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Classical rise and shine

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

Tue 4 Mar 2025 06:30

Music Played

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Orchestrator: Jim Clements. Choir: VOCES8 Foundation Choir. Orchestra: VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • Voces8.
  • Leonora Duarte

    Sinfonias a 5 no. 5 & no. 6

    Ensemble: Fretwork. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter and the Wolf Op.67 ( Peter; The bird; The duck; The cat)

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd.
    • Prokoiev Peter and the Wolf Instrumental The Classics.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No.6 in D major, BWV 1012: Mvts 5 & 6

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
    • Bach: Cello Suites.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Ernest Ansermet. Conductor: Ernest Ansermet.
    • Decca.
  • Gian Francesco Malipiero

    The Coffee House (Tre commedie goldoniane)

    Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Christian Benda.
    • Naxos.
  • Ludwig Thuille

    Sextet in B-flat major for Piano and Wind Quintet, Op. 6: IV. Finale. Vivace

    Performer: Sam Haywood. Ensemble: Galliard Ensemble.
    • From the Beginning: Music for Winds and piano by Mozart, Thuille and Poulenc.
    • Deux-Elles Limited.
    • 7.
  • George Gershwin

    Strike Up the Band (Overture)

    Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Wayne Marshall.
    • Born to play Gershwin.
    • AVI.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus K.618

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Mozart: Vespers and Faure: Requiem.
    • Coro.
    • 1.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Danza

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Nicola Eimer.
  • Robert Schumann

    Mondnacht (Liederkreis Op.39)

    Performer: Kunal Lahiry. Singer: Konstantin Krimmel.
  • Christopher Gunning

    Agatha Christie's Poirot - Theme

    Ensemble: London Music Works.
    • DECCA.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Vaughan Williams: Symphonies: ѿýSO, Davies.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Étude No 74 in C minor

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • Hélène de Montgeroult: Études.
    • BIS.
    • 17.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor 'con due violini obligati', RV 522

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Ricardo Viñes

    Menuet spectral (a la memoire de Maurice Ravel)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Ravel: Fragments.
    • Erato.
    • 11.
  • Paul Lincke

    Glow-worm Idyll (Gavotte Pavlova)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Fête de Ballet.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture (Suite) in E minor... [Tafelmusik, 1ere production], Conclusion

    Ensemble: Ensemble Stradivaria. Director: Daniel Cuiller.
    • Telemann: Stradivaria/Daniel Cuiller.
    • Mirare.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • DG.
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Barcarola veneziana

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Leoncavallo: La Nuit De Mai: Domingo: Lang Lang: Veronesi.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 18.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    L'Inganno Felice (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Cello sonata in E minor, Op.35 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Poltéra. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
    • Pejacevic: Trio & Sonata.
    • CPO.
    • 6.
  • William Walton

    Spitfire Prelude and Fugue

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton.
    • EMI.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    O come sei gentile, SV 120 (Instrumental Version)

    Performer: Doron David Sherwin. Performer: Margherita Pupulin. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Terra Mater.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Ethel Smyth

    The Boatswain's Mate (Overture)

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos CHAN 10898.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Henry G. Ley

    A Prayer of King Henry VI

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Choral Evensong live from King's College, Cambridge.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari

    Intermezzo from I gioielli della Madonna

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Opear Overtures & Incidental Music.
    • Sony Classical.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite, HWV 430 in E major 'The Harmonious Blacksmith': Mvts 3 & 4

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho.
    • Deutsch Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Tue 4 Mar 2025 06:30