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Start the 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

Music Played

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Symphony No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Op. 94, "In Memoriam G.F. Watts": II. Adagio e molto espressivo

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Stanford: Symphony No. 6 & Irish Rhapsody No. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Suite in E Minor, BWV 996 (Transp. in G Minor): V. Bourrée

    Performer: Göran Söllscher.
    • 50 Chefs-d’œuvre de Bach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Suite in E Minor, BWV 996 - VI. Gigue

    Performer: Göran Söllscher.
    • Bach - A Journey.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 402.
  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 5 No. 2: III. Agitato con fuoco

    Performer: Mihály Berecz.
    • Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in B flat major, K 270 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Consortium Classicum.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 19.
  • Vincent Youmans

    Tahiti trot [Tea for two] (No, no, Nanette)

    Orchestrator: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 16.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet; Clarinet Quintet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Édouard Lalo

    Fantaisie norvégienne (1st & 2nd mvts)

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Rare French Works: Fauré: Violin Concerto – Canteloube: Poème etc..
    • Hyperion.
  • Henry Purcell

    Raise, Raise the Voice, Z. 334: IV. Mark How Readily Each Pliant String

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Singer: Gillian Fisher. Ensemble: The King's Consort. Conductor: Robert King.
    • Purcell: The Complete Odes & Welcome Songs.
    • Hyperion.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto no.1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.
    • DECCA.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Business Girls (5 Betjeman songs)

    Singer: Catherine Bott. Performer: David Owen Norris.
    • HYPERION.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Ave Maris Stella

    Choir: Giovanni Gabrieli. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • A Spotless Rose.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture Op.80

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata K. 94

    Performer: Christoph Ullrich.
    • Tacet.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • Stephen Foster

    Beautiful Dreamer

    Performer: Grant Williams. Music Arranger: Alice S. Parker. Music Arranger: Robert Shaw. Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale. Conductor: Robert Shaw.
    • Stephen Foster Song Book.
    • Living Stereo.
    • 2.
  • Grace Williams

    Rondo for Dancing

    Performer: Madeleine Mitchell. Performer: Gordon MacKay. Performer: Joseph Spooner.
    • Grace Williams: Chamber Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No. 4 (Autochthonous): 3rd movement; With a graceful lilt

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Still: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5.
    • NAXOS.
    • 8.
  • Charles Gounod

    Avant de quitter ces lieux (Valantin's aria) from Faust

    Singer: Boris Pinkhasovich. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Maurizio Benini.
  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Sinfonia in F major

    Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players. Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players. Conductor: Nicholas Kraemer. Conductor: Nicholas Kraemer.
    • Hyperion.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Odelette in D major, Op 162

    Performer: Edward Beckett. Orchestra: London Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Ross Pople.
    • Fantasie: Romantic French flute music: Beckett/London Festival Orch/Pople.
    • Black Box.
    • 5.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    'Morning Serenade' from Romeo and Juliet

    Performer: Milo Harper. Music Arranger: Vera Dulova.
  • John Williams

    Main Title (From "Star Wars: A New Hope")

    Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • John Williams in Vienna.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Sat 5 Jul 2025 06:30