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Wake up 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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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 202.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin concerto in D major Op. Post. no.2 - 3rd movement, Rondo (allegro)

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2.
    • NAXOS.
    • 3.

  • Laura Mvula

    Sing to the Moon

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Director: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV.815

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • DECCA.

  • Peter Warlock

    Pieds en l'air (Capriol suite)

    Orchestra: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne (L'amour médécin)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIAVOX.

  • Richard Strauss

    Serenade in E flat major, Op.7

    Ensemble: London Winds. Director: Michael Collins.
    • Strauss: Complete Music for Winds: London Winds/Collins.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Juliet - the young girl (Romeo and Juliet - suite no. 2)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Prokofiev: The Symphonies.
    • BIS.
    • 501.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    In monte Oliveti

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • Passion and Resurrection: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Serenade Op.48 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • BIS.
    • 6.

  • Reinhold Moritzevich Glière

    Harp Concerto in E-Flat Major, Op. 74: I. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Nathalie Stutzmann.
    • Glière, Mosolov: Harp Concertos.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Toccatina Op.36

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • Kaleidoscope: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète & Pulcinella Suite.
    • Linn Records.
    • 11.

  • Rita Strohl

    Septet in C minor: 3rd mvt; Romance. Très lent et très mystérieux

    Performer: Shuichi Okada. Performer: Alexandre Pascal. Performer: Léa Hennino. Performer: Claudine Legras. Performer: Héloïse Luzzati. Performer: Lorraine Campet. Performer: Célia Oneto Bensaid.
    • Rita Strohl: Volume 2, Musique de chambre.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.
    • 107.

  • Clifton Parker

    The Glass Slipper: Overture

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overtures from the British Isles, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 110.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in D major, Op 1 No 12

    Ensemble: London Baroque.
    • The Trio Sonata Through Two Centuries.
    • BIS.
    • 1601.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.4 in G major Op.58 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4, Opp. 37 & 58.
    • Naxos.
    • 106.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, Op 10 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet; Clarinet Quintet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Cadiz (Suite espanola)

    Ensemble: Katia Labèque. Ensemble: Marielle Labèque.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Edward Elgar

    4 Part Songs, Op. 53: No. 1, There Is Sweet Music

    Lyricist: Lord Alfred Tennyson. Choir: Chapel Choir of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. Conductor: William Vann.
    • The Reeds by Severn Side.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 701.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet Antique

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works.
    • BIS.
    • 701.

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 Feb 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3