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The best classical music wake-up call

Mark Forrest presents Radio 3ā€™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

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in A major, Op 20 No 6 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Chandos.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished": II. Andante con moto

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • LINN.

  • Trad.

    Myfanwy

    Composer: Joseph Parry. Performer: Cory Band. Music Arranger: Karl Jenkins. Music Arranger: Bob Childs. Choir: Cantorion. Conductor: Tim Rhys-Evans.
    • This Land of Ours.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 013.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (from Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147)

    Performer: Jan Čmejla. Music Arranger: Myra Hess.
    • J.S. Bach ā€“ Hand und Mund und Tat und Leben.
    • Genuin.
    • 101.

  • Max Richter

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

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Max Richter.
    • The New Four Seasons - Vivaldi Recomposed.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1-2.

  • Amanda Rƶntgen-Maier

    Violin Sonata in B Minor: II. Andantino

    • 1878.
    • Genuin.
    • 102.

  • Johann Ludwig Bach

    Er ist aus der Angst und Gericht genommen, JLB 10: VII. Kann auch ein Opfer sons

    Conductor: Johanna Soller. Ensemble: capella sollertia.
    • Johann Ludwig Bach: The Leipzig Cantatas.
    • Ricercar.
    • 24.

  • Claude Debussy

    La Fille aux cheveux de lin

    Performer: Vƭkingur Ɠlafsson.
    • Debussy ā€“ Rameau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.

  • Jonny Greenwood

    Trio for Willa

    Conductor: Hugh Tieppoā€Brunt. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra.
    • One Battle After Another (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Nonesuch.
    • 18.

  • Franz Schmidt

    Symphony No. 1 in E major - mov. 2 Langsam

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Berman.
    • Accentus Music.

  • John Blow

    Chaconne a 4 in G Major

    • Blow: An Ode on the Death of Mr Henry Purcell & Other Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

  • Glenn Miller

    Moonlight Serenade

    Orchestra: Glenn Miller Orchestra.
    • In The Mood ā€“ The Definitive Moonlight Collection.
    • Bluebird.
    • 20.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia - hymn tune, arr. misc. for mixed chorus [from the symphonic poem]

    Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Conductor: Heikki SeppƤnen.
    • ONDINE.

  • Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita

    Ceffylau [Horses]

    • ARC.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana (Intermezzo)

    Conductor: John Barbirolli. Orchestra: HallƩ.
    • Dutton Laboratories.

  • FrĆ©dĆ©ric Chopin

    24 Preludes, Op. 28: No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop". Sostenuto

    • Chopin: 24 Preludes, Op. 28.
    • WM Italy.
    • 15.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "Trout Quintet": V. Finale. Allegro

    Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Edgar Francis. Performer: Sheku Kannehā€Mason. Performer: Toby Hughes. Performer: Isata Kannehā€Mason.
    • River of Music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Anna Clyne

    Cello Concerto 'Dance' (When You're Broken Up)

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Avie.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto No. 10 for 2 Pianos in E-Flat Major, K. 365: III. Rondeau. Allegro

    Performer: Jeanā€Efflam Bavouzet. Performer: Andrea Nemecz. Conductor: GĆ”bor TakĆ”csā€Nagy. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 12.
    • Chandos.
    • 112.

  • Amy Beach

    Dreaming

    Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Richard Uttley.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini: opera arie e sinfonie.
    • Naive.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No 3 in E-Flat Major, Op 12/3 (3rd mvt, Rondo)

    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 1.
    • RUBICON.
    • 6.

  • Traditional Welsh

    Migldi Magldi

    Performer: Cerys Matthews. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • Rainbow City.

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