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Roll out of bed into 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

  • Jocelyn Pook

    How sweet the moonlight (The Merchant of Venice)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Siobhán Armstrong. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Baroque String Quartet.
    • Decca.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No 3 in G minor, Op 36 (2nd mvmt, Adagio cantabile)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Metz. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • Bru Zane.

  • Imogen Holst

    Agnus Dei (Mass in A minor)

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 14.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Ensemble: tenThing.
    • She Composes Like A Man.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 2.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Cortège

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Ensemble: tenThing.
    • She Composes Like A Man.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
    • Bach: Cello Suites, BWVV 1007-1012.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.

  • Valborg Aulin

    Parisian Scenes (No 3, Ballroom Scene)

    Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Aulin, Moberg, Andrée: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
    • 3.

  • Kate Bush

    This Woman's Work

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
    • Decca.

  • Florence Price

    Violin Concerto No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Angela Morley

    Kehaar's Theme (Watership Down)

    Performer: Angela Morley.
    • Watership Down (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Masterworks.
    • 12.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Céphale et Procris (Overture)

    Ensemble: Musica Fiorita. Director: Daniela Dolci.
    • La Guerre: Protégée of the Sun King.
    • ORF.
    • 001.

  • Catrin Finch

    Celtic Concerto

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Ensemble: Sinfonia Cymru. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Highland Spirit.
    • Decca.
    • 20-22.

  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne arr Johnson

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Emma Johnson - Encores.
    • ASV.
    • 18.

  • David Schweitzer

    Emma Suite

    Composer: Isobel Waller-Bridge.
    • EMMA. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Universal City Studios LLC.
    • 35.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Orford Ness (Suffolk Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Clara Schumann

    Romance No 1

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Brahms: Trio Op. 114. Robert & Clara Schumann: Romances.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Augusta Holmès

    Overture for a Comedy

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz. Conductor: Samuel Friedmann.
    • Augusta Holmès: Orchestral Works.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 3.

  • Trad.

    The Parting Glass

    Music Arranger: Caroline Shaw. Music Arranger: Sō Percussion. Singer: Caroline Shaw. Performer: Sō Percussion.
    • Rectangles and Circumstance.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 5.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No 2 in E minor (Finale)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leo McFall.
    • Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
    • CPO.
    • 4.

  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Blush

    Conductor: William Eddins. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.
    • Orchestral Series Highlights 2021 (Edinburgh International Festival).
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.

  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    5 Songs: Laue Sommernacht Am Himmel

    Performer: Reinbert de Leeuw. Singer: Barbara Hannigan.
    • Vienna: Fin de Siècle.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 12.

  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    5 Songs: Ich Wandle Unter Blumen

    Performer: Reinbert de Leeuw. Singer: Barbara Hannigan.
    • Vienna: Fin de Siècle.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 13.

  • Hildur Guonadottir

    'Til the End of Time (from "The Bride!")

    Conductor: Lucas Richman. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • The Bride! (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • WaterTower Music.
    • 26.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Havanaise

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Music Arranger: William Foster. Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet.
    • Chandos.
    • 109.

Broadcast

  • Sun 8 Mar 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3