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The best classical music wake-up call

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

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Wed 29 Oct 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Idylle (Suite pastorale)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Chabrier: Espana: Wiener Philharmoniker, John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Clara Schumann

    Variations on a Theme of Robert Schumann, Op 20

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Schumann & Brahms.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 17.

  • Krzysztof Penderecki

    3 Pieces in Old Style: No. 1, Aria

    Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.
    • Penderecki: Sinfoniettas; Oboe Capriccio.
    • Naxos.
    • 001.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Partita no.3 in E major BWV.1006 (Prelude)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust.
    • J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas. Isabelle Faust.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Agnus Dei (The Armed Man)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Karl Jenkins: Motets.
    • DG.
    • 8.

  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Symphony in D Major, Op. 7 No. 3, WKO 15

    Orchestra: La Stagione Frankfurt. Conductor: Michael Schneider.
    • Abel: Symphonies, Op. 7.
    • CPO.
    • 1 - 3.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Wind Quintet, Op.43 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • Carl Nielsen / Paul Taffanel - Wind Quintets.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1-4.

  • Edward Elgar

    Carissima

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Elgar: The longed for light: BBC Concert Orchestra/John Wilson.
    • Somm.
    • 5.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: II. Ging heut morgen über's Feld

    Performer: Fiona Pollak. Singer: Ilker Arcayürek.
    • Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 102.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major for 2 violins, RV 508

    Performer: Riccardo Minasi. Performer: Dmitry Sinkovsky. Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro. Director: Dmitry Sinkovsky.
    • Naive.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Sonata in Bb major for harp and flute (Rondeau)

    Performer: Sandrine Chatron. Performer: Amélie Michel.
    • Le Salon de Musique de Marie-Antoinette.
    • AMBROISIE.
    • 14.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Là ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Danielle de Niese. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Mozart Album: Danielle de Niese.
    • Decca.
    • 11.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Beethoven: String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor, Op. 18 No. 4 - 4. Allegro

    Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Beethoven: The String Quartets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 16.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Hardenberger/Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 12.

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899 (no.3 in G flat major)

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Le Voyage Magnifique, Schubert: Impromptus; Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Lively (Horseplay)

    Ensemble: Continuum. Conductor: Philip Headlam.
    • Wallen: The Girl in my Alphabet.
    • AVIE.
    • 9.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance in E flat Op.11

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.
    • Music for a Royal Celebration.
    • Quartz.
    • 08.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, B. 163: III. Allegretto grazioso

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9.
    • Pentatone.
    • 7.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Laurent Lefèvre. Performer: Olivier Doise.
    • Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta diva (Norma)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Choir: International Chamber Vocalists. Orchestra: Orchestra La Scintilla. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Bellini: Norma: Cecilia Bartoli/Giovanni Antonini.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto a 5 in C major Op.7`2

    Performer: Catherine Latham. Performer: Anthony Robson. Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Simon Standage.
    • Albinoni: The Collected Concertos for Oboes and Strings: Collegium Musicum 90 /.
    • Chandos.
    • 3-5.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • DG.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D major, Kk.96

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Scarlatti: Sonatas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 015.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Sinfonietta (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Norman Del Mar.
    • Moeran: Cello Concerto and Sinfonietta.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Blithe Sprit (Waltz Theme arr Isaacs)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Kenneth Alwyn.
    • Music of Richard Addinsell.
    • ASV.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Wed 29 Oct 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3