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Ease into the day with classical music

Mark Forrest presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

Mark Forrest presents Radio 3鈥檚 Breakfast show live from Salford with birdsong and the best in classical music. This week's dawn chorus is the familiar purring coo of the turtle dove, with music including Vivaldi's Tortora. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Sun 25 May 2025 06:30
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Eventide (10th Anniversary Edition).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 14.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Quartet in G Major: II. Adagio

    Ensemble: Mariani Klavierquartett.
    • Mayer: Piano Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 202.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Air for Chalumeau "La Tortora"

    Performer: Martin Fr枚st. Performer: Alexander Scherf. Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln.
    • Sony.

  • Traditional Swedish

    The dove and the lily

    Performer: Ann Sears. Music Arranger: Harry Burleigh. Singer: Oral Moses.
    • Deep River.
    • ALBANY.
    • 006.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado about Nothing - Suite Op.11 (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Korngold: Orchestral Works: London Symphony Orchestra/Previn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring Suite (7th section)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Copland Orchestral Works 1 - Ballets.
    • Chandos.
    • 17.

  • Franz Liszt

    O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Singer: Dietrich Fischer鈥怐ieskau.
    • DG.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet, Op. 2 - I. Allegro energico

    Ensemble: Chineke! Chamber Ensemble.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 24.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern Lights

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Firedove.
    • Sony.

  • Marianna Martines

    Overture [Symphony] in C major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: La Floridiana. Director: Nicoleta Paraschivescu.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the Dance

    Performer: Melvyn Tan.
    • Miroirs.
    • Onyx.
    • 1.

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Choro no. 1 (Suite populaire Br茅slienne)

    Performer: Tom Kerstens.
    • BGS.

  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony in G minor Z.730

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.27 in B flat K.595 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Piotr Anderszewski.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 25 & 27.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Grace Williams

    Calm Sea in Summer (Sea Sketches)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Resonus.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English suite no. 3 in G minor BWV.808 for keyboard: Sarabande

    Performer: Francesco Tristano.
    • JS Bach: The Six English Suites.
    • NAIVE.
    • 21.

  • Hanna Havrylets

    Prayer

    Singer: Grace Davidson. Choir: Meridian. Conductor: Irene Messoloras.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Guitar Quintet in D major, G.448

    Performer: Krzysztof Meisinger. Performer: Patrycja Betley. Music Arranger: Krzysztof Meisinger. Ensemble: Meisinger Soloists.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite no. 2 for jazz band; Dance No. 1 (arr. Iain Farrington)

    Performer: Timothy End. Ensemble: Ferio Saxophone Quartet.
    • Evoke.
    • Chandos.

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    La Gioconda, Act III: Dance of the Hours

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Verismo.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • Amy Beach

    Heartsease (From Grandmother's Garden, Op. 97)

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Beach: Fantasia, Les R猫ves De Colombine, The Lotos Isles, A Hermit Thrush, From.
    • Guild GmbH.
    • 16.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet no.12 in F Major Op.96 'American' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet.
    • American Voices.
    • Cedille Records.
    • 104.

Broadcast

  • Sun 25 May 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3