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Ease into the 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.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • O Magnum Mysterium.
    • NYCGB.
    • 1.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestral works: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio in G minor

    Music Arranger: Remo Giazotto. Performer: Edward Brewer. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Albinoni/Pachelbel: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Charles Gounod

    Ave Maria

    Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • SONY.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major K.622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet: Martin Frost.
    • BIS.
  • Claude Debussy

    Marche écossaise sur un thème populaire

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Debussy and Ravel: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet in F minor, Op.2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: John Fadial. Performer: Janet Orenstein. Performer: Scott Rawls. Performer: Brooks Whitehouse. Performer: Andrew Harley. Performer: Mary Ashley Barret. Performer: Michael Burns. Performer: Kelly Burke. Performer: Lynn Huntzinger Beck.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; Chamber Music.
    • CENTAUR.
    • 10.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in B flat major, RV 383a

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori.
    • Rachel: The Music I Love.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (A German Requiem)

    Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Wind in D minor, Op 44 (2nd mvmt, Menuetto)

    Conductor: Jakub Hrůša. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia.
    • Supraphon.
  • Frank Bridge

    The Sea (Moonlight)

    Performer: Janice Graham. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works: Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations Op.36 (Variation 14, 'E.D.U.')

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Elgar: Cockaigne: ѿý SO, Andrew Davis.
    • Teldec.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ballet Music No. 2 (Rosamunde)

    Orchestra: Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Schubert: Early Symphonies & Stage Music.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 305.
  • Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

    Concerto in F major for two flutes, Op 38 No 3

    Performer: Barthold Kuijken. Performer: Marc Hantaï.
    • Boismortier: Six Concertos for five Flutes.
    • Accent.
    • 22-24.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis and Chloé, Suite Ii: I. Lever du jour

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Ravel: Five O'Clock Foxtrot, Boléro, Pavane for a Dead Princess, La valse.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 107.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No.21 In C major, Op.53 'Waldstein' - 3. Rondo

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • Ludwig van Beethoven - The Piano Sonatas (Live).
    • ECM New Series.
    • 71.
  • Sophia Corri Dussek

    Harp Sonata in C Major, Op. 2, No. 6: III. Caledonian Hunt

    Performer: Floraleda Sacchi.
    • Sophia Giustina Corri: Works for Solo Harp.
    • Tactus.
    • 3.
  • Arturo Márquez

    Danzon No. 2 (Live From Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles / 2010)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Rossini: Overtures And Arias / Latin American Favorites (Live From Walt Disney C.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.

Broadcast

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