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Start your day with classical music

Emma Clarke presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 3 May 2025 06:30

Music Played

  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.2

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deustche Grammophon.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    String Trio in G major (2nd mvt: Adagio)

    Ensemble: Maggini Quartet.
    • Classical Chill.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Oswald von Wolkenstein

    Nu rue mit sorgen

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Singer: Kathleen Dineen. Ensemble: Shield of Harmony. Ensemble: Shield of Harmony. Director: Crawford Young.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Michael Haydn

    Notturno in F major, P.106 (3rd mvt: Adagio)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Classical Hits.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Manuel Cardoso

    Sitivit anima mea

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.
  • Gustav Holst

    Venus, the Bringer of Peace (The Planets, Op 32)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Holst: Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    6 Variations on "Mio caro Adone", K.180

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op.42

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Universal.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C, D.956 (2nd mvt: Adagio)

    Performer: Heinrich Schiff. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Bernhard Crusell

    Bassoon Concertino in B flat major (3rd mvt: Polacca)

    Performer: Karen Geoghegan. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Karen Geoghegan Plays Works for Bassoon and Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christen, ätzet diesen Tag (Cantata No 63)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • J.S. Bach, Cantatas Vol 18: Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 1.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen's Return

    Performer: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
  • Trevor Duncan

    Little suite for orchestra (March)

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • MARCO POLO.
  • Johann Adolf Hasse

    Sonata in B flat for recorder & continuo

    Performer: Jiyeon Bang. Performer: Masumi Yamamoto.
  • Dame Ethel Mary Smyth

    Sonata in A minor Op.7 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Clarence Cameron White

    Levee Dance Op.26`2

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: Matthew Hagle.
    • Blues Dialogues: Music by Black Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 14.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus Quadrille, Op 363

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
    • DECCA.
  • César Franck

    Panis angelicus (Mass Op.12)

    Music Arranger: Wolfgang Hochstein. Singer: Pablo Strong. Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Performer: Timothy Ravalde. Performer: Graham Walker. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John's: Choir of St John's College, Cambr.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B minor for 4 violins and cello, RV.580

    Performer: Cynthia Roberts. Performer: Emlyn Ngai. Performer: Naomi Guy. Performer: Min-Young Kim. Performer: René Schiffer. Ensemble: Apollo’s Fire. Conductor: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • Vivaldi & Friends: La Folia & Other Concertos: Apollo's Fire/Sorrell.
    • Avie.
    • 2-4.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Hamlet (The Hunt)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • DG.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto no.2 Op.22 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine.
    • ERATO.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Concerto for bandoneon & guitar "ѿýnaje a Lieja" (arr. for 2 guitars, string quartet & double bass) (3. Tango)

    Performer: Katona Twins. Performer: Daniel Storer. Music Arranger: Peter Katona. Music Arranger: Zoltán Katona. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Le Grand Tango.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sat 3 May 2025 06:30