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Wake up with classical music

Mark Forrest 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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2 hours, 30 minutes

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Sun 26 Oct 202506:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre, Light & Gold.
    • Decca.
    • 16.

  • Robert Schumann

    Blumenstück in D-Flat Major Op 19

    Performer: Llŷr Williams.
    • Robert Schumann: Piano Works Volume 2.
    • Signum Records.
    • 36.

  • Michael Haydn

    Symphony in E flat major, P26

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C Minor (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti.
    • Bach from Italy: The Vivaldi & Marcello Influences.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 214.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet no.11 in E major, G.275 (Minuet)

    Orchestra: Europa Galante.
    • Boccherini: String Quintets.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 13.

  • Alexandre Desplat

    Girl with a Pearl Earring

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Alexandre Desplat.
    • Airlines.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in B flat major, K 458, 'Hunt' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Melos Quartett.
    • Mozart: Six Haydn Quartets: Melos Quartet.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Andante

    Performer: Angela Malsbury. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies: Malsbury, LMP, Shelley.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in E major, Wq 182 No 6

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.

  • Domenico Dragonetti

    Double Bass Concerto in A major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gary Karr. Orchestra: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Uroš Lajovic.
    • Double Bass Concertos By Koussetizky, Dragonetti & Paganini.
    • MUSICA MUNDI.
    • 5.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    10 Preludes Op.23 (no.5 in G minor)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - The Berlin Recital.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Lauda Jerusalem (Vespro della Beata Vergine)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610.
    • CORO.
    • 10.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony No 8 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Felix Mendelssohn: The Complete String Symphonies.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 204.

  • Claude Debussy

    Suite bergamasque for piano: Clair de lune

    Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Human Universe.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Archibald Joyce

    Songe d'Automne [Autumn Dream]

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Joyce: Orchestral Works.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 48 "Maria Theresia" (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 11.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 - IV. Finale - Adagio lamentoso

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.
    • LPO.

  • Manuel Ponce

    Estrellita

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong.

  • Alex North

    Unchained Melody (From "Ghost")

    Music Arranger: Maurice Jarre. Conductor: Maurice Jarre.
    • Ghost (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Milan Records.
    • 7.

  • Florence Price

    Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Dances in the Canebrakes)

    Music Arranger: William Grant Still. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 103.

Broadcast

  • Sun 26 Oct 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3