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Al Ryan 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

  • Sarah Lianne Lewis

    All my ships are white

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Ellie Slorach.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in D major, RV 428 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Eckart Haupt. Orchestra: Dresden Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Peter Schreier.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per Flauti: Eckart Haupt.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 19.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Naoko Tanaka.
    • Romances: Gil Shaham/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Novelletten, Op. 52: II. Larghetto

    Ensemble: Sabi Ensemble.
    • From The Heart.
    • Penny Fiddle Records.
    • 10.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806: II. Allemande

    Performer: Jonathan Freeman-Attwood.
    • Bach Trumpet Solo.
    • Deux-Elles Limited.
    • 11.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light divine (Birthday ode for Queen Anne)

    Singer: Lea Desandre. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Jupiter Ensemble. Conductor: Thomas Dunford.
    • Eternal Heaven.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Yu‐Peng Chen

    Under the Moonlight

    Performer: Yu‐Peng Chen. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Philipp Schupelius. Conductor: Liang Zhang. Orchestra: Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Johannes Brahms

    Capriccio in B Minor (8 Pieces Op.76)

    Performer: Anna Tsybuleva.
    • Brahms.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.

  • Marianna Martines

    Overture [Symphony] in C major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: La Floridiana. Director: Nicoleta Paraschivescu.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Julius Fucik

    Florentiner-Marsch Op.214

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: John Anderson.
    • Brassed off.
    • RCA.
    • 11.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op 72 No 2

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Dvořák: Slavonic Dances.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 10.

  • Robert Schumann

    Drei Gedichte, Op. 29 iii) Zigeunerleben

    Performer: Markus Gruett. Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: Daniela Lehner. Singer: Lydia Teuscher. Singer: Edith Barlow. Singer: Melanie Lang. Singer: Adrian Ward. Singer: Nicky Spence. Singer: Lukas Kargl. Singer: Stephan Loges.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Quintet Op.16 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Peter Cigleris. Performer: Gareth Hulse. Performer: John Mills. Performer: Lydia Lowndes‐Northcott. Performer: Božidar Vukotić.
    • Gipps: Clarinet Chamber Music.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 304.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Birds: The Cuckoo

    Conductor: John Neschling. Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège.
    • Respighi: The Birds & Ancient Dances and Airs.
    • BIS.
    • 105.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 4 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 12.

  • Franz Liszt

    La Campanella (6 Grandes etudes de Paganini S.141)

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Relaxing Classical for Studying.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 194.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in E major TWV.53:E1 for flute, oboe d'amore, viola d'amore & orch (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Telemann: Double And Triple Concerti.
    • L’OISEAU LYRE.
    • 18.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Overture Op.21)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Mendelssohn: Overture & Incidental Music to A Midsummer Night's Dream.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No. 2, WD 31: II. Habanera

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • French Orchestral Favourites.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 10.

  • Richard Strauss

    Suite in B flat major for 13 wind instruments Op.4 (Gavotte)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Paris-Bastille. Director: François Leleux.
    • Strauss: Francois Leleus, Swedish RSO, Ensemble Paris-Bastille.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D major Op 61 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Peter Breiner

    Beatles Concerto Grosso No.1 (In the style of Handel): V. Penny Lane Allegro

    Orchestra: Peter Breiner & His Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Breiner.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Bruckner: Symphony No. 7 in E Major, 1st movement

    Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Legendary Recordings.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 37.

  • Lili Boulanger

    Two Pieces for Violin and Piano No. 2, Cortège

    Performer: Benjamin Baker. Performer: Daniel Lebhardt.
    • 1919: Boulanger, Janáček, Elgar & Debussy.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77 No. 1: I. Allegro moderato

    Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet.
    • Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Op. 77 & Folk Music from Scotland.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

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