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Boost your morning 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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Sun 23 Nov 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in D Minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Jonian Ilias Kadesha. Performer: Irène Duval. Performer: Eivind Holtsmark Ringstad. Performer: Tim Posner.
    • Boccherini: Cello Concertos, Sonatas & Quintets.
    • Hyperion.

  • Edward Elgar

    O Happy Eyes

    Choir: The King’s Singers.
    • Romance Du Soir.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 3.

  • Domenico Zipoli

    Toccata all'Elevazione In F Major, Op. 1, No. 12 "Adagio"

    Performer: Sally Maer. Performer: Alexandre Oguey. Orchestra: Sinfonia Australis. Conductor: William Motzing.
    • Swoon: The Ultimate Collection – Selected Highlights.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 12.

  • Amy Beach

    Eskimos: The Returning Hunter

    Performer: Johanna Henschel.
    • Beach: Eskimos, Op. 64: No. 2, The Returning Hunter.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 Arr. for Orchestra

    Music Arranger: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
    • Chandos.
    • 112.

  • Trad.

    Londonderry Air / Danny Boy

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    A Musical Snuffbox Op.32

    Orchestrator: Charles Woodhouse. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko.
    • Bolero - French & Russian Orchestral Favorites: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra/Ki.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.
    • Homeward: Bryce Dessner _ George Walker _ Ruth Crawford Seeger.
    • ABC Classic.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in C major K.545 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 1.

  • Anne Dudley

    Suite from Poldark

    Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London. Conductor: Anne Dudley.
    • Poldark - The Ultimate Collection (Music from TV Series 1-5).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Major, Op. 102: II. Andante

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru. Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concertos & Piano Trio No. 2.
    • Linn Records.
    • 10.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Le Rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Trad.

    The Fox

    Choir: The Apex Singers.
    • Hiraeth.
    • SELF RELEASED.
    • 13.

  • Franz Schubert

    German Dance in G Major with 2 Trios and 2 Ländler, D. 618

    Ensemble: Geister Duo.
    • Schubert: German Dance in G Major with 2 Trios and 2 Ländler, D. 618.
    • Mirare.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 7 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Douglas Boyd. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 7.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 6.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Quintet no. 4 in D major G.448 - Fandango

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D Major, RV 589: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo

    Lyricist: Anon.. Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria & Magnificat (Alpha Collection).
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Liz Lane

    Serenata

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Jack Stamp.
    • Postcards from Grimethorpe.
    • Toccata Next.
    • 104.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 2 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jaime Martín.
    • Dvorak Symphonies 2 & 8.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • María Grever

    Júrame

    Singer: Juan Diego Flórez. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Rossini: Overtures And Arias / Latin American Favorites (Live From Walt Disney C.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.

  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Concerto grosso in E major, Op 8 No 3

    Performer: Julia Schröder. Performer: Antonio Perez. Ensemble: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Nov 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3