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Boost your morning with classical

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

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Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quartet in C minor Op.51 no.1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Brahms, String Quartet no.1, Piano Quintet Op.34: Quatuor Ebene, Akiko Yamamoto.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Études-tableaux, Op 39 (No 8 in D minor)

    Performer: Freddy Kempf.
    • Freddy Kempf plays Rachmaninov.
    • Bis.
    • 11.

  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Versa est in luctum (Requiem Mass, 1605)

    Ensemble: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Victoria: Requiem Mass, 1605.
    • Signum Records.
    • 11.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    La Mer

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Merci.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto no.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christophe Rousset. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Bach: Harpsichord Concertos: Rousset/AAM/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 3.

  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury, the Winged Messenger (The Planets, Op 32)

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Holst: Planets: Suite for Orchestra, Op. 32 (1916).
    • I.M.P. Classics.
    • 3.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E-Flat Major: I. Adagio ma non troppo

    • Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    De l'aube à midi sur la mer (La mer)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Debussy: La Mer etc.: Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Kurt Weill

    I remember it well (from Love Life)

    Performer: Thomas Hampson. Performer: Jeanne Lehman. Performer: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: John McGlinn.
    • WARNER.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in F major Kk82

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 104 in D major, 'London' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 12.

  • John Gardner

    Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

    Choir: The Sixteen. Performer: Ben Hoffnung. Performer: William Lockhart. Performer: Margaret Phillips. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Hodie - An English Christmas Collection.
    • Coro.
    • 25.

  • Henry Purcell

    Moonlight on the Green - Scotch Tune

    Composer: James Oswald. Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia.
    • Purcell's Revenge - Sweeter Than Roses?.
    • Delphian.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    Ye Banks and Braes O'Bonnie Doon

    Author: Robert Burns. Music Arranger: Claire Lidell. Singer: Glenn Cunningham. Performer: Anna Tilbrook.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.3 in A minor 'Scottish' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
    • BIS.
    • 204.

  • Francisco Tárrega

    Mazurka in G major

    Performer: Julian Bream.
    • RCA.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.2 in C minor 'Resurrection' (4th mvt)

    Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • G. Mahler, Symphony no. 2 'Resurrection': Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale Prelude: Valet will ich dir geben BWV 736

    Performer: Catherine Ennis.
    • Catherine Ennis plays the Nigel Organ of All Saints' Friern Barnet.
    • Priory Records.
    • 4.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    String Quartet No 1 in E minor, 'From my life' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Laudate Dominum in tympanis a 12

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • DECCA.

  • Steve Reich

    Nagoya Marimbas

    Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • Classical Chillout.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

    Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.
    • EMI.

  • Carl Davis

    The Great Gatsby: King Charleston

    Music Arranger: Chris Egan. Music Arranger: Jen Green. Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • CARL DAVIS COLLECTION.

  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Trio Sonata no.1 in G minor

    Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot.
    • Audax.

  • Robert Schumann

    Meine Rose (7 Songs, Op 90 No 2)

    Performer: Markus Hinterhäuser. Singer: Matthias Goerne.
    • Schumann: Einsamkeit - Lieder.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Claire van Kampen

    Browning (from "Wolf Hall")

    Performer: Claire van Kampen. Ensemble: Musicians of Shakespeare’s Globe.
    • NATIONAL SAWDUST TRACKS.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18 & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op..
    • Warner Classics.
    • 25.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Oblivión

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Fairy Tales: Ksenija Sidorova.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 17.

  • Frederick Delius

    Five Little Pieces: 4. Lullaby for a Modern Baby

    Music Arranger: Eric Fenby. Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Eric Fenby.
    • Delius: Violin Sonatas Nos.1-3 - Sonata for String Orchestra - Five Little Piece.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Lullaby

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Stained Glass.
    • BIS.
    • 108.

  • Felice Anerio

    Ave Regina caelorum

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Music from the Sistine Chapel.
    • Coro.
    • 1.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Seong‐Jin Cho.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

Broadcast

  • Mon 20 Jan 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3