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Start your day 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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Sun 26 Apr 202606:30
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Music Played

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow "Idyll"

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • The Banks of Green Willow "Idyll".
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sonata in F major H.16.29 for Piano; 3rd movement; Tempo di menuetto

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet Op 18 No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets Vol. 1.
    • Zig Zag Territories.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226: I. Der Geist hilft unser Schwach

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Bach: Motetten.
    • Phi.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf, BWV 226: II. Der aber die Herzen forsche

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Bach: Motetten.
    • Phi.
    • 2.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Seal Lullaby

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Performer: Christopher Glynn. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre: Light & Gold: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Percy Grainger

    Mock Morris

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Grainger Edition Vol.6: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet No 4 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Mozart: String Quartets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Mel Bonis

    Trois femmes de légende, 1. Ophélie

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Where'er you walk (Semele)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Orchestra of Classical Opera. Conductor: Ian Page.
    • Where'er You Walk.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1402.

  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    In Ireland

    Music Arranger: Catherine Beynon. Performer: Emily Beynon. Performer: Catherine Beynon.
    • METIER.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique: Un bal

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Ravel: La valse.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Gustav Holst

    Ave Maria Op.9b

    Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Director: Owen Rees.
    • THE CROWN OF LIFE: Leighton, Clarke, Holst, Darke.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 113.

  • Frederic Mompou

    Muñeira (Suite compostelana)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 606.

  • Marianna Martines

    Keyboard Concerto in G Major: I. Allegro

    Performer: Idith Meshulam Korman. Orchestra: Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey.
    • Martines: The Complete Keyboard Works.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Tancredi - overture

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Rossini: Overtures; Introduction, Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestr.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Bassoon Sonata Op.168 (3rd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Roger Helou. Performer: Rui Lopes. Ensemble: Gringolts Quartet.
    • Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano, Op. 168: III. Adagio – Allegr.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Pentatone.

  • Irving Berlin

    Cheek to Cheek

    Choir: VOCES8.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Mendelssohn/Bruch - Violin Concertos; Romance: Janine Jansen.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Sun 26 Apr 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3