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Mark Forrest presents Radio 3鈥檚 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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Sun 3 May 2026 06:30
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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 103 in E flat major, 'Drum Roll' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 6.

  • Emile Bernard

    Divertissement (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: c/o chamber orchestra.
    • Divertissement!.
    • BIS.
    • 201.

  • Caroline Shaw

    And the swallow

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Nightfall.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe d'amore after BWV.209 (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • Voices of Bach: Albrecht Mayer.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Les Biches. Suite 1 (Rondeau)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Helena Munktell

    Le lac de Siljan (from Dalsvit - Suite dalecarlienne)

    Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.
    • Sterling.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante defunte

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.

  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Idillo-concertino in A major, Op.15 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Andrea Tenaglia. Orchestra: Orchestra sinfonica di Roma. Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia.
    • Complete Wind Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Prologue: The Carousel Waltz (from 'Carousel')

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F Major, D 803: V. Menuetto. Allegretto

    Ensemble: Scharoun Ensemble.
    • Schubert: Octet D 803.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.27 in B flat K.595 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Piotr Anderszewski.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 25 & 27.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 106.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Sarabande et rigaudon, Op.93 (Rigaudon)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • SAINT-SAENS: Volume 1.
    • CALA.
    • 6.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Rose Adagio (The Sleeping beauty Op.66)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Mark Ermler.
    • Sleeping Beauty (Complete).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.

  • Herbert Howells

    King David

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Ashley Riches.
    • A Musical Zoo.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 16.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bologna Municipal Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Michele Mariotti.
    • Rossini: Overtures.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 501.

  • Elfrida Andr茅e

    Symphony No 2 in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Stockholm Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustaf Sj枚kvist.
    • Sterling.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Flute Quintet in D Major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Magnin. Ensemble: Jan谩膷ek Quartet.
    • Boccherini - Flute Quintets, Op. 17.
    • Naxos.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Berlin Philharmonic.

  • Sam Watts

    The Traitors Main Theme

    Performer: Sam Watts.
    • The Traitors (Original Music from the TV Series).
    • All3Media Ltd.
    • 1.

  • Vladimir Horowitz

    Variations on a Theme from Bizet's Carmen

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - Fantasia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Sun 3 May 2026 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3