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Mark Forrest 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

  • Maurice Duruflé

    Ubi caritas

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Daniel Hyde.
    • Choral Music For Easter.
    • Kings College.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Bohemian-Danish Folk Tune

    Conductor: Lance Friedel. Orchestra: Aarhus Symfoniorkester.
    • Carl Nielsen: Orchestral Works - Aladdin Suite, Helios Overture, Maskarade Overt.
    • MSR Classics.
    • 7.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Easter Oratorio (Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: Retrospect Ensemble. Conductor: Matthew Halls.
    • J.S. Bach: Easter & Ascension Oratorios.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Easter Oratorio (Adagio)

    Ensemble: Retrospect Ensemble. Conductor: Matthew Halls.
    • J.S. Bach: Easter & Ascension Oratorios.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Easter Oratorio (Kommt, eilet und laufet)

    Ensemble: Retrospect Ensemble. Conductor: Matthew Halls. Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Singer: James Gilchrist. Singer: Peter Harvey.
    • J.S. Bach: Easter & Ascension Oratorios.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Wiegenlied (Lullaby)

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Brahms: Viola Sonatas, Op. 120 - Zwei Gesänge, Op. 91.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 109.

  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Music Arranger: Jarle Storløkken. Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Ensemble: tenThing.
    • She Composes Like A Man.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 4.

  • Ron Goodwin

    Minuet in Blue

    Conductor: Ron Goodwin. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
    • Goodwin: Drake 400 Suite, Main Title Theme (From "633 Squadron") & Other Orchest.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Five Mystical Songs: Easter

    Performer: Matthew Jorysz. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Suite for Violin & String Orchestra: Country Scenery

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Sibelius: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 14.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Suite for Violin & String Orchestra: Serenade. Evening in the Spring.

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Sibelius: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 15.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Suite for Violin & String Orchestra: In the Summer

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Sibelius: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 16.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39 & 41: Sir Colin Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 3.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Sonata No 11 "The Resurrection" (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti.
    • Biber: Mystery (Rosary) Sonatas.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.

  • Sergei Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rachmaninov Piano Concertos - Leif Ove Andsnes - Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O quam mirabilis est

    Music Arranger: Rainer Seiferth. Ensemble: Taracea.
    • ALPHA.

  • George Frideric Handel

    See, The Conqu'ring Hero Comes (Joshua, HWV 64)

    Choir: Kölner Kammerorchester. Orchestra: Collegium Cartusianum. Conductor: Peter Neumann.
    • MDG.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

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

  • Luis de Narváez

    La Canción del Emperador (Song of the Emperor)

    Performer: Samrat Majumder.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    No.3 from Four Songs for Piano, Op.8

    Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    No.4 from Four Songs for Piano, Op.8

    Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 2 "Resurrection" (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 2.
    • Pentatone.
    • 102.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in C major, BWV 846 arr. for harp

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Peter Arts.
    • Bach: Prelude in C Major, BWV 846.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A major Kk.208

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Scarlatti: Sonata in A Major, K 208.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Steve Reich

    Duet

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simos Papanas. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • My Tribute to Yehudi Menuhin.
    • DG.
    • 5.

  • Florence Price

    Rainbow Waltz

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Neujahrskonzert 2026 / New Year's Concert 2026 / Concert du Nouvel An 2026.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D minor

    Performer: Paolo Grazzi. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • TELDEC.

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