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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

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20, No. 2, Hob. III:32: I. Moderato

    Ensemble: Dudok Quartet Amsterdam.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 20, Volume 1, Nos. 2, 3 & 5.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 5.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Sérénade aux étoiles, Op. 142

    Performer: Juliette Hurel. Performer: Hélène Couvert.
    • Compositrices à l'aube du XXe siècle.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 8.

  • Frank Bridge

    Two Old English Songs

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Orchestral Works Vol. 5.
    • Chandos.
    • 10 - 11.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV.645

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Chris Thile.
    • Bach Trios.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 5.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 68: II. Andante sostenuto

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

  • Alicia De Larrocha Y De La Calle

    Sonata antigua

    Performer: Yeol Eum Son.
    • Naive.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Krišs Russman.
    • Butterworth: Orchestral Works & Works for Voice & Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Introduttione I in D Major, Op. 4 No. 1

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Naive.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral": I. Allegro ma non troppo

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies.
    • Naxos.
    • 21.

  • Johann Ludwig Krebs

    Lute Concerto in F Major; Krebs-WV 203: III. Allegro assai

    Performer: Evangelina Mascardi. Ensemble: Estrovagante. Conductor: Riccardo Doni.
    • Beyond Vivaldi: Lute Concertos.
    • Arcana.
    • 3.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Jubel-Ouverture, J. 245

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.
    • Weber, C.M. Von: Overtures.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Variation No 3)

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 2025).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite no. 5 in E major: I. Air with 5 variations "The Harmonious Blacksmith"

    Performer: Seong‐Jin Cho.
    • The Handel Project: Handel-Suites & Brahms-Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    L'estro armonico, Op. 3: Violin Concerto No. 9 in D Major, RV 230: I. Allegro

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Pinnock's Players. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Baroque Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Scherzo capriccioso, Op 66

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Dvorak: Symphonic Variations etc: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Mackerras.
    • Supraphon.
    • 2.

  • Philippe Rogier

    Missa Ego sum qui sum: VI. Agnus Dei

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, London. Conductor: David Trendell.
    • Hyperion.

  • Heino Eller

    Dawn

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Olari Elts.
    • Eller: Symphonic Poems.
    • Ondine.
    • 4.

  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 5, Lilacs (Version for Solo Piano)

    Performer: Dmitri Alexeev.
    • Rachmaninov: Preludes, Op. 23 & 32 - Moments musicaux, Op. 16 - Morceaux de fant.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 17.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Confesión "Romanza"

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • El Bohemio.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.

  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy for violin and orchestra, Op 46; 2. Adagio cantabile

    Performer: Ning Feng. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Yang Yang.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Tahiti Trot, Op. 16 (After V. Youmans's "Tea for Two")

    Orchestra: Russian State Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky.
    • The Very Best of Shostakovich.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

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