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Rise and shine with classical music

Mark Forrest presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email [email protected]

Mark Forrest presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford with birdsong and the best in classical music. This week's dawn chorus features the Japanese bush-warbler, with music by Johann Strauss II and Joe Hisaishi.

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Sun 29 Jun 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Only in sleep for soprano and chorus

    Singer: Rachel Ambrose Evans. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Northern Lights and other Choral works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80: II. Andante semplice

    Performer: Anthony Marwood. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Coleridge-Taylor & Somervell: Violin Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Violin Concert.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Hidemaro Konoe

    Chin-Chin-Chidori

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Music Arranger: Michio Mamiya. Ensemble: Pro Musica Nipponia. Conductor: Michio Mamiya.
    • Japanese Melodies ((Remastered)).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Pizzicato-Polka

    Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.
    • The Strauss Album: Christopher Warren Green.
    • White Line.
    • 14.

  • Robert Schumann

    'Songs of Dawn', Op. 133; No.2

    Performer: Daniel Lebhardt.

  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles Op.23 for clarinet and piano (No. 3 Carol; No. 4 Forlana)

    Performer: Amy Dickson. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 18-19.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 "Sonata facile": II. Andante

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja. Music Arranger: Edvard Grieg.
    • Mozart, Grieg: Piano Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Charles Gounod

    Funeral march of a marionette

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vergnügte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust (Cantata no.170)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Collegium Vocale Orchestra. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Bach: Cantatas for alto (BWV 170, 54, 35): Scholl/Collegium Vocale/Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Trio No.1 in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • A Room Of Her Own.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 4, Op. 90, "Italian": III. Con moto moderato

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 27.

  • Philippe Verdelot

    Sancta Maria virgo virginum

    Ensemble: Ensemble Pro Victoria. Conductor: Toby Ward.
    • Henry VIII on Tour: Music from Tudor Royal Progresses.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 12.

  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • AVIE.

  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Étude No 37 in G Major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • Hélène de Montgeroult: Études.
    • BIS.
    • 101.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 9 No. 1

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: Nocturnes (Complete).
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Symphony in F sharp minor Op.41 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.

  • Abel Selaocoe

    Improv on Marin Marais' Pièces de viole, Livre II, Suite No. 3

    Composer: Marin Marais. Performer: Abel Selaocoe.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Neil Young

    Harvest Moon

    Performer: Patrik Jablonski.
    • Autumn Leaves: Peaceful Piano.
    • Cosmos.
    • 6.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite Op.40 (Prelude & Rigaudon)

    Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Director: Richard Tognetti.
    • BIS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened

    Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • ALPHA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in A major Op.18 no.5 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 4-6.
    • BIS.
    • 204.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No 3

    Performer: Xuefei Yang.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Wedding Cake, Op. 76, R. 124

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Ensemble: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • Saint-Saëns: Works for Piano & Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Sun 29 Jun 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3