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Boost your morning with classical music

Al Ryan 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

  • Johann Samuel Schroeter

    6 Keyboard Concertos, Op. 3 No. 6 in E-Flat Major III. Rondo. Allegro

    Performer: Silke Aichhorn. Performer: Southwest German Chamber Ochestra. Performer: Douglas Bostock.
    • CPO.

  • Anton Rubinstein

    2 Melodies Op.3 (no.1 in F major)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • The Piano Album 2.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 04.

  • Dorothy Howell

    Three Divertissements (No 2)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Dorothy Howell Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 104.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op.11

    Choir: Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • VIRGIN.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erbarme dich, mein Gott (St Matthew Passion, BWV. 244)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: François Leleux. Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Radoslaw Szulc.
    • Lisa Batiashvili: Bach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.

  • Florence Price

    Waltz of the Spring Maid

    Performer: Claire Huangci.
    • ALPHA.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The New Four Seasons: Vivaldi Recomposed: Spring 0 + Spring 1

    Composer: Max Richter. Performer: Elena Urioste. Ensemble: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Introduttione teatrale in B-flat major, Op.4 No.3

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Naive.

  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux de vagues (La Mer)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.
    • Debussy - Orchestral Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • William Walton

    5 Bagatelles (Alla Cubana)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Dreams & Fancies.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D major Op.61 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Nikolai Sokoloff

    Polka (Les Vendredis)

    Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • Les Vendredis.
    • Simax.
    • 2.

  • George Gershwin

    Someone to watch over me

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Warner.

  • George Fenton

    The Hen Harrier from Wild Isles

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.94 in G major H.1.94 'Surprise' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Zefiro torna (Sixth Book of Madrigals)

    Choir: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • ARCANA.

  • Trad.

    Sekstur from Vendsyssel; The Peat Dance

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • DaCapo.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Idyll, Op.44

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Emilie Godden.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Espana

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Onyx Classcis.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude Op.23 No.4 in D major

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Moto perpetuo, Op.11

    Music Arranger: Donald Hunsberger. Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Donald Hunsberger.
    • Carnaval: Wynton Marsalis.
    • Sony.
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano trio in E flat, D 929 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Schubert: Chamber Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 8.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Major, K. 207 - I. Allegro moderato

    • Mozart: The Violin Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218 - II. Andante cantabile

    • Mozart: The Violin Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 4 in D Major, K. 218 - III. Rondeau. Andante grazios

    • Mozart: The Violin Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.

  • Ron Goodwin

    633 Squadron (Main Theme)

    Orchestra: Ron Goodwin and His Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ron Goodwin.
    • EMI.

  • Julien Joubert

    Aquarelles - No.1 'Green'

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Ross Parker

    We'll meet again

    Composer: Hugh Charles. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott. Music Arranger: Jorge Calandrelli.
    • Songs of Comfort and Hope.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 20.

Broadcast

  • Thu 19 Feb 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3