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Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong

Mark Forrest presents Radio 3's Breakfast show. To get in touch, email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

Mark Forrest presents Radio 3鈥檚 Breakfast show live from Salford with birdsong and the best in classical music. This week's dawn chorus features the tawny owl with music including Elgar and Elton Hayes. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Sun 18 May 2025 06:30
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Music Played

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Fountains of Rome, P. 106: I. The Fountain of Valle Giulia at Dawn

    Ensemble: RAI National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Trevi帽o.
    • Respighi: Roman Trilogy.
    • Ondine.
    • 1.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Quartet in A flat major (1st mvt: Allegro moderato)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet; Piano Quartet; Piano Trio.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Edward Elgar

    Four Part-Songs, Op. 53: No. 4, Owls

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Music of the Spheres: Part Songs of the British Isles.
    • Signum Records.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale Prelude "Ich ruf zu dir Herr Jesu Christ, BWV.639

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Lars鈥怑rik Larsson

    Concertino for horn and strings, Op 45 No 5 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: S枚ren Hermansson. Orchestra: Ume氓 Sinfonietta. Conductor: Edvard Tjivzjel.
    • Horn Concertos: Hermansson, Umea Sinfonietta.
    • BIS.
    • 5.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37: II. Largo

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson. Orchestra: Grand Teton Music Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Quartet No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 26: II. Intermezzo.

    Ensemble: Eusebius Quartet.
    • Korngold: Chamber Works.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 302.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Beata Barbara

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

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesfreud (Old Viennese Dances)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Naoko Tanaka. Orchestrator: Clark McAlister.
    • Romances: Gil Shaham/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Manuel de Falla

    91福利社naje 'Le tombeau de Claude Debussy'

    Performer: Frederick Lawton.
    • 颁补苍莽颈辞苍别迟补.
    • Navona.
    • 11.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Rapsodie espagnole, M. 54: I. Pr茅lude 脿 la nuit

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Debussy: La mer, Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune 鈥� Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole.
    • LSO Live.
    • 1.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Bassoon Concerto in F major s63/w23 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jaakko Luoma. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Janne Nisonen.
    • Mozart, Winter, Hummel & Rossini: Bassoon Concertos.
    • Ondine.
    • 103.

  • Imogen Holst

    Leiston Suite (No 5, March, to the tune of Kettle-Drum)

    Ensemble: Onyx Brass. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Onyx Brass Plays Fanfares.
    • Chandos.
    • 38.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Juliette Hurel. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • WARNER.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle [The Tales of Hoffmann]

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.
    • Destination Paris.
    • Erato.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus HWV.232 (opening chorus)

    Ensemble: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.
    • Alpha.

  • Nils Frahm

    Kanten

    Performer: Nils Frahm.
    • Night.
    • LEITER.
    • 3.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "Trout": IV. Tema con variazione

    Performer: Yann Dubost. Performer: Christoph Eschenbach. Ensemble: Thymos Quartet.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet 鈥� Waltzes 鈥� L盲ndler.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Symphony in G major Op.11`1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon.
    • Tafelmusik.

  • Rita Strohl

    Songs from 'Bilitis': V. La Chevelure

    Performer: Edwige Herchenroder. Singer: Kitty Whately.
    • Horizons.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 21.

  • Arnold Bax

    Morning Song 'Maytime in Sussex'

    Performer: Ashley Wass. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Bax: Winter Legends: Ashley Wass, Bournemouth SO, James Judd.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Mar铆a Luisa Anido

    De mi Tierra

    Performer: Cinzia Milani.
    • A Tribute to Maria Luisa Anido.
    • Brilliant Classics Licensing BV.
    • 18.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Alpha.

Broadcast

  • Sun 18 May 2025 06:30
    91福利社 Radio 3