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Ease into the day with classical music

Emma Clarke presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Sat 12 Apr 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Johan Svendsen

    String Quartet in A minor, Op.1 (2nd mvt: Andantino)

    Ensemble: Oslo String Quartet.
    • CPO.

  • Nicolas Gombert

    Media Vita

    Performer: Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Fading.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Nightfall.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in C major for flute and harp, K.299 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Performer: Frances Kelly. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Mozart - Flute And Harp Concerto.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 2.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings, Op. 48, C Major: III. Elegie

    Orchestra: Arctic Philharmonic. Conductor: Christian Kluxen.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade, Violin Concerto. Kraggerud: The sun’s daughter.
    • Simax Classics.
    • 3.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in B flat major, Op 9 No 1

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • DG.

  • Dario Castello

    Sonata No2. for 2 or 3 voices [Book 1, 1621]

    • Baroque Journey.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Ronald Binge

    The Water Mill

    Orchestra: Light Music Society Orchestra. Conductor: Vivian Dunn.
    • British Composers: Best of British.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 118.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Ave Maria

    Choir: VocalEssence. Singer: Ryan French. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • Got the Saint Louis Blues.
    • Clarion.
    • 11.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet No.12 in F major, Op.96 "American" (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Skampa Quartet.
    • American String Quartet & Quintet Op. 96-97.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 2.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Bishop Rock

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Dermot MacMurrough

    Macushla (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Dan Price)

    Music Arranger: Dan Price. Performer: David Childs. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Virtuoso: Music for Euphonium & Brass Band.
    • Naxos.
    • 112.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major BWV.1068 (Overture)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 9.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Sextet

    Performer: Louise Williams. Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
    • ASV.

  • Caroline Shaw

    In Waves

    Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • CANTALOUPE.

  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Liza Lehmann

    There are Fairies at the Bottom of My Garden

    Singer: Cathy Berberian. Performer: Bruno Canino.
    • Cathy Berberian At The Edinburgh Festival.
    • RCA.
    • 016.

  • Nicola Porpora

    Carlo il Calvo (Overture)

    Ensemble: Concerto Köln. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • El Maestro - Farinelli.
    • Archiv.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, Op 73, 'Emperor' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sunwook Kim. Orchestra: Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Ludovico Einaudi

    Full Moon

    Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • The Moon & The Forest.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Violin Concerto (2nd mvt: Vivace)

    Performer: Lydia Mordkovitch. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Sat 12 Apr 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3