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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

Hannah French presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. 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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3 hours

Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Waltz in A flat major, Op 39 No 15

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Music Arranger: Catrin Finch.
    • Lullabies.
    • DG.
    • 10.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    The Sicillian Vespers (Ballet of the Four Seasons: Summer)

    Orchestra: Orchestra La Scintilla. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Accentus.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Serenade in E major Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Dvorak, Bartok, Wolf: Saito Kinen, Ozawa.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, K. 447: III. Allegro

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wie furchtsam wankten meine Schritte (Cantata BWV.33)

    Music Arranger: Sonia Wieder‐Atherton. Music Arranger: Imogen Cooper. Performer: Sonia Wieder‐Atherton. Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Brahms Bach.
    • RCA.
    • 001.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Notturno no.8 in C major H.2.32

    Ensemble: Mozzafiato. Ensemble: L’Archibudelli.
    • Haydn: 8 Notturni for the King of Naples.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Hans Gál

    Oboe Sonata Op.85 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Viola Wilmsen. Performer: Kimiko Imani.
    • Gál, Martinu, Haas, Janácek & Slavicky: Oboe & Piano.
    • CAvi Music.
    • 107.
  • Edward Elgar

    March (The Wand of Youth Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites No.1 & 2: New Zealand SO/Judd.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.
  • George Frideric Handel

    As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Singer: Mark Padmore. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D.485 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Charles Gounod

    String Quartet no.3 in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Cambini-Paris.
    • Gounod: Complete String Quartets.
    • 貹é.
    • 111.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor: Homages.
    • Decca.
    • 009.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cinderella Op.87 (Grand Waltz)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
  • Rodion Shchedrin

    The Sealed Angel: VIII.

    Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: David Trendell. Conductor: Geoffrey Webber.
    • Rodion Shchedrin: The Sealed Angel.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 8.
  • Clarence Cameron White

    Basque folk song

    Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Lucerne DeSa.
    • Sono Luminus.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse-scherzo in C major Op.34

    Performer: Esther Yoo. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Tchaikovsky.
    • Universal Music Ltd..
    • 7.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Palladio (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • Karl Jenkins: Quirk, Sarikiz & Over the Stone.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 114.
  • Gustav Holst

    Symphony in F, Op 8 'The Cotswolds' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Beethoven: The Complete Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Alessandro Striggio

    Ecce beatam lucem

    Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Director: Hervé Niquet.
    • Striggio: Mass for 40 & 60 Voices.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
    • 17.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in A major, K 331 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Federico Colli.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Double Concerto in D minor, BWV.1043

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • J.S.Bach, Solo & Double Violin Concertos.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Valse nonchalante Op.110

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.
  • Max Richter

    Sketchbook

    Ensemble: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Max Richter: Memoryhouse.
    • Late Junction.
    • 8.
  • Pierre Villette

    Hymne à la Vierge, Op. 24

    Lyricist: Roland Bouhéret. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Choir: Holst Singers.
    • Villette: Choral Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

Broadcast

  • Fri 29 Aug 2025 06:30