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Al Ryan presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. 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

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 - II. Largo

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    Missa pro defunctis quinque vocum, LV 963: III. Tractus. Absolve Domine

    Choir: Vox Luminis. Director: Lionel Meunier.
    • Roland de Lassus: Requiem.
    • Outhere Music.
    • 3.

  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord in D Major, BWV 1028: IV. Allegro

    Performer: Atsushi Sakaï. Performer: Christophe Rousset.
    • J.S. Bach: Sonatas for Viola da Gamba.
    • Aparté.
    • 8.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings - I. Allegro piacevole

    Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Enigma Variations, In the South, Serenade For Strings.
    • Signum Records.
    • 17.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings - III. Allegretto

    Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Enigma Variations, In the South, Serenade For Strings.
    • Signum Records.
    • 19.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Magnificat primi toni (for 8 voices)

    Choir: Yale Schola Cantorum. Conductor: David Hill.
    • HYPERION.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Concerto in G Major, I. Allegro maestoso

    Performer: Anna Besson. Ensemble: a nocte temporis. Conductor: Reinoud Van Mechelen.
    • Mozart: Flute Concertos.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasiestucke, Op. 73 no 1

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Julius Drake. Music Arranger: Nicholas Daniel.
    • Schumann: Works for Oboe & Piano.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 7.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Semele: Overture

    Ensemble: Le Sommeil.
    • Pentatone.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.2 in D major H.7b.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Pentatone.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bushes and Briars

    Lyricist: Anon.. Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Vaughan Williams: Bushes and Briars.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Má Vlast (My Country): No. 3, Sarka

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • Tudor.

  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • EMI.

  • Elfrida Andrée

    Piano Sonata in A major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lena Johnson.
    • Caprice.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No. 1 in C Minor: IV. Finale. Adagio - Allegro

    Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Emilie Mayer: Piano Concerto - Symphony No. 1 - Overtures (Symphonic Works, Vol..
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 109.

Broadcast

  • Fri 18 Sep 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3