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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 [email protected]

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Sat 2 Aug 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 18 in F Major, K. 130: II. Andante grazioso

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Mozart: The Symphonies.
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • Amy Beach

    By the still waters, Op 114

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Decca.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Five Flower Songs, Op. 47: No. 4, The Evening Primrose

    Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli.
    • Silence & Music.
    • Signum Records.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musical Offering, BWV 1079: Ricercar a6

    Performer: Liam Byrne. Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Consort – I.
    • Linn Records.
    • 20.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Oboe Concerto in A minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Stephane Rancourt. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: London Symphony/Oboe Concerto: Halle/Elder.
    • Halle.

  • Cristóbal de Morales

    Parce mihi domine (with saxophone improvisation)

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • ECM.

  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No. 1, 'Afro-American' (IV. Lento con risolutione)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony/In Memoriam/Africa (Symphonic Poem).
    • NAXOS.
    • 8.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Performer: Seong‐Jin Cho.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Peter Dyke

    A Wedding Prelude

    Performer: Peter Dyke.
    • Priory.

  • Béla Bartók

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in E Major, Sz. 119: I. Allegretto

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony.
    • Bartók: Piano Concertos.
    • Pentatone.
    • 107.

  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Te Deum: Prelude

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • ERATO.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    Harp Concerto (3rd mvt, Lullaby)

    Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis. Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ward Stare.
    • American Rapture.
    • Azica.
    • 3.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Etudes-tableaux for piano (Op.39), no.8 in D minor

    Performer: Jean‐Paul Gasparian.
    • EVIDENCE.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • DG.

  • Anna Disley-Simpson

    The Way Through the Woods

    Lyricist: Rudyard Kipling. Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • Young Composers Scheme, Vol. 3.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 201.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Halle.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello sonata in G minor, Op 19; 2nd mvt, Allegro scherzando

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • Decca.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Traviata (Prelude to Act 1)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.

  • Nino Rota

    The Godfather - Love Theme

    Performer: Richard Galliano. Performer: John Surman. Performer: Dave Douglas. Performer: Clarence Penn. Performer: Boris Kozlov.
    • Nino Rota.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 10.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    In modo dorico, Op 132 No 1

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • British Piano Collection Vol. I.
    • Heritage Records.
    • 43.

  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Wagner: Overtures and Preludes: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Barenboim.
    • Teldec.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Sat 2 Aug 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3