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Start the day right with classical music

Sara Mohr-Pietsch presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. To listen on most smart speakers just say 'ask BBC Sounds to play Breakfast’. Email your requests to [email protected].

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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Nursery Suite (Aubade)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Hilda Dederich

    Moonlight through the Cedar Tree

    Performer: David Reeves.
    • Fleur de Son.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 44 No. 2: III. Andante

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Mendelssohn.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1053; I. Allegro (Arr. Brüggen / Horsch)

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.
    • The Frans Brüggen Project.
    • Decca.

  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony in G Minor Z.730

    Ensemble: Chelys Consort of Viols.
    • Purcell: Fantazias.
    • BIS.
    • 801.

  • Amy Beach

    Children's Carnival, Op. 25: Promenade

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Beach: Sketches & Mamma's Waltz, Menuetto, Romanza, Children's Carnival, Trois M.
    • Guild GmbH.
    • 13.

  • Claude Debussy

    Dr Gradus ad Parnassum (Children's Corner)

    Music Arranger: Béla Fleck. Performer: Béla Fleck. Performer: Gary Hoffman. Performer: Joshua Bell.
    • Perpetual Motion.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Alexander Borodin

    In the steppes of central Asia

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia; Symphonies Nos.1 & 2.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Johann Christoph Bach

    Ach das ich Wassers g'nug hatte

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Concerto di Viole. Ensemble: Basel Consort.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Onyx.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Pedro y Pedro

    Music Arranger: Maria Martinova. Performer: Maria Martinova.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no. 1 in E flat major K.16; I. Molto allegro

    Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • THE BEGINNING AND THE END.
    • Aparté.

  • John Dowland

    2 Dowland Laments No. 2, Flow My Tears

    Music Arranger: David Bruce. Lyricist: Anonymous. Ensemble: Manchester Collective. Singer: Ruby Hughes.
    • End of My Days.
    • BIS.
    • 108.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Theme & Fugue

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Classic Experience - 135 of the greatest classical tracks.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Violin Concerto in G Major, FaWV L:G6: I. Allegro

    Performer: Emlyn Ngai. Ensemble: Tempesta di Mare.
    • Fasch: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 107.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Wiener Blut

    Orchestra: Orchester der Wiener Volksoper. Conductor: Franz Bauer-Theussl.
    • Strauss: Walzes: Vienna Volksoper Orch/Bauer-Theussl.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 002.

  • James McMillan

    A New Song

    Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Director: Andrew Nethsingha. Performer: Timothy Ravalde.
    • Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John's: Choir of St John's College, Cambr.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83: IV. Allegretto grazioso

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
    • Brahms: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Carl Orff

    Street Song (Schulwerk)

    Composer: Gunild Keetman. Ensemble: Unnamed Ensemble. Conductor: Carl Orff.
    • Musica Poetica – Orff Schulwerk.
    • RCA.
    • 14.

  • Marianna Martines

    Sinfonia (Overture) in C major

    Ensemble: La Floridiana. Director: Nicoleta Paraschivescu.
    • Marianna Martines: Il Primo Amore.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1-3.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 1 in D major - 2nd mvt

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Titan".
    • BIS.
    • 102.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Sonata no.4 in A major G.4 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Cécile Licad.
    • Casals: Encores: Alban Gerhardt, Cecile Licad.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Nun lasst uns Gott dem Herren Dank sagen, BuxWV 81

    Ensemble: Capella de la Torre. Singer: Margaret Hunter. Singer: Isabel Schicketanz. Singer: Florian Sievers. Singer: Martin Schicketanz. Director: Katharina Bäuml.
    • Deutsche HM.

  • Fergus McCreadie

    Forest Floor

    Performer: Fergus McCreadie. Performer: David Bowden. Performer: Steve Henderson.
    • Forest Floor.
    • Edition Records.
    • 5.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Four Characteristic Waltzes (Valse de la reine)

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Nov 202406:30
    BBC Radio 3