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Start your weekend the Radio 3 way, with Saturday Breakfast

Join Emma Clarke to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.

To listen on most smart speakers, just say: "Ask 鶹Լ Sounds to play Breakfast."

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Träume (Wesendonck Lieder, No 5)

    Performer: Seong-Jin Cho. Lyricist: Mathilde Wesendonck. Singer: Matthias Goerne.
    • Im Abendrot: Songs by Wagner, Pfitzner, Strauss.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata no.2 in D major

    Ensemble: Les Dominos.
    • RICERCAR.
  • William Grant Still

    Romance

    Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Lucerne DeSa.
    • But Not Forgotten: Music by African-American Composers for clarinet and piano.
    • SONO LUMINUS.
    • 10.
  • Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy: Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 18.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus, K 618

    Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Mozart: Requiem.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D major, Op.23 no.4

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Trio no.1, Op.33 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • Her Voice.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Robert Fayrfax

    O Maria Deo grata: O Maria, spes Anglorum; O Maria, pro me Deum; O sancta Maria

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony in D Minor, WAB 100 "Die Nullte": II. Andante

    Orchestra: Bruckner Orchester Linz. Conductor: Markus Poschner.
    • Bruckner: Symphony in D Minor, WAB 100 "Die Nullte".
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 102.
  • The Comet Is Coming

    The universe wakes up

    • Trust In The Lifeforce Of The Deep Mystery.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Va tacito (Giulio Cesare)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Handel: Ombra mai fu: Andreas Scholl, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.
  • Hugo Alfvén

    Herdmaiden's Dance (The Mountain King)

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Alfven: Symhony no.5: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • BIS.
    • 4.
  • Christopher Simpson

    Autumn: Galliard (The Four Seasons)

    Ensemble: Sirius VIOLS.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Ramah

    Performer: Ionel Manciu. Performer: Dominic Degavino.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    3 Songs Op.7: no.1; Apres un reve (arr. Lucas Debargue)

    Performer: Lucas Debargue.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • DIGITAL RELEASE.
    • 1.
  • Mel Bonis

    Barcarolle in E flat major, Op. 71

    Performer: Mengyiyi Chen.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • TOCC 0361.
    • 1.
  • James MacMillan

    The Gallant Weaver

    Choir: 鶹Լ Singers. Singer: Margaret Feaviour. Singer: Amanda Morrison. Singer: Michaela Haslam. Conductor: James MacMillan.
    • MacMillan -The Birds of Rhiannon.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Ferdinand Ries

    Sextet in G minor Op. 142; 1st mvt - Allegro ma no troppo

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.
  • John Lennon

    Blackbird

    Composer: Paul McCartney. Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
  • Paul McCartney

    Back in the U.S.S.R.

    Composer: John Lennon. Music Arranger: Matt Haimovitz. Music Arranger: Christopher O’Riley. Performer: Matt Haimovitz. Performer: Christopher O’Riley.
    • Cello Rock.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1001.
  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants: 1. Trompette et tambour; 4. petit mari, petit femme; 5. Le Bal

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Phillips.

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