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John Toal 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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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard Concerto in F major, H XVIII 3 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • Chandos.

  • Princess Marie Elisabeth Of Saxe-Meiningen

    Romanze

    Performer: Jean Saulnier. Performer: André Moisan.
    • Rheinberger / SachsenMeiningen / Schumann / Reinecke: Phantasiestücke.
    • ATMA Classique.
    • 4.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Khatia Buniatishvili - Motherland.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D major for three violins, BWV 1064 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Performer: Bojan Čičić. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • J S Bach - Double and Triple Concertos.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
    • 10.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Where'er you walk (Semele, HWV.58)

    Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia.
    • New Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Cello sonata in D major, Op 17 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Music Arranger: Sérgio Assad.
    • World Sleep Day 2025.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in A major, Wq 172 (1st mvt.)

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 7 in D minor, Op 70 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Franz Liszt

    La Campanella

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Liszt - My Piano Hero.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Symphony no. 3 in F minor Op.28 'Irish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: American Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leon Botstein.
    • AMERICAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA.

  • Patrick Doyle

    Harry Potter and the goblet of fire: Harry in Winter

    Performer: Patrick Doyle. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Shearman.
    • Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Warner Sunset/Warner Records.
    • 12.

  • Patrick Doyle

    Potter Waltz (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Shearman.
    • WARNER.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale

    Conductor: Ivor Bolton. Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel.
    • Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 1.

  • Ina Boyle

    String Quartet in E Minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Piatti Quartet.
    • Boyle, Vaughan Williams, Moeran & Ireland.
    • Rubicon.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Ádám Fischer. Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Oklahoma!; Overture

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Oklahoma!.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A Major "The Trout" (4th mvt)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Performer: Hwayoon Lee. Performer: Maximilian Hornung. Performer: Roman Patkoló.
    • Schubert: Forellenquintett - Trout Quintet.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Johann Strauss II

    Hirtenspiele Waltz

    Conductor: Christian Pollack. Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Strauss Ii, J.: Edition - Vol. 42.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Polonaise de concert in D Major

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Performer: Samuele Telari. Performer: Thomas Carroll.
    • Violin Café.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Arturo Márquez

    Danzon No 9

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Danzon No. 9.
    • Platoon.
    • 101.

  • Adrien-François Servais

    Caprice sur des motifs de l'opéra 'Le comte Ory' (4th & 5th mvts)

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Victor Julien-Laferrière.
    • Caprice sur des motifs de l'opéra 'Le comte Ory', Op. 3.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    12 Études, Op. 8: No. 4 in B Major (Piacevole)

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • Scriabin: Vers la flamme.
    • BIS.
    • 7.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Departure (Winter Bonfire, Op 122)

    Conductor: Vincent Figuri. Orchestra: Russian Season Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Russian Season Choir.
    • Prokofiev: Winter Bonfire Op. 122.
    • Salamandre.
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Dec 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3