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Birdsong and Bach to banish those morning blues

Linton Stephens presents Radio 3鈥檚 Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong, Bach Before 7 and the best in classical music. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • Byron Adams

    Serenade for nine instruments (2nd mvt: Ballade)

    Orchestra: Sinfonietta of Riverdale. Conductor: Mark Mandarano.
    • Albany Records.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Drop, drop, slow tears

    Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • A Song of Farewell: Music of Mourning & Consolation.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Glorious and Powerful God

    Choir: Red Byrd. Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols.
    • Tomkins, Gibbons & Byrd: Consort and Keyboard Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 17.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Autrefois [Pi猫ces humoristiques, Op.87]

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's New Piano Album: Encores by Schubert, Chaminade, Tchaikovsky, Ri.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.4 in G major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • J.S. Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Linn Records.
    • 11.

  • Max Richter

    Spring (Recomposed)

    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder.
    • Recomposed by Max Richter: Vivaldi - The Four Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1-4.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Quartet in B flat major, Op.41 (1st mvt: Allegretto)

    Performer: Cristina Ortiz. Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet.
    • Naxos.

  • Amy Beach

    Symphony in E minor 'Gaelic' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn.
    • NAXOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Fondi tenere...Ombra mai fu [Serse]

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Edward McGuire

    Ascension (3 Donne Lyrics)

    Performer: Ewan Robertson. Choir: Paisley Abbey Choir. Conductor: George McPhee.
    • Priory Records Ltd.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata in F major 'Spring' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Volume 2: Alina Ibragimova/ C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 1.

  • Franz Leh谩r

    Sirens of the Ball (The Merry Widow)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vienna Soiree.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Richard Rodgers

    South Pacific Overture

    Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • DECCA BROADWAY.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Honey-Coloured Cow, Op.3d

    Performer: Laurence Perkins. Performer: John Flinders.
    • Hyperion.

  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Concertino for bassoon & strings (3rd mvt: Presto giocoso)

    Performer: Laurence Perkins. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William Goodchild.
    • Voyage of a Sea-God: The Bassoon Through the 20th Century.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Robert Schumann

    Tr盲umerei (Kinderszenen Op.15)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • V铆kingur 脫lafsson - From Afar.
    • DG.

  • Franz von Supp茅

    Light Cavalry (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Suppe: Overtures and marches: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Johann Strauss

    Radetzky March, Op 228

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Strauss, Johann II : Waltzes & Polkas.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 7.

  • Christopher H. Harris

    Bring me all your dreams

    Choir: London Voices.
    • The Oxford Book of Choral Music by Black Composers.
    • Oxford University Press Music.
    • 19.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert waltz no.1 in D major Op.47

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cello Sonata in A minor, RV.43 (3rd & 4th mvts)

    Performer: David Watkin. Performer: David Miller. Performer: Robert King. Performer: Helen Gough.
    • Vivaldi: The Complete Cello Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15-16.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: Orchestral works including Symphony no.3, The Wasps Overture,.
    • HALLE.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.6 in B flat major, K.238 (1st mvt: Allegro aperto)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt. Orchestra: Orchestra da Camera di Mantova.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 6, 8 & 9.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Ina Boyle

    Symphony no.1 "Glencree" (On Lacken Hill)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Boyle: Overture etc..
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 05.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Trittico botticelliano (La Primavera)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • 20th Century Classics: Ottorino Respighi.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Thu 29 May 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3