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Roll out of bed into classical music

Linton Stephens 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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Music Played

  • William Shield

    Violin Duet No 3 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Dorrit Ensemble.
    • Shield: Complete Chamber Works, Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Ben Glassberg.
    • Aranjuez.
    • Sony.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered.
    • Azica Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No 202, 'Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten'

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Viola Sonata No 2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Brahms : Viola Sonatas, Op. 120 - Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.

  • Hugo Alfvén

    Shepherd Girl's Dance (The Mountain King)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in A Major, Op. 5: II. Largo

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter’s Virtuosi.
    • Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.

  • Elsa Barraine

    Les tziganes

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.
    • WARNER.

  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Arthur Pryor

    La Petite Suzanne

    Performer: Peter Moore. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Carnival Overture Op.92

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Dvorak: Symphony No.9 in E minor Op.95 "New World", Carnival Overture Op.92: Oza.
    • Pentatone.
    • 5.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Libiamo ne'lieti calici (Brindisi) from La Traviata

    Singer: Anna Netrebko. Singer: Rolando Villazón. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Orchestra: Vienna State Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.
    • Violetta.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Alexei Volodin.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    March (English Folk Song Suite)

    Music Arranger: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.

  • Johann Baptist Vanhal

    Bassoon Concerto in C major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ondřej Šindelář. Ensemble: Risonanza Praga.
    • Bassoon Concertos.
    • SUPRAHON.
    • 6.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Two Widows: Overture

    Orchestra: Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Jindra.
    • Smetana: The Two Widows.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini: Overtures.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 104.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Nocturne in G minor

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Bertrand.
    • Amalie's Cosmos.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 5.

  • Laura Mvula

    Sing to the Moon

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Director: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic Dances, Op 64 (No 3, Allegro giocoso)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhäuser (Overture)

    Performer: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • BSO Classics.

  • Abel Selaocoe

    Tshepo - I

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Fred Thomas. Performer: Rakhi Singh. Performer: Dudu' Kouate. Singer: Alan Keary. Ensemble: Manchester Collective.
    • Tshepo - I.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Barbara Strozzi

    Godere, e tacere Op 1, No 9

    Orchestra: Accademia dell’Annunciata. Conductor: Riccardo Doni.
    • Barbara Strozzi. Virtuosissima Sirena.
    • ARCANA.

  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood.
    • Hyperion.
    • 001.

Broadcast

  • Thu 5 Mar 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3