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Classical music to start the day

Hannah French 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 25 Mar 2025 06:30

Music Played

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Virtus Sapiente

    Music Arranger: Marianne Pfau. Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Frank Bridge

    The Hour Glass (The Dew Fairy)

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Bridge: Piano Sonata etc: Kathryn Stott.
    • Conifer.
  • Edward Elgar

    Fairy Pipers (The Wand of Youth, Suite No. 1)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Capriccio.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andante in F major K.616

    Music Arranger: Michael Hasel. Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.
    • Mozart: Music for Piano and Wind Quintet.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Cantata no.1)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Director: Ton Koopman.
    • Bach - Complete Cantatas 13.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 1.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio in G minor (version for violin)

    Composer: Remo Giazotto. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Kateřina Chroboková. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.
    • Hope.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68: VI. Toccata

    Music Arranger: Kenneth Hesketh. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Trad.

    Whilst great is our poverty

    Composer: Cyrillus Kreek. Performer: Anna-Liisa Eller. Performer: Marco Ambrosini. Choir: Vox Clamantis. Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve.
    • ECM.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphonie concertante in A major Op.9`2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Ježek. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Halász.
    • Saint-Georges: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Max Bruch

    Concerto in E minor for clarinet, viola and orchestra Op.88 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gérard Caussé. Performer: Paul Meyer. Orchestra: Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Bruch/Werke fur Klarinette und Viola.
    • Erato.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    String Quartet No.1 in E minor, 'From My Life': IV. Vivace

    Ensemble: Talichovo kvarteto.
    • LA DOLCE VITA.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Bagatelle Op 1 No 3

    Performer: Margaret Fingerhut.
  • Bob Chilcott

    Weather Report

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • Man I Sing.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 22.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo (Octet in E flat major Op.20)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 1 in D major - 2nd mvt

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Titan".
    • BIS.
    • 102.
  • Teresa Carreño

    Partie, Op 18

    Performer: Alexandra Oehler.
    • Teresa Carreno: Klavierwerke (Piano works).
    • ARS MUSICI.
    • 004.
  • Joni Mitchell

    Both Sides Now

    Music Arranger: Roland Pöntinen. Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Kenneth Sillito.
    • BIS.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 2 (1st mvt.)

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
    • Corelli: Concerti Grossi Opus 6.
    • Linn Records.
    • 5.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 English Dances, Op 33 No 1

    Orchestra: Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Arnold: Dances.
    • NAXOS.
    • 005.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata No 55 in B flat major, H XVI 41

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 5 - Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 12-13.
  • Launy Grondahl

    Trombone Concerto (1st mvt.)

    Performer: Jesper Juul Windahl. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • The Royal Danish Academy of Music 150 years.
    • Dacapo.
    • 1.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Magnificat (Opening chorus)

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.6 in F major Op.68 'Pastoral' (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Charles-Valentin Alkan

    Grande sonata, Op 33, 'Les quatre ages' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • Alkan: Grande Sonate; Sonatine; Le Festin D'Esope.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird: III. The Princesses' Game with the Golden Apples

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Pierre Boulez Conducts Stravinsky.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto in E minor Op.3 No. 8; III. Allegro - capriccio 16

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Les Ombres.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quintet no.1 in F major, Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet. Performer: Lawrence Power.
    • Brahms - String Quintets.
    • HYPERION.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Tue 25 Mar 2025 06:30