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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

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

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major for 13 wind instruments, K.361 (3rd mvmt, Adagio)

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Mozart: Gran Partita - Wind Serenades K. 361 & 375.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 108.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    January (The Year)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • Sony.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance Op.11

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herr Gott, dich loben wir BWV 16: Aria: Geliebter Jesu, du allein

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 16.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 16.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major for 2 trumpets, RV.537

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Peter Holman.
    • Music for two trumpets from the Italian Baroque.
    • Hyperion.
    • 33.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Op. 70, No.2 III. Allegretto ma non troppo

    Ensemble: Florestan Trio.
    • Beethoven: The Complete Music for Piano Trio, Vol. 1.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Robert Schumann

    Four Pieces from Carnaval

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine.
    • ERATO.

  • Siri Dyvik

    Travel set

    Composer: Nils Okland. Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Conductor: Bjarte Eike.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 9.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Sibelius: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 43: I. Allegretto

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • Sibelius: Symphonies 1-7; Tapiola; 3 Late Fragments.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Otto Nicolai

    Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor: Ouvertüre

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev.
    • Sommernachtskonzert 2025 / Summer Night Concert 2025.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.

  • Gregor Joseph Werner

    The Start of the New Year (Il Gennaro)

    Ensemble: Rheinisches Bach-Collegium.
    • Funny Program Music of the Baroque Period.
    • CPO.
    • 101.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.59 in A major H.1.59 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal.
    • ALPHA.
    • 05.

  • Richard Rodgers

    My Favourite Things (The Sound of Music)

    Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Nimbus.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Cello Concerto in B minor, Op 104 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Alisa Weilerstein Dvorak.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    Here We Come A Wasslin' 

    Music Arranger: Jackie Oates. Singer: Jackie Oates. Singer: Belinda O'Hooley.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Nordseebilder, Walzer, Op. 390

    Conductor: Christian Thielemann. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • New Year's Concert 2019 / Neujahrskonzert 2019 / Concert du Nouvel An 2019.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Arthur Wood

    Barwick Green (My Native Heath)

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics, Vol. 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Valse-Caprice No. 4 in A-Flat Major, Op. 62

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • French Piano Music - Essential Masterpieces (Debussy, Satie, Ravel, Fauré).
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 36.

  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite, Op. 29, No. 2: complete

    Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Butterworth · Holst.
    • Onyx Classics.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    The Force of Destiny (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Partita no.3 in E major BWV.1006 (Prelude)

    Performer: Rachel Podger.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach Vol.2.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.

  • Franz Liszt

    6 Polish Songs, S. 480: No. 1, Mädchens Wunsch (After Chopin's Op. 74 No. 1)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • The (Big) Piano Album.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

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  • New Year's Day 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3