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Wake up your senses with classical music

Mark Forrest presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong and the best in classical music. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 27 Apr 2025 06:30

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 ʻFür Eliseʼ

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Beethoven: Fur Elise, Bagatelles Opp. 33, 119 & 126.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 25.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101: I. Etwas lebhaft und mit der innigsten

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 2.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Notturno for Strings in, B Major, Op. 40, B. 47

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Violin Concertos Collection.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.
  • Trad.

    Bushes and Briars - folksong

    Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Choir: Opus Anglicanum.
    • The Seeds of Love.
    • HERALD.
    • 011.
  • Aoife Ní Bhriain

    Wings

    Composer: Catrin Finch.
    • Double You.
    • ARC Music Productions International Ltd.
    • 4.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: The Gadfly, Op. 97: 3. Youth (Romance)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • 50 Romantic Classics (By Classic FM).
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 13.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Stabat Mater, RV 621: Stabat Mater dolorosa; Cujus animam gementem; O quam tristis et afflicta

    Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Ensemble: Capella Cracoviensis. Conductor: Jan Tomasz Adamus.
    • Vivaldi: Stabat Mater, RV 621: V. Quis non posset contristari.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Mel Bonis

    Soir, Matin, Op. 76

    Ensemble: Boulanger Trio.
    • Solitaires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra in A Major, K. 622: I. Allegro

    Performer: Wenzel Fuchs. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.
    • Mozart.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 101.
  • Florence Price

    Clouds

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Flipside Music.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: III. Scherzo. Presto - Trio. Andante sostenuto

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Florian Donderer. Performer: Rachel Roberts. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Marie-Elisabeth Hecker.
    • Schubert: Schwanengesang & String Quintet.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 19.
  • Thomas Adès

    Forgotten Dances: Overture - Queen of the Spiders

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise, Op.34 No.14

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Edvard Grieg

    To the Spring (Lyric Pieces, Op.43)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.
  • Louis Spohr

    Nonet in F Major, Op. 31: IV. Finale. Vivace

    Ensemble: Ensemble Obligat Hamburg.
    • Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 - Spohr: Nonet in F Major, Op. 31.
    • Genuin.
    • 204.
  • Vangelis

    Chariots of Fire (theme)

    Music Arranger: Vangelis. Performer: Vangelis.
    • Chariots of Fire: Vangelis.
    • Polydor.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-Flat Major, 1st mvt: Allegro brioso

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko. Orchestra: Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya.
    • Prokofiev: Piano Concertos No. 1, 3 & 4.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.
  • Jessica Curry

    So let us melt

    Choir: London Voices. Choir: London Voices. Conductor: Ben Parry. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • Shielding Songs.
    • JESSICA CURRY.
    • 8.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon VIII a 8 (C202)

    Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players.
    • Archiv Produktion - Paul McCreesh: Easter.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 106.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Titan": II. Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 1.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Tango (España Op.165)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Where'er you walk (Semele)

    Singer: Hugo Hymas. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Semele.
    • SDG.
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Sun 27 Apr 2025 06:30