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Start your day with classical music

Mark Forrest presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With Bach Before 7 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

Last on

Sun 21 Sep 2025 06:30

Music Played

  • George Enescu

    Ballade for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 4a

    Performer: Charlie Siem. Conductor: Oleg Caetani. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Brahms & Enescu.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a)

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • Philips.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 33 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia in D Major, BWV 1045

    Orchestra: Concerto Köln. Conductor: Max Volbers.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 104 in D Major "London" - 3rd movement

    Conductor: Richard Tognetti. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Haydn – Mozart.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 11.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Sonata for cello and piano (Op.19) in G minor, 3rd mvt; Andante

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Muse.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.
  • Krzysztof Penderecki

    3 Pieces in Old Style - Aria (arr. for chorus)

    Choir: Polski Chór Kameralny. Conductor: Jan Lucaszewski.
    • Penderecki: Complete Choral Works, Vol 1.
    • DUX Recording Producers.
  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana: Dance

    Orchestra: German Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • DG.
  • Julie Cooper

    Ascensio

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • Julie Cooper: Ascensio.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Largo al factotum (The Barber of Seville)

    Singer: Michael Spyres. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: Marko Letonja.
    • Baritenor.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne

    Music Arranger: Samuel Dushkin. Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • BIS.
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Cello Sonata in D Major, Op. 17: II. Andante tranquillo

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Performer: Julian Riem.
    • Fortissima.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 35 in D Major "Haffner"

    Orchestra: German Chamber Orchestra, Bremen. Conductor: Tarmo Peltokoski.
    • Mozart: Symphonies No. 35, 36 & 40.
    • Deutche Grammophon.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in D Minor, Op. 31 No. 2 "The Tempest" (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Brendel spielt Beethoven (Klavierkonzerte / Klaviersonaten).
    • Decca.
    • 78.
  • Henry Purcell

    Rondeau from Abdelazar

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Music Arranger: Anthony Newman. Conductor: Anthony Newman. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Wynton Marsalis - Original Album Classics.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Autumn Gardens: II. Tranquillo

    Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Rautavaara, E.: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Autumn Gardens.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 25 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Neville Marriner.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos Nos. 1&2: Perahia.
    • CBS.
    • 1.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony no.3 "The Sunday Symphony" (Prayer)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.
  • Cristóbal de Morales

    Parce mihi Domine

    Performer: Jan Garbarek. Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • ECM.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Dardanus (Chaconne)

    Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Director: Roy Goodman.
    • Rameau: Ballet Suites: European Union Baroque Orchestra/Goodman.
    • Naxos.
    • 24.
  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    La Gioconda, Act III: Dance of the Hours

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Verismo.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    Dashing Away with the Smoothing Iron

    Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Conductor: Ralph Allwood. Conductor: Ralph Allwood.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

Broadcast

  • Sun 21 Sep 2025 06:30