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Rise and shine 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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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    String Quartet in E Minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Eusebius Quartet.
    • Elgar & Faure: String Quartets.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 2.

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Sacred Veil (The Veil Opens)

    Choir: Los Angeles Master Chorale. Performer: Jeffrey Zeigler. Performer: Lisa Edwards. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre: The Sacred Veil.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Franz Danzi

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Eugen Bodart. Ensemble: Les Vents Français. Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Daniel Giglberger.
    • Concertante!.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze (Cantata BWV.208)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestrator: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • William Grant Still

    The Sentimental One (Lyric Quartet)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.32 in G major K.318 [Overture]

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Symphonies: SCO, Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.

  • Maurice Duruflé

    Requiem (VI. Agnus Dei, VII Lux aeterna)

    Performer: Thomas Trotter. Choir: Corydon Singers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • Duruflé: Requiem & 4 Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No 1 in G major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Viano Quartet.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Italian Girl in Algiers (Overture)

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • John Williams - Complete Philips Recordings.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Christian Sinding

    Elegiac Piece No 3

    Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Sinding, C.: Violin and Piano Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Henriette Renié

    Concerto in C Minor for Harp and Orchestra: III. Allegro con fuoco

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz. Conductor: Lü Shao-chia. Conductor: Lü Shao-chia.
    • Romantic French Concertos & Pieces for Harp & Orchestra.
    • Claves Records.
    • 8.

  • John Dowland

    The Earl of Essex his galliard P.42a

    Performer: Ian Watts.
    • Britten; Walton; McLeod; Wilson; Dowland.
    • Nimbus Records.
    • 3.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in B Minor, RV 580 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • Bach From Italy: the Vivaldi & Marcello Influences.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Character Piece no.3 in B major

    Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Sinfonietta (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Korngold, E.W.: Sinfonietta, Op. 5 / Violin Concerto, Op. 35.
    • Dorian.
    • 3.

  • Michael Daugherty

    Blue Electra: II. Paris

    Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Orchestra: Albany Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Alan Miller.
    • Michael Daugherty: Blue Electra, Last Dance at the Surf & To the New World.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.

  • Natalie Tenenbaum

    Mary Poppins Fantasy

    Composer: Robert B. Sherman. Performer: Lang Lang.
    • The Disney Book (Deluxe Edition).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 16.

  • Martin Ellerby

    The Whispering Knights (Standing Stones)

    Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Heron.
    • Tributes.
    • MEM Recordings.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 6 'Pastoral' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven & Stucky: Orchestral Works.
    • Reference Recordings.
    • 101.

  • Johann Stamitz

    Clarinet Concerto in B flat major (3rd mvt, Poco presto)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Decca.

  • Arnold Bax

    4 Orchestral Sketches (Dance in the Sun)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Bax: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

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