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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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Music Played

  • Anna Clyne

    Mothers Lullaby

    Ensemble: Miró Quartet.
    • Hearth.
    • Pentatone.
    • 108.

  • Francisco Tárrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • The Guitar: Milos Karadaglic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Piano Quartet no 1 Op 15 iii adagio

    Ensemble: Domus.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat major, K 495 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Louis‐Philippe Marsolais. Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy. Director: Mathieu Lussier.
    • ATMA Classique.

  • Chanda Dancy

    The Skies Over A Free Man's Head

    • Lawmen: Bass Reeves (Original Series Soundtrack).
    • Lakeshore Records.
    • 12.

  • Clara Schumann

    Scherzo no.2 in C minor Op.14

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Romance.
    • DECCA.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphonie concertante in A major Op.9`2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Ježek. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Halász.
    • Saint-Georges: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Flute Sonata in D major Op.94 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • EMI.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major RV.204 (La stravaganza)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori.
    • Antonio Vivaldi: La Stravaganza.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 7-9.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Mommy's Kiss

    Performer: Georgijs Osokins.
    • For Arvo.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Pizzicato-Polka

    Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.
    • The Strauss Album: Christopher Warren Green.
    • White Line.
    • 14.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto no.5 in F major Op.103 'Egyptian' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine.
    • Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos 2, 5 & Piano Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Merry-Go-Round of Life (Howl's Moving Castle)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • DG.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 52, "Lobgesang": Ic. Sinfonia. Adagio ...

    Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2, Op. 52, "Lobgesang".
    • BIS.
    • 102.

  • Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou

    Mother's Love

    Performer: Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou.
    • Buda Musique.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet Antique

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stéphane Denève.
    • Maurice Ravel - Orchestral Works Vol.2.
    • Haenssler Classic.
    • 011.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat major Op.20`1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • BIS.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Dvořák: Má píseň zas mi láskou zní (from Gypsy Songs, Op. 55)

    Performer: Kaspar Zehnder. Performer: Andrew Marriner. Performer: Wolfram Brandl. Performer: Rahel Maria Rilling. Performer: Yulia Deyneka. Performer: Dávid Adorján. Performer: Sir Simon Rattle. Singer: Magdalena Kožená.
    • Soirée.
    • Pentatone.
    • 2.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Gondoliers (Overture)

    Orchestra: D’Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce‐Jones.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 9.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake, Op. 20, Act I: No. 2, Valse

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    Annie Laurie

    Music Arranger: Keith Wilkinson. Music Arranger: Arthur Pryor. Performer: Peter Moore. Ensemble: Tredegar Band. Conductor: Ian Porthouse.
    • Shift.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Arturo Márquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Sun 15 Mar 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3