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Ease into the day with 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

  • Percy Grainger

    Irish Tune from County Derry for unaccompanied chorus

    Choir: Chamber Choir Ireland. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • RTE Lyric fm.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert waltz no.1 in D major Op.47

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in E Minor, K. 304 - II. Tempo di minuetto

    • Mozart: Classical BBQ.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 360.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Können Tränen meiner Wangen (St Matthew Passion, BWV 244)

    Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Singer: Johannes Chum. Singer: Hanno Müller‐Brachmann. Singer: Christina Landshamer. Singer: Maximilian Schmitt. Choir: St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig. Choir: Tölzer Knabenchor. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    • Bach: Matthaus-Passion.
    • Decca.
    • 15.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata No. 21 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Schubert.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • William Walton

    Henry V: Touch Her Soft Lips and Part

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • Collegium Records.

  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    6 Songs, Op. 4 - Morning

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: Ewa Podleś.
    • Sergey Rachmaninov, 6 Songs, Op. 4.
    • Classical.com Music.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 77 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Brahms: Violin Concerto: Perlman/Barenboim.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Schön Rosmarin

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.

  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin: Prelude to Act 1

    Conductor: Otto Klemperer. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Wagner: Orchestral Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Intercontinental Ensemble.
    • TRPTK.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony no.2 in E flat major Op.63 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major Op.90 'Italian' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • ALPHA CLASSICS.

  • Teresa Carreño

    Gottschalk Waltz

    Performer: Babette Hierholzer. Performer: Jürgen Appell.
    • Latin Piano Music for Four Hands from South America.
    • Genuin.
    • 03.

  • Jacques Aubert

    Concerto for four violins, cello and continuo, Op 17 No 1

    Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90. Director: Simon Standage.
    • Aubert: Concerts de Simphonies & Concertos.
    • chandos.
    • 12.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in E minor Op.72 no.2

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • DECCA.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major, Op.76 no.4 'Sunrise' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Decca.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Symphony in A Minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Johann Christian Bach

    Quintet in F Major, Op. 22, No. 2: I. Allegro con moto

    Ensemble: Berliner Barock-Compagney.
    • Bach, J.C.: Chamber Music - Opp. 8, 11, 22 / Sextet in C Major.
    • Capriccio.
    • 1.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Sea and Sinbad's Ship (Scheherazade Op.35)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • LAWO.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, 2nd mvt

    Performer: Lang Lang. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Saint-Saëns.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Trad.

    Scarborough Fair

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott. Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Songs of Comfort and Hope.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Suite on English Folk Tunes: The bitter whey

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: James MacMillan.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Suite no.2 in C major Op.53 (Scherzo Burlesque)

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Stuttgart Recordings.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 603.

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  • Tue 3 Mar 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3