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Start the day on the right note with classical music

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

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Thu 30 Oct 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Josef Suk

    Serenade in E flat major, Op.6 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Sony.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in C sharp minor, Op.27 no.1

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Nelson Freire: Chopin, The Nocturnes.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • John Foulds

    Cello Concerto in G major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.
    • Dutton.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich habe genug, BWV 82: No. 1, Aria. "Ich habe genug"

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Ensemble: Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.
    • Bach: Cantatas & Arias.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Aaron Copland

    Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Appalachian Spring)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Warner.

  • King Henry VIII of England

    Pastime with good company / Hélas madame

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • DECCA.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor Op.30; 1st mvt Allegro ma non tanto

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Rachmaninov The piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska.
    • BIS.
    • 6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Prelude & Alla Hornpipe (Water Music Suite in F, HWV.348)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Handel: Water Music, Music For The Royal Fireworks.
    • ALIA VOX.
    • 001.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Serenade C Major Op.48 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: LSO String Ensemble. Conductor: Roman Simović.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C - Bartók: Divertimento.
    • Lso Live.
    • 104.

  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: John Lenehan. Performer: Paul Clarvis.
    • Nimbus Records.

  • Eric Whitacre

    I thank you God for most this amazing day (3 Songs of Faith)

    Choir: Elora Festival Singers. Conductor: Noel Edison.
    • Eric Whitacre, Choral Music: Elora Festival Singers.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Music Arranger: Elaine Fine. Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Decca.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Palladio: I. Allegretto

    Orchestra: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Palladio: I. Allegretto.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Saxophone Rhapsody

    Performer: Theodore Kerkezos. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Simonov.
    • Legende: Theodore Kerkezos.
    • Onyx.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia, Op 26

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New world - Sibelius: Finlandia.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Lullaby [1909]

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: James Baillieu.

  • Édouard Du Puy

    Bassoon Concerto in A - 3rd mvt: Rondo

    Performer: Bram van Sambeek. Orchestra: Sinfonia Rotterdam. Conductor: Conrad van Alphen.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Glory be to God (Christmas Oratorio, BWV.248)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • J S Bach, Christmas Oratorio.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 008.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 5 in D Major: III. Romanza - Lento

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Vaughan Williams Symphony No.5 / Symphony No.6.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 3.

  • Peter Warlock

    There Is a Lady Sweet and kind

    Lyricist: Robert Herrick.
    • Peter Warlock: Songs.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Peter Warlock

    Yarmouth Fair

    Lyricist: Hal Collins.
    • Peter Warlock: Songs.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Samson et Dalila Op.47 (Bacchanale)

    Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth. Orchestra: Les Siècles.
    • Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems - Le Carnaval des animaux - L'Assassinat du Duc de.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.

  • François Couperin

    Allemande la verneuil (Pieces de Clavecin - ordre no.18)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Couperin: Keyboard Music 1: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Thu 30 Oct 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3