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Ease into the day with classical music

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 is the sound of the endangered Ring Ouzel, with music including Debussy's depiction of its habitat in the heather, Bruy猫res.

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Music Played

  • Byron Adams

    Midsummer Music

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Poll.
    • Midsummer Light.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 101.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Saul (O Lord, whose mercies numberless)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Handel: Saul.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 24.

  • Claude Debussy

    Bruy猫res [Preludes, Book 2] arr. for orchestra

    Music Arranger: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Halle.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major K.525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Variations on 'L脿 ci darem la mano' (Variation 5)

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Julius Drake. Performer: Skaila Kanga.
    • Emma Johnson - Encores.
    • ASV.
    • 13.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Apr猫s un r锚ve, Op 7 No 1

    Performer: David Quigley.
    • El Greco Records.

  • Tan Dun

    Concerto for String Orchestra & Pipa (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Wu Man. Orchestra: Moscow Soloists. Conductor: Yuri Abramovich Bashmet.
    • ONYX.

  • Dame Ethel Mary Smyth

    Andante, Piano Trio in D minor

    Ensemble: Chagall Trio.
    • MERIDIAN.

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Swedish Rhapsody no.1 'Midsummer Vigil'

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
    • SONY.
    • 1.

  • Michael Tippett

    Deep River (A Child of Our Time)

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • REGIS.

  • Charles Trenet

    La Mer

    Music Arranger: David Le Page. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.1 in D major Op.11 (6th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly, Op.97)

    Music Arranger: Lev Atovmian. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Maxim Dmitrievich Shostakovich.
    • Warner.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Yeomen of the Guard (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
    • London.

  • Francesco Cavalli

    Giasone: Delizie, contenti

    Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble. Singer: Kieran White.
    • First Hand Records.

  • Gavin Bryars

    After Gluck: Orfeo Et Euridice- Dance of the Furies

    Performer: Njo Kong Kie. Performer: Jennifer Thiessen. Performer: Jean-Christophe Lizotte. Performer: Ida Toninato.
    • Dido And Orfeo (After Purcell And Gluck).
    • GB Records.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Haydn: String Quartet in B flat major, Hob.III:78, Op. 76, No. 4 "Sunrise" - 1.

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76 Nos. 4-6.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Ronald Binge

    The Watermill

    Performer: Ruth Scott. Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics: New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Anna Clyne

    Three Sisters

    Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.
    • Anna Clyne: SHORTHAND.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish", Op. 56: II. Vivace non troppo

    Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Felix Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    12 Studies Op.25 for piano (no.5 in E minor)

    Performer: Sviatoslav Richter.
    • Sviatoslav Richter - The Master Volume 9.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Franz Liszt

    The Scene at the Tavern (Mephisto Waltz No 1)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.

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  • Sun 22 Jun 2025 06:30
    成人快手 Radio 3