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Andrew Peach 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

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Lonely Waters

    Singer: Rebekah Coffey. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • E. J. Moeran: Cello Concerto / Serenade.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.

  • Charles Gounod

    Suite concertante (1st mvt)

    Performer: Roberto Prosseda. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • The Romantic Piano Concerto - 62.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009: V. Bourrées I & II / VI. Gigue

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.
    • J.S. Bach: Complete Cello Suites (The 2023 Sessions).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 17.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony Op.4 (Boisterous Bouree)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten: The Young Person's Guide etc: LSO/ECO/Britten.
    • Decca.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony (Playful Pizzicato)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Decca.

  • Henry Purcell

    If music be the food of love

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata No. 19 in C Minor, D. 958: IV. Allegro

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 958 & 960.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • William Boyce

    Overture No. 5 in F Major

    Conductor: Adrian Shepherd. Ensemble: Cantilena.
    • Boyce: Overtures Nos. 1-9.
    • Chandos.
    • 105.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, H. 48: II. Un bal. Valse

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Ravel: La valse.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Frank Loesser

    What Are You Doing New Years Eve?

    Singer: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Christmas Girls.
    • Pacific.
    • 36.

  • André Caplet

    Quintet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Les Vents Français - Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Waltz for the New Year's Ball (Waltz Suite)

    Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6, Op. 111 & Waltz Suite, Op. 110.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    Im Dorfe (Winterreise)

    Performer: Helmut Deutsch. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann.
    • Schubert Winterreise.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 17.

  • Léo Delibes

    Lakmé - Sous le dôme épais (Flower Duet)

    Singer: Lesley Garrett. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Greenwood.
    • The Opera Album 2002.
    • Virgin.
    • 1.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Chopin: 12 Etudes, Op. 10: No. 1 in C Major "Waterfall"

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Manfred Symphony, Op 58 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, The Voyevoda: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orches.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    I feel pretty (West Side Story)

    Singer: Deborah Sasson. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Sony.

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 2 in A minor, Op 39

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

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Widerstehe doch der Sunde, BWV 54 (Opening aria)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat major Op.76 no.6 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76 Nos. 4-6.
    • BIS.
    • 304.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Carnival Overture, Op 92

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: I. Allegro non troppo

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73 & Symphony No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 98.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Champagne Polka

    Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Johannes Wildner.
    • Strauss Family: Favourite Dances: Johann Strauss Orchestra, Wildner.
    • Naxos.

  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle styrienne [Danse]

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Debussy; Ravel.
    • Naive.
    • 14.

  • Windborne

    Welcome In Another Year

    • To Warm the Winter Hearth.

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  • Wed 31 Dec 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3