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Start the day on the right note with classical music

John Toal 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

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces, Book 3, Op. 43: No. 6, To Spring

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Piano Book.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 14.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    There Will Come Soft Rains

    Choir: Valsts Akadēmiskais koris "Latvija". Conductor: Māris Sirmais.
    • From the Dim and Distant Past.
    • State Choir Latvija.
    • 3.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E flat, Op.47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Schumann: Piano Quartet - Piano Quintet.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No 1 in F minor, Op 73 (2nd mvmt, Adagio ma non troppo)

    Performer: Jörg Widmann. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Peter Ruzicka.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, K. 622 - Weber: Clarinet Concerto No. 1 - Widmann: Dr.
    • Orfeo.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata in C Minor, BWV 1017: I. Sicilian

    Performer: Rodolfo Richter. Performer: James Johnstone.
    • Metronome.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Persee - Tragedie In A Prologue And 5 Acts - Overture

    Director: Hervé Niquet. Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Singer: Mathias Vidal. Singer: Hélène Guilmette. Singer: Katherine Watson. Singer: Tassis Christoyannis. Singer: Jean Teitgen. Singer: Chantal Santon Jeffery. Singer: Marie Lenormand. Singer: Cyrille Dubois. Singer: Marie Kalinine. Singer: Thomas Dolié. Singer: Zachary Wilder.
    • Alpha : 967.
    • Alpha.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Janine Jansen.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Today06:30
    BBC Radio 3