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Breakfast with the best 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 23 Aug 202506:30
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Music Played

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    In The Bottoms (Barcarolle)

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • MSR Classics.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Czech Suite Op.39 (Polka)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Dvorak: Violin concerto etc: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Swensen.
    • Linn.
    • 5.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Prelude (The Birds)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Eric Whitacre

    The River Cam

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.

  • François Couperin

    Les baricades mistérieuses (Pieces de clavecin - ordre no. 6)

    Music Arranger: Thomas Adès. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Insomnia.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Arnold Bax

    4 Orchestral Sketches (Dance in the Sun)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Bax: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Trad.

    Walking in the Woods

    Author: Hans Christian Andersen. Ensemble: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Director: Bo Holten.
    • Arstiderne.
    • OUR RECORDINGS.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Sonatina in G minor D.408 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Pieter Wispelwey. Performer: Paolo Giacometti.
    • Pieter Wispelwey - Schubert: Arpeggione Sonate, 3 Sonatinas.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Charles‐Marie Widor

    Introduction and Rondo, Op.72

    Music Arranger: Jelle Tassyns. Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.
    • Belle époque.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 501.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in D major, BWV 850 (The Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier I: Andras Schiff.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite Suite

    Music Arranger: Henri Büsser. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Debussy: Orchestral works vol.6: Orchestre National de Lyon/Jun Markl.
    • Naxos.
    • 5-8.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces - book 8 Op.65)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Leif Ove Andsnes: Ballad for Edvard Grieg.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Wenn ich in deine Augen sehe

    Performer: Eugene Asti. Singer: Sophie Daneman. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly.
    • Mendelssohn: Songs and Duets - 3: Daneman, Connolly, Padmore, Loges, Asti.
    • Hyperion.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Rondeau, Op. 97

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Music Arranger: Jarle Storløkken. Ensemble: tenThing.
    • She Composes Like A Man.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 6.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Serenade Op.48 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • BIS.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in C major for flute and harp, K 299 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Marie‐Pierre Langlamet. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart Flute Concertos Concerto For Flute And Harp.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Julie Cooper

    Light

    Performer: Clio Gould. Performer: Anthony Pike. Performer: Justin Pearson. Performer: Julie Cooper. Singer: Grace Davidson.
    • Julie Cooper: Continuum.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 901.

  • Anon.

    Emperor of the Moon / Ormond House

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien. Director: François Lazarevitch.
    • The Queen's Delight.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.

  • Silvestre Revueltas

    Noche de Jaranas (The Night of the Mayas)

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

  • Scott Joplin

    Elite Syncopations

    Music Arranger: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Matthew Trusler. Performer: Wayne Marshall.
    • Blues: Matthew Trusler, Wayne Marshall.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Edward German

    Nell Gwyn (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Avie.

  • John Barry

    Out of Africa (Main Theme)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: John McNeely.
    • VARESE SARABANDE.

  • William Byrd

    Unto the hills mine eyes I lift

    Choir: Cardinall's Musick. Director: Andrew Carwood.
    • Byrd - The Great Service.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies nos.1-4 & 8: Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam/Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Sat 23 Aug 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3