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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

Emma Clarke presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. You can contact the show by emailing [email protected]

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Sat 21 Jun 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Jean Coulthard

    13 Preludes for piano (Nos. 8 & 9)

    Performer: David Potvin.
    • Catharsis.
    • Leaf Music.
    • 9-10.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    Aurora lucis rutilat à 10

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • The Earth Resounds: The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
    • 1.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Czech Suite, Op.39 (No.3 - Sousedska (Minuet))

    Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.
    • Sony.

  • Niels Wilhelm Gade

    String Sextet in E flat major, Op.44 (2nd mvt: Scherzo)

    Ensemble: Philharmonic String Octet, Berlin.
    • MDG - GOLD.

  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    Waltz No.3 in D major

    Performer: Nicholas Walker.
    • Balakirev: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 2.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 20 in D minor, K 466 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Margaret Sutherland

    Concerto for string orchestra (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Queensland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Patrick Thomas.
    • ABC CLASSICS.

  • James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • A Pembroke Christmas.
    • Signum Records.
    • 5.

  • Frederick Delius

    Florida Suite (1st mvt: Daybreak)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Delius: Paris, Florida Suite, Brigg Fair.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Percy Grainger

    Blithe bells - a free ramble on Bach's aria 'Sheep may safely graze'

    Performer: Piers Lane.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.2 in D, Op.36 (3rd mvt: Scherzo)

    Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Philippe Jordan.
    • Wiener Symphoniker.

  • James Oswald

    Myrtle [Airs for the Seasons - Summer]

    Ensemble: Rezonance Baroque Ensemble.
    • Leaf Music.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Sevilla [Suite Española, Op.47]

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Music Arranger: John Williams.
    • BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists.
    • 1.

  • Thomas Vautor

    Sweet Suffolk Owl

    Ensemble: Gesualdo Consort. Conductor: Gerald Place.
    • Vautor: Sing on Sister - Songs of Divers Airs and Natures.
    • Meridian Records.
    • 11.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Wiener Blut, Op 354

    Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Jack Rothstein.
    • By The Beautiful Blue Danube: The Johann Strauss Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Whispers of Summer

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: Joseph Fort.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Partsongs.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 11.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor Op.31

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor: Chopin, Lizst, Ravel.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Dame Ethel Mary Smyth

    String Quintet in E major, Op.1 for strings (5th mvt: Allegro molto)

    Performer: Joachim Griesheimer. Ensemble: Mannheim String Quartet.
    • CPO.

  • Athanasius Kircher

    Tarantella napoletana

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Director: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata.
    • La Tarantella: Antidotum Tarantulae.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in B flat major, D.935 No.3

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Schubert: Impromptus Opp.90 & 142.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

    Summer Song, Op 45 No 4

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • My Playlist for Sewing & Knitting.
    • Naxos.
    • 701.

  • Arturo Márquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Sat 21 Jun 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3