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Start the day with classical music

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 5 Mar 2025 06:30

Music Played

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Rêverie Orientale (2 Pieces Op.14)

    Performer: Lesley Schatzberger. Ensemble: Fitzwilliam String Quartet.
    • Works by Brahms, Mozart, Glazunov, Sweeney.
    • Linn.
    • 06.
  • Franz Lehár

    Sirens of the Ball (The Merry Widow)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vienna Soiree.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Birds (Prelude)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • Dorati Conducts Respighi.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Robert Schumann

    Vogel als Prophet (Waldszenen Op.82)

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Schumann: Piano Pieces.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Dem Gerechten Mub Das Licht (Cantata BWV.195)

    Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • Bach: Wedding Cantatas.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soave sia il vento (Act 1, Cosi Fan Tutte)

    Singer: Simone Kermes. Singer: Malena Ernman. Singer: Konstantin Wolff. Ensemble: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • SONY.
  • Gwilym Simcock

    Holding

    Performer: Gwilym Simcock. Ensemble: LSO Percussion Ensemble.
    • Ayanna Witter-Johnson: Ocean Floor.
    • LSO Live.
    • 6.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trumpet Concerto in D major TWV.51:D7

    Performer: Friedemann Immer. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio in D minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tom Poster. Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Laura van der Heijden.
    • Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.3 in A minor Op.56 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 and 4.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • Judith Ward

    In Manus Tuas

    Ensemble: Siglo de Oro. Conductor: Patrick Allies. Singer: Rachel Haworth. Singer: Rebekah Jones. Singer: Paul Bentley-Angell. Singer: Benjamin Rowarth.
    • Wisdom & Strength: Contemporary Sacred Choral Music.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 2.
  • Liza Lehmann

    Stars (The Daisy Chain)

    Singer: Toby Spence. Performer: Steuart Bedford.
    • NAXOS.
  • Elmer Bernstein

    To kill a mockingbird - music for the film: Main Title

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elmer Bernstein.
    • Varese Sarabande.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Waltz of the Flowers)

    Music Arranger: Nicolas Economou. Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nicolas Economou.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Let All the World in Every Corner Sing

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Performer: Simon Morley. Conductor: David Briggs.
    • Truro Cathedral Choir: Choral Classics.
    • 2014 Ameritz Music Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Fantasia para un gentilhombre (Canario)

    Performer: Sharon Isbin. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Great Masterworks Of The Guitar.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 108.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Piano Trio in G Major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Ondine.
    • Nielsen: The Masterworks Vol. 2 - Chamber and Instrumental Works.
    • Dacapo.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    L' Amant anonyme (Overture)

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • TMK.
  • Salvatore Passantino

    Ostination

    Performer: Ada Witczyk. Performer: Simon Standage. Performer: Dominika Maszczyńska.
    • First Hand Records.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite in D minor, HWV 447 (Saraband)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Lucy Gould. Performer: Stewart Eaton. Performer: William Conway. Performer: Enno Senft. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Stephan Maass. Performer: Stephan Rath.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Robert A. Harris

    April Rain Song

    Choir: Phoenix Chorale. Conductor: Christopher Gabbitas.
    • April Rain Song.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major D.485 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Karl Böhm.
    • Beethoven, Symphonie No. 6 »Pastorale« + Schubert: Symphonie No. 5: Vienna Philh.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 9.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Una voce poco fa (The Barber of Seville)

    Singer: Aigul Akhmetshina. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.
    • DECCA.
  • Peter Warlock

    The Night (3 Belloc Songs)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • Songs to the Moon.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D Minor Op.47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Sibelius & Barber: Violin Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    L'Olimpiade (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: L'Arte dell'Arco. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Vivaldi: Opera Overtures.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata no. 4 in E flat major, K. 282, 1st mvt - Adagio

    Performer: Tim Horton.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Albion-Polka, Op. 102

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Riccardo Muti Conducts Johann Strauss II.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Rheinlegendchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Christianne Stotijn.
    • ONYX.

Broadcast

  • Wed 5 Mar 2025 06:30