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Classical sunrise

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 26 Mar 2025 06:30

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Sterne D. 939

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Hyperion.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Prélude à la nuit (Miroirs)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye; Boléro etc..
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Pierre Boulez

    Scintillant (12 Notations pour piano)

    Performer: David Fray.
    • Bach: Partita in D major, French Suite in D minor/Boulez: Douze Notations pour p.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 18.
  • John Dowland

    Preludium

    Performer: Bor Zuljan.
    • Dowland: A Fancy.
    • Ricercar.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in G minor, BWV 1056R

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Thomas Dunford. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.
  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Ensemble: Kongelige norske marines musikkorps. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grainger: Complete Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 1 (2nd mvt, 'Blumine')

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mahler: Symphony no.1: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in F major, Op.18 no.1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Inventions.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 1.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Figure Humaine: I. De tous les printemps du mondes

    Ensemble: Ensemble Vocal Aedes. Conductor: Mathieu Romano.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • SONY.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Viola Sonata: II. Vivace

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • A Lionel Tertis Celebration.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 16.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 24 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 24 & 23.
    • Decca.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    La Coccinelle

    Composer: Victor Hugo. Singer: Laurence Kilsby. Performer: Ella O'Neill.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon and Gigue in D major

    Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln. Director: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Archiv.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano trio in E flat, D 929 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Schubert: Chamber Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 8.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.4 in F sharp minor

    Music Arranger: Iván Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Performer: Kálmán Balogh. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Philips.
  • Robin Holloway

    Menuetto alla tarantella (Serenade in C)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Holloway: Serenade; Fantasy-Pieces. Schumann: Liederkreis.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombra mai fu (Serse)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Handel: Ombra mai fu: Andreas Scholl, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Ernest Tomlinson

    Light Music Suite: Pizzicato Humoresque

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • Tomlinson: First Suite of English Folk-Dances.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.
  • Pierre Boulez

    Le marteau sans maître: VII. Après l'artisanat furieux

    Ensemble: Ensemble Musique Vivante. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Pierre Boulez: Le Marteau sans Maitre, Livre Pour Cordes.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Ernest Tomlinson

    Pizzicato Humoresque (from Light Music Suite) - ending

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
  • Claude Debussy

    Sirènes (Nocturnes)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Choir: The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Choir: The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus. Conductor: Pierre Boulez. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Debussy: Nocturnes/La Mer/Jeux: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Léo Delibes

    Pizzicato (Sylvia)

    Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • French Album: Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor, Op.85 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • DECCA.
  • Henry Purcell

    Music for a While

    Music Arranger: The King’s Singers. Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • Music for a While.
    • Parlophone.
    • 1.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise in A flat major Op.53 'Eroica'

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Polonaises: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Marco Uccellini

    Aria sopra La Bergamasca Op.3`5

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Artist Portrait: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet in B major, Op 34 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eduard Brunner. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Mozart / Weber: Clarinet Quintets.
    • DG.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Wed 26 Mar 2025 06:30