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Wake up your senses 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 [email protected]

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Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Kinderszenen, Traümerei

    Performer: Kenji Miura.
    • Heimat.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Robert Schumann

    Kinderszenen, Am Kamin

    Performer: Kenji Miura.
    • Heimat.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Charlotte Sohy

    Symphony in C sharp minor 'Grand Guerre' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Debora Waldman.
    • Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 33.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto Op. 77 (2nd mvt.)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Markus Passion "Geh, Jesu, geh zu deiner Pein!"

    Conductor: Jordi Savall. Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Bach: Markus Passion, BWV 247.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Le papillon et la fleur

    Music Arranger: Matthew Knight. Ensemble: Septura.
    • Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 5.
    • Naxos.
    • 501.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker: Spanish Dance

    Performer: Scott Lumsdaine. Music Arranger: Matthew Knight. Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14 (Excerpts Arr. for Brass Septet & Per.
    • Naxos.
    • 3301.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Sonata No 7 "1681" (4th mvt)

    Performer: Bojan Čičić. Ensemble: The Illyria Consort.
    • Biber: Complete Violin Sonatas — 1681.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 41.

  • Herbert Ashworth-Hope

    Barnacle Bill (Blue Peter)

    Music Arranger: George L. Zalva. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Vintage Tv And Radio Classics.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor, K.466 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Director: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 20, K466 & 27, K595; Mitsuko Uchida, The Cleveland Orche.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • John Williams

    Schindler's List (Theme)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Nicola Benedetti: The Silver Violin.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Enrique Granados

    Goyescas: El fandango de candil

    Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Granados: Goyescas - El pelele.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Weber : Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2/Concertino in E flat/Clarinet Quintet.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Ma Vlast)

    Orchestra: Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy FOK. Conductor: Libor Pešek.
    • Dvorak: New World Symphony: Prague Symphony Orchestra/Pesek.
    • Sony.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia - suite Op.11 (Alla marcia)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.

  • Einar Englund

    Romance (from "The Apple Falls")

    Performer: Linda Hedlund. Orchestra: La Tempesta. Conductor: József Hárs.
    • Finnish Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 11.

  • Johann Christian Bach

    Quartet in B-Flat, WB60 (Rondò)

    Ensemble: Quartetto Bernardini.
    • Around Mozart. A Journey Through the Golden Age of the Oboe Quartet.
    • Arcana.
    • 2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombra mai fu (Serse)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Handel: Ombra mai fu: Andreas Scholl.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 7.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Tsar's Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Bill Evans

    Bill Evans Suite: My Bells

    Performer: Anders Malta. Music Arranger: Palle Mikkelborg. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean Thorel. Ensemble: Thomas Clausen Trio.
    • Symbiosis · Tribute to Bill Evans.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Barbara Strozzi

    Godere, e tacere Op 1, No 9

    Orchestra: Accademia dell’Annunciata. Conductor: Riccardo Doni.
    • Barbara Strozzi. Virtuosissima Sirena.
    • ARCANA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No 3 in E flat major, Op 12 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Beethoven, The Complete Sonatas For Violin And Piano: Capucon, Braley.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 11.

  • Trad.

    Among the leaves so green

    Conductor: Ralph Allwood. Choir: The Rodolfus Choir.
    • Among The Leaves So Green: English & Scottish Folk Songs.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite

    Music Arranger: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made in Britain: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/John Wilson.
    • Avie.
    • 7.

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  • Sun 18 Jan 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3