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Classical music to set you up for the day

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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Thu 13 Mar 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Thomas Tallis

    Credo from the Short Service "Dorian"

    Choir: The Cardinall’s Musick. Choir: The Cardinall’s Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.
    • Tallis: Lamentations, Short Service "Dorian" and other works.
    • HYPERION.
    • 005.

  • William Lloyd Webber

    Serenade for Strings

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Lloyd Webber: Invocation.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Polka of V. R. in A flat major

    Performer: Yuja Wang.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in G Minor, BWV.1056R

    Performer: Thibault Noally. Ensemble: Les Accents.
    • Bach & Co.
    • Aparté.

  • Michael Tippett

    5 Spirituals from A Child of our Time (By and by)

    Choir: East Carolina University Chamber Singers. Conductor: Daniel Bara.
    • Greater Love.
    • GOTHIC.
    • 9.

  • Teresa Carreño

    Mi Teresita [Little Waltz]

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • WARNER.

  • William Herschel

    Symphony no.2 in D major

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Donald Grant

    Bha là eile ann (There was a different day)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • The Jukebox Album.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 1601.

  • John Dowland

    The Earl of Essex, his galliard

    Ensemble: Extempore String Ensemble.
    • Consort Music of the English Reneaissance.
    • Meridian.
    • 011.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2

    Performer: Olivia Gay. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Benjamin Levy.
    • Fuga Libera.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    West Side Story (America)

    Singer: Rita Moreno. Ensemble: West Side Story Orchestra. Singer: Betty Wand. Singer: George Chakiris. Conductor: Johnny Green.
    • West Side Story: Original Soundtrack Recording (1961).
    • Sony.

  • Charles Gounod

    Petite Symphonie (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Gounod/Bizet: Symphony no.1/L'Arlesienne: St Paul Chamber Orch/Hogwood.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Antoine Brumel

    Missa Et ecce terrae motus - Agnus Dei

    Performer: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Gimell.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria

    Performer: Eric Lu.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op 66

    Performer: Vladimir Horowitz.
    • Vladimir Horowitz: The Last Recording.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Kenilworth Suite (March: Kenilworth)

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Bliss: Works for Brass Band.
    • Chandos Records.
    • 104.

  • Trad.

    I Will Give My Love an Apple

    Performer: Ernest Lush. Lyricist: Trad.. Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Singer: Jennifer Vyvyan.
    • Songs Of England.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Concerto in F minor for bass tuba - 2nd movement; Romanza (Andante sostenuto)

    Performer: Patrick Harrild. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Vaughan Williams: The 9 Symphonies: LSO, Bryden Thomson.
    • Chandos.

  • Alexandre Pierre Levy

    Samba from Brasileira (suite for orchestra)

    Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Minczuk.
    • Dancas Brasileiras.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony in G minor Z. 730

    Performer: O/Modernt Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Hugo Ticciati.
    • Signum.

  • Clarence Cameron White

    Basque folk song

    Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Lucerne DeSa.
    • But Not Forgotten: Music by African-American Composers for clarinet and piano.
    • SONO LUMINUS.
    • 004.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Valses nobles et sentimentales No.1

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Air de ballet Op.30

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • Chaminade: Piano Works - Eric Parkin.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Music Makers, Op. 69: IV. We, in the ages lying

    Conductor: Simon Wright. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus.
    • Elgar: Music Makers / Sea Pictures.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Trio No 3 in G minor, Op 110 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff.
    • Schumann: Piano Trios: Andsnes/Tetzlaff/Tetzlaff.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.4 in G major Op.58 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4, Opp. 37 & 58.
    • Naxos.
    • 106.

  • Catriona McKay

    Swan LK243

    Performer: Catriona McKay. Performer: Donald Grant. Ensemble: Red Skies string ensemble.
    • Glimster.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Suite no.2 Op.17 (Romance)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Philips.

  • Michael Head

    Foxgloves

    • Songs Of England.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B flat major, Kk.529

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.

Broadcast

  • Thu 13 Mar 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3