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Ease into the day with classical music

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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Tue 11 Feb 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Ronald Binge

    The Water Mill

    Performer: Ruth Scott. Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics: New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Deep river (24 Folk melodies Op.59)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Kenilworth - suite for brass band: ii. Serenade on the Lake

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No 1 in F minor

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Satie: The magic of Satie: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Cantata no.1)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Director: Ton Koopman.
    • Bach - Complete Cantatas 13.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 1.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in D flat, Op.27 no.2

    Performer: Sam Haywood.
    • Chopin's Own Piano.
    • Cobbe Collection Trust.
    • 7.

  • Thomas Adès

    Souvenir

    Performer: Chelsea Lane.
    • Better Company Records LLC.

  • Bernhard Crusell

    Divertimento, Op.9

    Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence. Performer: Christopher O'Neal.
    • Deux-Elles.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O coruscans lux stellarum

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • Collegium.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 5 in B flat major, D485 i) Allegro

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Otto Klemperer.
    • Warner.

  • Giovanni Benedetto Platti

    Cello Sonata no.7 in D - mov.3 largo and mov. 4 presto

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Fred Thomas. Music Arranger: Abel Selaocoe.
    • Where is Home / Hae Ke Kae.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, "Pathétique" (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 & The Nightingale.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 102.

  • Thomas Arne

    Where the bee sucks (The Tempest)

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • The pure voice of Emma Kirkby.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Frank Bridge

    Cherry ripe

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.

  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux de vagues (La mer)

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Debussy: La Mer: Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Florence Price

    Clouds

    Performer: Beatrice Nicholas.
    • Beatrice Nicholas (Bandcamp).

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Choro no.1

    Performer: Turibio Santos.
    • Villa-Lobos: Choros.
    • Le Chant du Monde.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Rondo in F major

    Performer: Gemma Rosefield. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Stanford - The Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)

    Singer: Danielle de Niese. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Danielle de Niese Handel Arias Les Arts Florissants William Christie.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    Wolf Hall (main theme)

    Ensemble: The Locrian Ensemble of London. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • Silva Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No 13 in B flat major, K 333 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Bordel 1900 (L'histoire du tango)

    Performer: Patrick Gallois. Performer: Göran Söllscher.
    • Piazzolla for Two - Tangos for Flute & Guitar: Patrick Gallois, Goran Sollscher.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    I am a pirate king (Pirates of Penzance)

    Singer: Donald Adams. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Choir: D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates Of Penzance; Cox And Box.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.5 'Emperor' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Joanna Marsh

    In Winter's House

    Music Arranger: Julian Azkoul. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.
    • Renewal.
    • BIS.
    • 101.

  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter (The Planets)

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Holst: The Planets Suite.
    • Chandos.
    • 013.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Recorder Sonata in C Major, TWV 41:C2

    Music Arranger: Andrea Bornstein. Performer: Dan Laurin. Performer: Anna Paradiso. Performer: Mats Olofsson.
    • Telemann: Recorder Sonatas.
    • BIS.
    • 904.

Broadcast

  • Tue 11 Feb 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3