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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

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 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Sun 22 Feb 202606:30
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Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Larghetto

    Composer: Hayato Sumino. Performer: Hayato Sumino.
    • Chopin Orbit.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Edvard Grieg

    The Last Spring (2 Elegiac Melodies)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Grieg & Tchaikovsky: Music for String Orchestra.
    • DG.
    • 7.

  • William Grant Still

    Ennanga: II

    Performer: Ashley Jackson. Music Arranger: Ashley Jackson. Ensemble: Harlem Chamber Players.
    • Ennanga.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 5.

  • Claude Debussy

    Reve (Orchestral Suite no.1)

    Orchestrator: Philippe Manoury. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Musicales Actes Sud.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV 140: 4. Zion hört die Wächter singen

    Ensemble: Gesualdo Consort Amsterdam. Ensemble: Musica Amphion. Conductor: Pieter-Jan Belder.
    • Brilliant Classics.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Suite española No. 1, Op. 47: V. Asturias. Leyenda

    Performer: Raphaël Feuillâtre.
    • Spanish Serenades.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Mel Bonis

    Femmes de legende: I. Le Songe de Cleopatre

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Metz. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • LA PRIMA VOLTA.

  • Florence Price

    Waltz of the Spring Maid

    Performer: Claire Huangci.
    • Alpha.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major, Hob. VIIe:1: I. Allegro

    Performer: Simon Höfele. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Laurie Christman

    Wedding Suite for Orchestra: I. April Joy (Processional)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • Navona.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: I. Allegro vivace e con brio

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Charlotte Sohy

    Histoire sentimentale, Op. 34: IV. Oubli

    Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Debora Waldman.
    • Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade No. 10 in B-Flat Major, K. 361 "Gran partita": IV. Menuetto. Allegretto

    Performer: Mark Simpson. Performer: Fraser Langton. Performer: David Stark. Performer: Fabian van de Geest. Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: James Pillai. Performer: Emma Feilding. Performer: Amy Harman. Performer: Dom Tyler. Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: Angela Barnes.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    In Paradisum (Requiem, Op 48)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Mozart: Vespers and Faure: Requiem.
    • Coro.
    • 14.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH 5: Polonaise

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.
    • Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 7.

  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    Where Beauty Dwells, Op. 21 No. 7

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett. Music Arranger: Earl Wild.
    • Rhapsody.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 27.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Ma Vlast, JB1:112: II. Vltava

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Smetana: Ma Vlast.
    • Pentatone.
    • 2.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Tempo di Minuetto

    Performer: Hana Chang. Performer: Jonathan Ware.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A Major, "Trout Quintet": III. Scherzo. Presto

    Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Edgar Francis. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Toby Hughes. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • River of Music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Joe Hisaishi

    My Neighbor Totoro

    Choir: Tiffin Boys’ Choir. Choir: The Bach Choir. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Austin.
    • A Symphonic Celebration - Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 29.

  • Henry Purcell

    Hole in the Wall [Hornpipe] (Abdelazer)

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Music Arranger: Barokksolistene. Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 6.

  • Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey, BFMS 21

    Orchestra: Kongelige norske marines musikkorps. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grainger: Complete Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.

  • Gabriela Montero

    Improvisation no.3

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: IV. Fugue

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Variations & Fugue on a theme by.
    • PM Classics Ltd..
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Sun 22 Feb 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3