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Launch the day with classical music

Mark Forrest presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Sun 23 Aug 202606:30
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Music Played

  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: Daniele Rosina.
    • Labyrinths.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • Zdenek Fibich

    Quintet in D major Op.42 (Largo)

    Ensemble: Endymion.
    • ASV.

  • Mel Bonis

    Ophélie, Op.165'2

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Joseph Bastian.
    • Bonis: Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 102.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Markus Passion "Geh, Jesu, geh zu deiner Pein!"

    Conductor: Jordi Savall. Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Bach: Markus Passion, BWV 247.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-Sharp Minor, "Moonlight Sonata": II. Allegretto

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Lunaris.
    • Universal Music Operations Limited.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.26 in E flat major K.184

    Orchestra: Le Cercle de l'Harmonie. Conductor: Jérémie Rhorer.
    • Mozart: Symphonies 25, 26 & 29: Le Cercle de l'Harmonie/Rhorer.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 5.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: VII. Balcony Scene (Arr. for Viola & Piano)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Frank Dupree.
    • A Poet's Love, Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Schumann: Dichterliebe.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.

  • Hugo Alfvén

    Swedish Rhapsody no.1 'Midsummer Vigil'

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Warner.

  • Trad.

    The Song of the Birds

    Music Arranger: Sally Beamish. Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • J S Bach - The Cello Suites - Steven Isserlis.
    • Hyperion.
    • 37.

  • Franz Biebl

    Ave Maria

    Choir: VOCES8. Choir: Ringmasters.
    • Biebl: Ave Maria.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Tortoises (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Andrey Baranov. Performer: Michael Guttman. Performer: Lyda Chen. Performer: Alexandre Debrus. Performer: Enrico Fagone.
    • Martha Argerich and Friends Live from the Lugano Festival 2013.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 13.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.104 in D major 'London' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 12.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony no.1 'Afro American' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 11.

  • Alexandre Desplat

    Girl with a Pearl Earring

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Alexandre Desplat.
    • Airlines.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 5 in B-Flat Major, D. 485: II. Andante con moto

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 \"Unfinished\".
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.

  • Giovanni Battista Fontana

    Sonata No 8

    Ensemble: Theatre of the Ayre.
    • Delphian.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 Cornish Dances Op.91 (No.1)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.

  • Josef Suk

    Love Song (6 Pieces Op.7)

    Music Arranger: Jaroslav Kocián. Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Decca.

  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat Mater: I. Stabat Mater

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: James Bowman. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.

  • Anonymous

    Pavane et Gaillarde, "La Royne d'Escosse"

    Ensemble: Scottish Early Music Consort. Conductor: Warwick Edwards.
    • Mary's Music - Songs And Dances from the Time of Mary Queen of Scots.
    • Chandos.
    • 107.

  • George Gershwin

    Lullaby

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Sun 23 Aug 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3