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Ease into the day with classical music

Al Ryan presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong, 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

    Piano Concerto in F major, H18.3 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • Chandos.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Menuetto for Orchestra

    Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Sibelius: Belshazzar's Feast & Other Orchestral Pieces.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Performer: VOCES8.
    • After Silence.
    • VCM Records.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata No 2 (from Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079)

    Music Arranger: Jan Böttcher. Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • J. S. Bach in Potsdam.
    • Genuin.
    • 108.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on 'Greensleeves'

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works.
    • Onyx.
    • 04.

  • Franz Schubert

    Polonaise in B-flat major, D580

    Ensemble: Kammerorchester Wien - Berlin. Conductor: Rainer Honeck.
    • Rondo.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Leoš Janáček

    Zdenka's Variations (arr for wind quintet)

    Music Arranger: Alban Wesly. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Marianna Martines

    Keyboard Concerto in A major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Idith Meshulam Korman. Orchestra: Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey.
    • Martines: The Complete Keyboard Works.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Giulio Caccini

    Ave Maria

    Performer: Masako Shirabe.
    • Mclassics.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance, Op 11

    Orchestra: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Favourite English Strings.
    • Alba.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Prélude à la nuit (Rapsodie espagnole)

    Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
    • Giulini in America: Los Angeles Philharmonic/Giulini.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 9.

  • Dick Walter

    Yellow Pages Short

    Performer: Studio Musicians.
    • Short-form Video Sounds, Vol. 1.
    • Short Score Music.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Joys of Freedom (Hercules)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Singer: Lea Desandre. Ensemble: Jupiter. Conductor: Thomas Dunford.
    • Eternal Heaven.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Things to Come (Ballet for Children)

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Christoph Graupner

    Sinfonia in D major, GWV 528

    Ensemble: Il Gardellino. Conductor: Florian Heyerick.
    • Christoph Graupner: Sinfonias.
    • CPO.

  • Jules Massenet

    Thaïs (Meditation)

    Performer: John Georgiadis. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique Bátiz.
    • Orchestral Lollipops: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique Batiz.
    • RPO.
    • 13.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Quintet in B-flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Warner.

  • Helena Munktell

    Suite for Large Orchestra (Finale)

    Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.
    • Sterling.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Euryanthe, Op 81: Overture

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Weber: Overture "Euryanthe".
    • Lso Live.
    • 101.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Music Arranger: Luis Bacalov. Performer: Luis Bacalov. Performer: Héctor Ulises Passarella. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Bacalov: Misa Tango: Domingo, Martinez, Bacalov, Chung.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No 2, Op 13 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Opus13.
    • Mendelssohn & Grieg: String Quartets.
    • Alpha.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • Chandos.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 77 (2nd mvt, Adagio)

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Brahms & Busoni Violin Concertos.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 5.

  • Kerensa Briggs

    Media vita

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • The Journey.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 106.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in F major, Op 46 No 4

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72.
    • DECCA.
    • 4.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo (Toccata)

    Ensemble: Le Concert d’Astrée. Ensemble: Les Sacqueboutiers. Conductor: Emmanuelle Haïm.
    • Virgin.

  • Arturo Márquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

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

Broadcast

  • Wed 16 Sep 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3