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Brighten your day 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

To listen on most smart speakers, just say 'Ask ѿý Sounds to play 3 Breakfast’

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 13 Jul 2025 06:30

Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Impromptu No. 3 in G-Flat Major, Op. 51

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Chopin: Impromptus, Waltzes & Mazurkas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto for two oboes in F major, Op 9 No 3 (1st mvmt, Allegro)

    Performer: Gail Hennessy. Performer: Rachel Chaplin. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • The Italian Job.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 18.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Histoires Naturelles

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ashley Riches.
    • A Musical Zoo.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 8-12.
  • Michael Tippett

    Deep River (5 Spirituals from 'A Child of our Time')

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Collins Classics.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Blue air (Colour suite)

    Performer: Sarah Cahill.
    • The Future is Female, Vol. 2: The Dance.
    • First Hand Records.
    • 1.
  • Frank Bridge

    Two Entr'actes: Rosemary

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Eclogue, Op. 10

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • Finzi: Cello Concerto, Eclogue, etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 104.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
    • Divox.
    • 4.
  • Lucy Walker

    Love flows

    Choir: St Martin's Voices. Director: Andrew Earis.
    • RESONUS.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Havanaise Op.83

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Andrey Sychra

    Prelude in D minor

    Performer: Aynur Begutov.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in G minor, RV.495

    Performer: Peter Whelan. Ensemble: Jupiter. Director: Thomas Dunford.
    • Alpha.
  • George Gershwin

    Porgy and Bess - suite arr. Jascha Heifetz: Summertime - A woman is a sometime thing

    Performer: Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • An American in Paris: Tamsin Waley-Cohen/Huw Watkins.
    • CHAMPS HILL.
    • 009.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    L'elisir d'amore, Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima" (Nemorino)

    Singer: Pene Pati. Orchestra: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine. Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume.
    • Pene Pati.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet in C major K.515 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Quatuor Ébène. Ensemble: Antoine Tamestit.
    • Mozart: String Quintets K. 515 & 516.
    • ERATO.
    • 4.
  • Mel Bonis

    Meditation

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Fortissima.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 1.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon duodecimi toni à 8 (Sacrae symphoniae, 1597)

    Ensemble: Oltremontano. Director: Wim Becu.
    • Accent.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No. 1 "Afro-American" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • African American Voices.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.
  • Léo Delibes

    Waltz (Coppelia)

    Music Arranger: Erno Dohnanyi. Performer: Polina Leschenko.
    • ALPHA.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Missa solemnis, Op 123 (Kyrie)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: Jennifer Johnston. Singer: James Gilchrist. Singer: Matthew Rose. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Beethoven: Missa Solemnis Gardiner.
    • SDG.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in A major H.15.18 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Philips.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No. 1 in D Major 'Classical', Op. 25: IV. Finale (Molto vivace)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Violin Concertos Collection.
    • Linn Records.
    • 39.

Broadcast

  • Sun 13 Jul 2025 06:30