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Launch the day with classical music

Linton Stephens presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong, Bach Before 7 and the best in classical music. You can contact the show by emailing [email protected]

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Thu 7 Aug 202506:30
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Music Played

  • John Rutter

    Suite Lyrique: Rondeau

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Blessing.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 1

    Performer: Claudio Arrau.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Claudio Arrau.
    • Philips.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in E Major, BWV 1042: I. Allegro

    Performer: Sophie Gent. Performer: Olivier Fortin. Conductor: Olivier Fortin. Ensemble: Ensemble Masques.
    • J. S. Bach, Telemann & Albinoni: Concerti.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 16.

  • Ilse Weber

    Wiegala (Arr. for Violin and String Quintet by Esther Abrami)

    Lyricist: Esther Abrami.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Concerto No. 2 in D Major, K. 314: iii. Rondeau - Allegro

    Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: James Galway.
    • James Galway Plays Mozart.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 3.

  • Frank Bridge

    Valse intermezzo

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works vol.5: Williams/BBC NOW/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

  • Frank Bridge

    The Bee

    Author: Lord Alfred Tennyson. Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo a capriccio in G Major, Op. 129, "Rage Over a Lost Penny" (Arr. E. Schulho

    Music Arranger: Erwin Schulhoff. Conductor: Roland Kluttig. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • E. Schulhoff: Concertos.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 4.

  • Jules Massenet

    Thaïs: Meditation

    Performer: Ludwig Balser. Performer: Milo Harper. Conductor: Alexander Gilman.
    • Souvenir.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 5.

  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Performer: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Scott Joplin: Piano Rags: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 1.

  • Scott Joplin

    The Entertainer

    Performer: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Scott Joplin:Piano Rags.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 2.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, 'Pathetique': II. Allegro con grazia

    Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence & Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathetique’.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 6.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Symphony no. 1, 3rd mvt; Scherzo - Allegretto

    Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

    Performer: David Le Page. Performer: David Gordon. Performer: Nick Stringfellow. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.
    • Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Arr. for Orchestra by David Le Page).
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Polka in D To Our Lasses (Nasim Devam)

    Performer: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Václav Smetáček.
    • Supraphon.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Salon Polka No 3 in A flat major

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • WARNER.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Fugue; Air

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Kenneth Sillito.
    • CAPRICCIO.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade to Music (orchestral version)

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: Northern Sinfonia of England.
    • Hickox conducts Vaughan Williams.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 101.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Burlesque de Quixotte (Overture)

    Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Simon Standage.
    • Telemann: Burlesque De Quixotte: Collegium Musicum 90/Standage.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Dances, Op 35

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
    • Grieg/Svendsen: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 1-4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen (Cantata No 51)

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Singer: Kathleen Battle. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: John Nelson.
    • Baroque Duet.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 22.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    String Poetic (Nocturne)

    Performer: Jennifer Koh. Performer: Reiko Uchida.
    • Cedille.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Aug 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3