstur from Vendsyssel; The Peat Dance

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • DaCapo.
  • Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov

    Procession of the Sirdar (Caucasian Sketches, Op 10)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Sir Charles’ Precious Music Box 2.
    • Denon.
    • 18.
  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse Op.17 for violin and piano

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Enrico Pace.
    • DECCA.
  • Marc-Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers

    Cadet Buteux au Faubourg du Temple

    Singer: Cyrille Dubois. Singer: Arnaud Marzorati. Singer: Jérôme Varnier. Ensemble: Les Lunaisiens.
    • Alpha.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Gloria in Excelsis (All-night Vigil Op.37)

    Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Vespers + Complete all-night Vigil, Op. 37.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando (Live)

    Performer: Igor Levit. Orchestra: Kölner Kammerorchester. Conductor: Helmut Müller‐Brühl.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 (Live).
    • Naxos.
    • 301.
  • Jean Françaix

    Divertissement for bassoon & string quintet - 1st mvt - Vivace

    Performer: Matthias Rácz. Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. Conductor: Johannes Klumpp.
    • Ars produktion.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto in E-Flat Maj, K. 370b & K. 371 "No. 0" - II - Rondeau. Allegro

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • BIS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Trio in A Minor Op.114 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Brahms: Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: I. Allegro.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Scherzando No.5 in E major Hob. 2/37

    Ensemble: Vienna Haydn Sinfonietta. Conductor: Manfred Huss.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Tue 19 Nov 2024 06:30