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Perk up your morning with classical music

Hannah French presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with the Friday poem and music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major K.488; 2. Adagio

    Performer: Elizabeth Sombart. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Vallet.
    • Rubicon.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for Strings in E major, Op 22 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Dvorak, Bartok, Wolf: Saito Kinen, Ozawa.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles for clarinet and piano, Op 23 No 3: Carol

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata BWV180 Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele - Mvts 1 & 2

    Singer: Christoph Pr茅gardien. Choir: Das Leipziger Concerto Vocale. Orchestra: Ensemble baroque de Limoges. Conductor: Christophe Coin.
    • JS Bach: Cantatas BWV49, 115, 180.
    • Naive.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Simon Rattle on EMI Classics.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Edgar Meyer

    First Impressions

    Performer: Mark O鈥機onnor. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer.
    • Yo-Yo Ma - The Classic Albums Collection.
    • Masterworks.
    • 7.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Horn Concerto Op. 58; 1. Con moto

    Performer: Martin Owen. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet no.11 in E major G.275, Op.11`5 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet. Performer: Eckart Runge.
    • Boccherini: La Musica Notturna Delle Strade Di Madrid.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 6.

  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • An die Musik.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons, RV 315 "Summer"

    Conductor: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon noni toni 脿 12

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts.
    • HYPERION.

  • Don Macdonald

    When the Earth Stands Still

    Choir: Lyyra.

  • FRIDAY POEM

    "Up In The Morning Early" by Robert Burns, read by John Mackay

  • Claude Debussy

    Children's Corner: The Snow is Dancing

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • DECCA.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A, K,622 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart:Flute/Flute & Harp & Clarinet Concerti.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Piano Quintet; 3rd mvt Allegretto grazioso

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Che gelida manina (La boh猫me)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
    • Jonas Kaufmann: Romantic Arias.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No.1 in G major, BWV.1007: I. Prelude

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • MERCURY.

  • Scott Joplin

    Silver Swan Rag

    Performer: Richard Dowling.
    • Rivermont Records.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Salve Regina

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Night Seasons.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 106.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No. 5 in E flat (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Alpha.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto grosso in D major Op.1`9

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Locatelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 1.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 19-23.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Rhapsodie in E flat major, Op 119 No 4

    Performer: Dmitri Alexeev.
    • Brahms: Piano music: Dmitri Alexeev.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10.

  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Overture from "Serenade"

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stig Westerberg.
    • Stenhammar: Piano Concerto No.2, Serenade etc..
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Coronation Anthem No. 3, HWV260 'The King Shall Rejoice' - final section 'Glory and Worship' and Alleluia

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

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