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Kickstart your day with the best classical music

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

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Sat 30 Aug 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Onyx.

  • Paul Reade

    The Victorian kitchen garden - suite for clarinet and harp

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Skaila Kanga.
    • Emma Johnson - Encores.
    • ASV.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 4 in A major, BWV 1055 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Director: Sir András Schiff.
    • Piano Masterworks The World's Favourite Piano Classics.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Vaughan Williams: 5 English Folk Songs: IV. The Lover's Ghost

    Lyricist: Anon.. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Choir: Holst Singers.
    • Vaughan Williams: Over Hill, Over Dale – Partsongs, Folksongs & Shakespeare Set.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major for 2 trumpets, RV.537

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Peter Holman.
    • Music for two trumpets from the Italian Baroque.
    • Hyperion.
    • 33.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Quintet no. 1 in D minor Op.89 for piano and strings: 3rd mvt Allegro moderato

    Performer: Anthony Marwood. Ensemble: Domus.
    • HYPERION.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No 4 in D Minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Price: Symphony No. 4 in D Minor: III. Juba. Allegro.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Ivo Antognini

    Come to me for chorus

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Singer: Helena Paish. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 in F Major 'Pastoral' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Adès.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies – Barry: Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 402.

  • John Morris

    A Transylvanian Lullaby (Young Frankenstein)

    Music Arranger: Jonathan Feldman. Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Jonathan Feldman.
    • Devil's Dance.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No.39 in E flat major, K.543 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41 "Jupiter".
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the priest

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.2

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deustche Grammophon.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Concerto in 7 parts no.6 in E major

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • A & D Scarlatti – Concerti & Sinfonie.
    • Virgin.
    • 27.

  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight - Written on the Sky

    Performer: Angèle Dubeau. Ensemble: La Pietà.
    • Portrait: Max Richter.
    • Groupe Analekta, Inc.
    • 8.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Plácido Domingo. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • The Essential Domingo: Arias and songs by Verdi, Bizet, Donizetti etc..
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27; 3. Adagio

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Trad.

    The Salley Gardens

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • Naxos.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • harmonia mundi.

Broadcast

  • Sat 30 Aug 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3