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Boost your morning 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 31 May 2025 06:30

Music Played

  • Carl Nielsen

    String Quintet in G major, FS.5 (2nd mvt: Adagio)

    Performer: Tim Frederiksen. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Nielsen: The Masterworks Vol. 2 - Chamber and Instrumental Works.
    • Dacapo.
    • 10.
  • Shruthi Rajasekar

    Psalm 59

    Performer: Simon Hogan. Choir: Siglo de Oro. Conductor: Patrick Allies.
    • Wisdom & Strength: Contemporary Sacred Choral Music.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 13.
  • Ayo Bankole

    Egun Variations in G major for piano

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • African Pianism.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 101.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Rêverie du soir (Suite Algerienne, Op.60)

    Orchestra: Euskadiko Orkestra Sinfonikoa. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Saint-Saëns: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E major, K 135 arr Rattya

    Music Arranger: Janne Rättyä. Performer: Janne Rättyä.
    • Scarlatti Sonatas - Janne Rattya.
    • Ondine.
    • 9.
  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Amadigi di Gaula (Overture)

    Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike.
    • London Calling: Barokksolistene.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    In the Mountain Country

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
    • Moeran: In the Mountain Country.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque No.1 in E major

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Children's Corner; 2 Arabesques & Other Solo Piano M.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Violin Concerto No.1 in C major, Hob.VIIa:1 (1st mvt: Allegro moderato)

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Symphony in F sharp minor, Op.41 (3rd mvt: Scherzo)

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopédie no.1 in D major

    Performer: Joanna MacGregor.
    • The Music of Erik Satie; Joanna MacGregor.
    • Collins Classics.
    • 6.
  • Léo Delibes

    Waltz (Coppelia)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Bru Zane.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La danza (Soirées musicales)

    Singer: Roberto Alagna. Orchestra: London Orchestra. Conductor: Yvan Cassar.
    • Roberto Alagna: My Life is an Opera.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    Waltz No.5 in D flat major

    Performer: Nicholas Walker.
    • Balakirev: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 8.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Men's Dance (Aleko)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • EMI.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

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

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Albioni/Pachelbel/Bach: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in A minor (3rd & 4th mvts)

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin. Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Dvořák & Price: Piano Quintets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.1 in C major, Op.21 (3rd mvt: Menuetto)

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Adès.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 – Barry: Beethoven, Piano Concerto.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 3.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Valse carnavalesque for 2 pianos, Op.73

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Peter Jablonski.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Cancion de cuna (Cradle Song)

    Performer: Marcelo Kayath.
    • Guitar Classics from Latin America.
    • I.M.P..
    • 9.
  • Gustav Holst

    Mars, the Bringer of War (The Planets, Op 32)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Holst: The Planets; Asteroids.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Sat 31 May 2025 06:30