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Brighten your day with classical music

Mark Forrest presents Radio 3鈥檚 Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong and the best in classical music. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne (Arr. for String Quartet by William Newell)

    Ensemble: Solem Quartet.
    • Painted Light.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 9.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: II. Andante

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Brahms: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Sir James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • VCM RECORDS.

  • Fannie Charles Dillon

    Birds at dawn, Op 20 No 2

    Performer: Sarah Cahill.
    • The Future is Female, Vol. 1: In Nature.
    • First Hand.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: III. Courante IV. Sarabande

    Performer: Kim Kashkashian.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Classical Tranquillity.
    • Collegium.
    • 3.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Serenata in E Flat

    Ensemble: Ensemble Explorations.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O viridissima virga

    Composer: Marijn Cinjee. Singer: Julia Sinclair. Ensemble: Marijn Cinjee.
    • Wind Takes Flight: Hildegard x Electronics.
    • NIMBUS.
    • 1.

  • Baldassare Galuppi

    Keyboard Sonata no.34 in C Minor (Larghetto)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Mozart & Contemporaries.
    • DG.
    • 16.

  • Gabriel Piern茅

    Impromptu-Caprice, Op 9

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Humoresque in G flat major, Op.101 no.7

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: J茅r么me Ducros.
    • Capriccio 鈥� violin pieces.
    • Virgin.
    • 5.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony no.2 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • Farrenc: Symphony No. 2 - Overtures Nos. 1 & 2.
    • CPO.
    • 2.

  • William Byrd

    Vigilate for 5 voices

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Graham Ross.
    • Veni Emmanuel - Music for Advent.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

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

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major Op.76 no.4 'Sunrise' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • BIS.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and fugue for piano no. 7 (Op.87`7) in A major

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues Op. 87: Tatiana Nicolayeva.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mussorgsky / Borodin: Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 20.

  • John Williams

    Princess Leia's Theme

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: John Williams.
    • John Williams: The Berlin Concert.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 16.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    A Day May Come

    Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Grahame Davies.
    • SILVA SCREEN RECORDS.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor Op.10 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Concerto No 1 in E Major "La primavera"

    Director: Adrian Chandler. Orchestra: La Serenissima.
    • Vivaldi Opus 8, Vol. 1: The Four Seasons and other concertos.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Richard Strauss

    Der Brauttanz, Op.45 no.3

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Director: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Richard Strauss - Choral Works.
    • Collins Classics.
    • 6.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Cello Sonata in A Major, FWV 8: IV. Allegretto poco mosso

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Franck & Chopin: Cello Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

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