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Roll out of bed into classical music

Hannah French presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Sat 23 May 2026 06:30

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K581 II. Larghetto

    Performer: Richard Hosford. Ensemble: The Gaudier Ensemble.
    • Quintets for Clarinet & Strings.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 2.
  • Thomas Arne

    The Morning: The Glitt'ring Sun

    Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe. Performer: Greg Anderson. Music Arranger: Elizabeth Joy Roe. Music Arranger: Greg Anderson.
    • Steinway & Sons.
  • Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Symphony No. 4 in F Major, Kr. 76 "Die Rettung der Andromeda durch Perseus"

    Conductor: Hanspeter Gmür. Orchestra: Failoni Chamber Orchestra Budapest.
    • Dittersdorf: Sinfonias On Ovid's Metamorphoses, Nos. 4 - 6.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11: IV. Aria. "Ach, bleibe doch, mein liebstes Leben"

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Conductor: Matthew Halls. Ensemble: Retrospect Ensemble.
    • J.S. Bach: Easter & Ascension Oratorios.
    • Linn Records.
    • 15.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Verismo.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 4.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Virtus Sapientiae

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Music Arranger: Penelope Axtens. Ensemble: Esther Abrami Ensemble.
    • Women (Extended Version).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 8.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Sonata a tromba in D Major, TWV 44:1

    Performer: Ute Hartwich. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Telemann: Violin Concertos. Overture. Suite. Fantasie.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 8.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 - III. Andante

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Rachmaninoff & Brahms.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: IV. Allegro vivace

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 6-9.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 13.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Il quinto libro de madrigali, 1605: Pulchrae sunt genae tuae

    Choir: Ex Cathedra. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Alto.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Tortoises (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Isabelle van Keulen. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Georg Hörtnagel.
    • Saint-Saens: Carnaval des Animaux: Argerich/Frerie/Kremer.
    • Philips.
    • 4.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire. Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Isabelle van Keulen. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Eduard Brunner. Performer: Georg Hörtnagel. Performer: Irena Grafenauer. Performer: Markus Steckeler. Performer: Edith Salmen-Weber.
    • Saint-Saens: Carnaval des Animaux: Argerich/Frerie/Kremer.
    • Philips.
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

    6 Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 1 in C Major

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • Bagatelles. Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert, Brahms & Debussy.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 49.
  • Thomas Tallis

    A Solfing Song

    Ensemble: Chapelle du Roi.
    • Tallis: Complete Works (The), Vol. 9 - Instrumental Music and Songs.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 301.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor

    Music Arranger: Miska Borzó. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Christoph Koncz. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Ödön Rácz. Performer: Oszkár Ökrös.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
  • Mel Bonis

    La Chanson du rouet (The Song of the Spinning Wheel)

    Performer: François Dumont.
    • Bru Zane.
  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D Minor, S. Z799

    Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • Bach from Italy: The Vivaldi & Marcello Influences.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 11.
  • Jean Françaix

    Piano Trio: II. Scherzando

    Ensemble: Trio Gaon.
    • ¸éé´Ú±ô±ð³æ¾±´Ç²Ô²õ.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 110.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    La tregenda (Le Villi)

    Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
    • Puccini: Orchestral Music: RSO Berlin, Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Jacques Ibert

    Escales...: III. Valence

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Escales: French Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 109.
  • Gustavo Durán

    El Café de Chinitas

    Performer: Samuel Diz. Singer: Jonatan Alvarado.
    • Poliédrica Editorial.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Noches en los jardines de Espana: II. Danza lejana (Allegretto giusto)

    Performer: Javier Perianes. Orchestra: Âé¶¹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Josep Pons.
    • Falla: Nights in the Garden of Spain; Solo Piano Works.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 9.
  • Enrique Granados

    Andaluza (Danzas españolas Set 2)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Milos - The Guitar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.
  • Gerónimo Giménez

    La boda de Luis Alonso: Intermedio

    Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica RTVE. Conductor: Igor Markevitch.
    • Music From The Heart Of Spain.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Sat 23 May 2026 06:30