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The best classical music wake-up call

Mark Forrest presents Radio 3’s 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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Music Played

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin concerto in A major, Op 5 No 2 (2nd mvt - Largo)

    Performer: Romuald Grimbert-Barré. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Cannes. Conductor: Benjamin Levy.
    • Saint-George, Pécou: Caribbean Violin Concertos.
    • ´¡±è²¹°ù³Ùé.
    • 8.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Five Novelettes (Alla spagnuola)

    Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet.
    • Glazunov: 5 Novelettes / String Quintet in A Major.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Aaron Copland

    Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Appalachian Spring)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Warner.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata no. 134 BWV.134 (Ein Herz, das seinen Jesum lebend weiss): Erschallet, ihr Himmel, Erfreue dich, Erde (Chorale)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestral works: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Carl Stamitz

    Concerto for Flute & Oboe (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ana de la Vega. Performer: Ramón Ortega Quero. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Haydn & Stamitz.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 5.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dances, Op.45 (no.2)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances, The Isle of the Dead, The Rock.
    • Avie.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor, Op.13 'Pathétique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas 8,15,27 & 30: Jonathan Biss.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Rodelinda (Overture and Minuet)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • Handel: Rodelinda.
    • Linn.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    String Quartet no. 1 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Music for String Quartet.
    • Somm Recordings.
    • 6.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.7 in D minor Op.70 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Lullabye for Lucy for chorus

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.77 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Gourlay.
    • Schoenberg & Brahms: Violin Concertos.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 203.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces, Book IX, Op. 68: No. 2, Bestemors menuet

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 201.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces, Book IX, Op. 68: No. 3, For dine føtter

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 202.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Tarantella (The Lady and the Fool)

    Music Arranger: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Romantic Ballets: Karajan, Lanchbery, Mackerras, Previn, etc..
    • EMI Classics.
    • 11.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musikalisches Opfer (Ricercar a 3)

    Music Arranger: Jan Böttcher. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • J. S. Bach in Potsdam.
    • Genuin.
    • 101.

  • Claude Debussy

    The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Debussy – Rameau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No 6 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Chandos.

  • Bohuslav Martinů

    String Quartet No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Martinu: String Quartets Nos 2,3,5,7.
    • SUPRAPHON a.s..
    • 13.

  • Lennox Berkeley

    Toccata

    Performer: Douglas Stevens.
    • Lennox Berkeley - The Complete Piano Works.
    • Hoxa.
    • 20.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Orgy of Brigands (Harold in Italy)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartet for oboe and strings in F major, K.370 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Kristina Blaumane.
    • Mozart: Music for the Oboe.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Concerto in C sharp minor Op.45 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Beach / Chaminade / Howell: Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 003.

  • Georges Bizet

    Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers)

    Singer: Jussi Björling. Singer: Robert Merrill. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Renato Cellini.
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Sep 2026 06:30
    Â鶹Éç Radio 3