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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

  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quintet No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Pavel Nikl. Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Dvořák & Brahms: String Quintets.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 7.

  • François‐Adrien Boïeldieu

    Harp Concerto in C major: III. Rondeau

    Performer: Catherine Michel. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio de Almeida.
    • Philips.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Guillaume Bellom.
    • Pärt: Tabula Rasa.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, BWV 1049: I. Allegro

    Director: Amandine Beyer. Orchestra: Gli Incogniti.
    • Bach from Italy: The Vivaldi & Marcello Influences.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un matin de Printemps

    Orchestra: Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Stringer.
    • Timpani.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Quartet in G major Op.77 No.1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 5 in D Major: III. Romanza - Lento

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Vaughan Williams Symphony No.5 / Symphony No.6.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 3.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in G major, K 124

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Baroque Masterpieces for Harpsichord.
    • Regis.
    • 1.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto Andaluz (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Los Romeros. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Los Romeros / 50th Anniversary Album.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 18.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Saget der Tochter Zion: Siehe dein Heil kommt (opening)

    Singer: Dorothee Mields. Singer: Britta Schwarz. Singer: Wilfried Jochens. Singer: Dirk Schmidt. Choir: Magdeburg Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Michaelstein Telemann Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ludger Rémy.
    • Georg Philipp Telemann - Christmas Cantatas.
    • CPO.
    • 1.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Chopin: Impromptus, Waltzes & Mazurkas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 001.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    L'inganno felice (Overture)

    Orchestra: Prague Sinfonia. Conductor: Christian Benda.
    • Naxos.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E major, Op.11`5 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eckart Runge. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 3 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • Sibelius: Complete Symphonies/Three Late Fragments.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 2.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Delia Stevens. Performer: Will Pound. Music Arranger: Delia Stevens.
    • Ascending - Stevens & Pound.
    • Idiom Records.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Warsaw Concerto

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, BBCSO, Hugh Wolff.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Peasant Cantata, BWV 212 (Aria: Klein-zschocher musse)

    Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon. Singer: Suzie LeBlanc.
    • Bach: Coffee Cantata, Peasant Cantata.
    • Analekta.
    • 24.

  • John Barry

    Out of Africa (Main Theme)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: John McNeely.
    • VARESE SARABANDE.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 Scottish dances Op.59 (Scottish Waltz)

    Performer: Hugh Bean. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Highland Fling (Scottish Dances Op.59)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.

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