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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

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201: II. Andante

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • Mozart, Haydn & CPE Bach.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 26.
  • Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla

    Transfige, dulcissime Domine

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Streams of Tears: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
    • 4.
  • Elfrida Andrée

    Andante in A-flat

    Performer: Oskar Ekberg.
    • Elfrida Andrée: Complete Piano Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Daphne.
    • 25.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    On a tree by a river [Tit Willow] (The Mikado)

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Singer: Richard Suart. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Telarc.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio No. 2 in E-Flat Major, D. 929: III. Scherzando - Allegro moderato

    Performer: Jascha Heifetz.
    • RCA Red Seal.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Bernhard Forck. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 34.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Etude Romantique Op.132

    Performer: Johann Blanchard.
    • MDG.
  • Paul Smith

    Kyrie

    Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Paul Smith.
    • Revolutions.
    • VOCES8RECORDS.
    • 1.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Fandango (Soleriana)

    Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias. Conductor: Maximiano Valdés.
    • NAXOS.
  • Ida Presti

    Danse rythmique

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham.
    • Presti: Danse rythmique.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Joseph Boulogne Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Sonate No. 3 pour le Clavecin avec accompagnement de Violon Oblige en sol mineur

    Performer: Jeanette Pitkevica. Performer: Jens Barnieck.
    • Coviello Classics.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 5.
    • Pentatone.
    • 104.
  • Poldowski

    Caledonian Market (Excerpts): No. 6, Musical Box

    Performer: Jan Philip Schulze.
    • Legends.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 12.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Music Arranger: Vadim Borisovsky. Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Simon Crawford‐Phillips.
    • Shostakovich: Music for viola and piano: Power/Crawford-Phillips.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.
  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer (Jeux de Vagues)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Debussy: La mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune – Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole.
    • Lso Live.
    • 107.
  • Trad. English

    Bushes and briars

    Music Arranger: Donald James. Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Conductor: Ralph Allwood.
    • Among the leaves so green.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 2.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Sonata in G Minor: I. Allegro

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Romance – The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.
  • George Enescu

    Ballade

    Performer: Charlie Siem. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Oleg Caetani.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
  • Franz Berwald

    Septet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.
    • Beethoven and Berwald: Septets.
    • BIS.
    • 203.
  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: James McVinnie. Music Arranger: James McVinnie.
    • Pentatone.
  • Johann Adolf Hasse

    La clemenza di Tito: "Se mai senti" (Sextus)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: Le Concert d’Astrée. Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm.
    • La Voix Des Anges.
    • Parlophone (France).
    • 5.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81, B. 155: III. Scherzo (Furiant)

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin. Ensemble: Takács Quartet. Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Dvořák and Price: Piano Quintets.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Sun 6 Jul 2025 06:30