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Birdsong and Bach to banish those morning blues

Al Ryan 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

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony No 6 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Felix Mendelssohn: The Complete String Symphonies.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 602.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances Op.22 (no.1)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Hyperion.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 3 in C major, Op 52 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • Sibelius: Complete Symphonies/Three Late Fragments.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Unaccompanied Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV 1009: Bourrees I & II

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Six Evolutions.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gigue (Cello Suite No.3 in C Major, BWV 1009)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Six Evolutions.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 18.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow "Idyll"

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • The Banks of Green Willow "Idyll".
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quintet in C Major, Op. 29: II. Adagio molto espressivo

    Ensemble: Quartetto d’archi di Venezia.
    • Beethoven: String Quintets (Complete).
    • Dynamic.
    • 6.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Suite in A major, Op 98b, 'American' (first movement)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Dvorak:Symphony no. 7 Suite in A major,Budapest Festival Orchestra,Ivan Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 5.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major, Kk.72

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 3.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestral works: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Robert Kahn

    Am Schlehdorn

    Performer: Aleksandra Myslek. Singer: Florian Störtz.
    • Harbingers of Exile: Songs from the In-Between.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 4.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Scherzo No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 31

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
    • Chopin: 12 Études, Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.

  • Herbert Howells

    Minuet 'Grace for a fresh egg'

    Performer: Laurence Perkins. Performer: Michael Hancock.
    • Voyage of a sea-god.
    • HYPERION.
    • 18.

  • Philip Sparke

    Euphonium Concerto No 4, Omaggio iii. The King Triumphant

    Performer: Brighouse and Rastrick Band. Conductor: Russell Gray.
    • Doyen Recordings.

  • César Franck

    Panis angelicus (Mass Op.12)

    Music Arranger: Wolfgang Hochstein. Singer: Pablo Strong. Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Performer: Timothy Ravalde. Performer: Graham Walker. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John's: Choir of St John's College, Cambr.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • William Sterndale Bennett

    Piano Concerto No. 6 in A Minor, WoO 48 (Completed by M. Yates): III. Finale. Al

    Performer: Martin Yates. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Simon Callaghan.
    • William Sterndale Bennett: Complete Piano Concertos.
    • Lyrita Recorded Edition.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Sonata in C Major, K. 296: III. Rondo. Allegro

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Mozart: Sonatas for fortepiano & violin, Vol. 4.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 103.

  • Howard Hanson

    Symphony no.2 Op.30 'Romantic' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Hanson: Symphony No. 2 'Romantic'.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Overture to 'Russlan and Ludmilla'

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Glinka: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Pastoral, Op 40 No 6 (Eight Concert Etudes)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Four Characteristic Waltzes (Valse de la reine)

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 8.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Quartet in B flat major, Op.41 (1st mvt: Allegretto)

    Performer: Cristina Ortiz. Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet.
    • Naxos.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Les Biches - suite

    Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • NAXOS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Blithsome Bridal (Fy Let's A' to the Bridal), Hob.XXXIa:20bis

    Singer: Julie Kaufmann. Ensemble: Münchner Klaviertrio.
    • Haydn: Scottish Songs, Trios in C Major & G Major & 6 Original Canzonettas.
    • Orfeo.
    • 101.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C Major, RV 537 (Arr. by R. Leppard): III. Allegro

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Music Arranger: Raymond Leppard. Conductor: Raymond Leppard. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • The Essential Wynton Marsalis.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Tue 17 Feb 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3