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Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong

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 31 Aug 2025 06:30
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Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

    Music Arranger: Jesse Diener-Bennett. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Orchestra: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.
    • Golijov: Azul.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 102.

  • Robert Schumann

    Blumenst眉ck Op.19

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.

  • Fredrik Sj枚lin

    Shore

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Last Leaf.
    • ECM.
    • 2.

  • Carl Engel

    Sea-Shell (Arr. E. Zimbalist for Violin & Piano)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster. Music Arranger: Efrem Zimbalist.
    • Estrellita.
    • BIS.
    • 1001.

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
    • CHANDOS.

  • William Brade

    Cornish Dance; Irish Dance; Scottish Dance

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Performer: Timothy Roberts.
    • English music from Henry VIII to Charles II.
    • HYPERION.
    • 17-19.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto in B flat major, K595 (3rd mvmt, Allegro)

    Performer: Jean鈥怑fflam Bavouzet. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Thomas Moore

    'Tis the last rose of summer

    Performer: Thibaut Roussel. Performer: Mathilde Vialle. Performer: Ronan Khalil. Singer: Zachary Wilder.
    • The Last Rose.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite H.190

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Ann Ford

    Instructions for Playing on the Musical Glasses : No. 1, An Italian Air

    Performer: Sylvain Lem锚tre. Performer: Serge Sa茂tta. Ensemble: La R锚veuse.
    • London circa 1760: J.C. Bach, C.F. Abel & friends.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 115.

  • Mel Bonis

    Suite en forme de valses

    Orchestra: Bucharest Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Beno卯t Fromanger.
    • Chant de Linos.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Air and variations, 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (Suite in E major, HWV 430)

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel Und Gretel (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Chaconne (Phaeton, Act 2)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Lully : Les Com茅dies-ballets & Pha毛ton [Highlights] - Apex.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 21.

  • Edvard Grieg

    March of the Trolls (Lyric Pieces, Book 5 Op.54)

    Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grieg: Music for String Orchestra: Malmo Symphony Orchestra/Engeset.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Choro no.1

    Performer: Turibio Santos.
    • Villa-Lobos: Choros.
    • Le Chant du Monde.

  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris

    Orchestrator: Stephen Buck. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Daniel R枚hn. Orchestra: W眉rttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Case Scaglione.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.

  • Randall Thompson

    Alleluia

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in E flat major WoO.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • Beethoven: The Complete Music for Piano Trio, Vol. 3: Florestan Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.

  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary 'The Prince of Denmark's March'

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Masques et bergamasques

    Orchestra: 91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.

  • George Butterworth

    On the Way to Kew (Love blows as the wind blows)

    Singer: Jonathan Lemalu. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • EMI.

  • Edwin York Bowen

    Fantasy Overture on Tom Bowling Op.115

    Orchestra: 91福利社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overtures from the British Isles Vol 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Sun 31 Aug 2025 06:30
    91福利社 Radio 3