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Roll out of bed into classical music

John Toal 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

  • Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas

    Violin Concerto no.4 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Hege.
    • CEDILLE RECORDS.

  • Edmund Rubbra

    The Revival, Op. 58

    Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas. Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford.
    • The Revival, Op. 58.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no. 6 in F major, Op.68 'Pastoral' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6, Opp. 67 & 68.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O Mensch, bewein dein Sünde groß, BWV 622 (Arr. Andrew Davis)

    Music Arranger: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
    • Chandos.
    • 109.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Performer: Cory Band. Conductor: Robert Childs.
    • OBRASSO.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Concerto for violin and small orchestra (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Finzi: Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Ronald Binge

    Elizabethan Serenade

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • Elizabethan Serenade.
    • Naxos.
    • 15.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in C Major, Op. 42/2 G. 349: II. Minuetto con grazia

    Performer: Raphaël Feye. Ensemble: Karski Quartet.
    • Boccherini, Vol. 2.
    • Evil Penguin Classic.
    • 2.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Concertino, Op.107

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Great works for flute and orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 007.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Euchari In Leta Via

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas.
    • HELIODOR.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in D major, Op 6 No 5 (5th and 6th mvts)

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5-6.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Sony.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise in C minor, Op 40 No 2

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 4.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 1 in G minor

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Brahms: Haydn Variations etc: Robin Ticciati.
    • Tudor.
    • 17.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Scherzo-valse (10 Pièces pittoresques)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chabrier: Dix Pieces Pittoresques and other piano music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • Thomas Alexander Erskine

    The Maid of the Mill (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
    • Scotland's Music.
    • LINN RECORDS.
    • 3.

  • William Grant Still

    Mother and Child (Suite for violin and piano)

    Performer: Sterling Elliott. Performer: Gabriele Strata.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Nanny's Story

    Performer: Ryan Corbett.

  • Aaron Copland

    Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Appalachian Spring)

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

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E-flat major (2nd mvt)

    • Haydn, Ligeti & Mendelssohn: String Quartets.
    • Solo Musica.
    • 7.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor Op.11 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.
    • Decca.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche (1st mvt)

    Performer: Oleg Shebeta-Dragan. Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Anna Skryleva.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Oh, what a beautiful mornin' (Oklahoma!)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Bryn Terfel - Rodgers and Hammerstein.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 38 in D Major, K. 504 "Prague": I. Adagio - Allegro

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Mozart: Symphonies 38 & 39.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.

  • Henry Purcell

    Halcyon Days (The Tempest)

    Singer: Nancy Argenta.
    • Purcell: Songs and Airs.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 214.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81 - IV. Finale - Allegro

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Apr 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3