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Classical music to brighten your morning

Hannah French 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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Tue 28 Jan 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Robert Parsons

    Ave Maria

    Conductor: Rory McCleery.
    • An Emerald in a Work of Gold: Music from the Dow Partbooks.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 21.

  • Frank Bridge

    Valse intermezzo

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works vol.5: Williams/BBC NOW/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

  • Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou

    Homesickness

    Performer: Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou.
    • Ethiopiques 21.
    • Buda Music.
    • 09.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050: I. Allegro

    Ensemble: The Hanover Band. Director: Andrew Arthur.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach: Harpsichord Concertos, BWV 1050, 1053, 1056 & 1057.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • DG.

  • Dario Marianelli

    Pride & Prejudice (Music From The Motion Picture); Dawn

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Pride & Prejudice (Music From The Motion Picture).
    • Decca.

  • Ignace Joseph Pleyel

    Rondo for clarinet and basset horns, 'Presto assai'

    Ensemble: Swiss Clarinet Players.
    • CLAVES.

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    La Gioconda - Dance of the Hours (extract)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • The Classic Experience - 135 of the greatest classical tracks.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without words, Op 109 for cello and piano

    Orchestra: Nash Ensemble.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major K.525 (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik); IV Rondo (Allegro)

    Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Enrico Onofri.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Franz Waxman

    Scenes from Childhood; Mvts 3 & 4

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Performer: Nicola Eimer.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.6 in D minor, Op.104 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • Sibelius: Complete Symphonies/Three Late Fragments.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 7.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto in E-Flat Major, G. Deest: III. Allegro

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Conductor: Nicholas Ward. Orchestra: Northern Chamber Orchestra.
    • Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Nos. 9-12.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • EMI CLASSICS.

  • Joanna Marsh

    Now I lay

    Conductor: Robert Hollingworth. Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • A Plastic Theatre.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 102.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58: III. Rondo. Vivace

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos No. 4.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.

  • Ronnie Scott

    Oh, Lady Be Good

    • 100% Ronnie Scott, Vol. 4.
    • Top Tracks.
    • 5.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus Suites: SNO, Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Elizabeth Poston

    Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Harp: IV. Vivace scherzando

    Ensemble: Korros Ensemble.
    • Elizabeth Poston: TRIO for Flute, Clarinet and Harp.
    • Convivium Records.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Somerset Rhapsody Op.21`2

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • Naxos.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Liza Ferschtman. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Elias Grandy.
    • Rubicon.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Indes galantes (Scene 6: excerpt)

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Singer: Claron McFadden. Singer: Nicolas Rivenq. Director: William Christie.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Edward Elgar

    Bavarian Dance no.3

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • NAXOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 826: II. Allemande

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 92 in G major, 'Oxford' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Haydn: Symphonies Nos 92 and 93, 97-99.
    • LSO Live.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Tue 28 Jan 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3