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Launch the day with classical music live from York

Hannah French presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from York, as the York Early Music Festival celebrates its 50th anniversary. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Cristóbal de Morales

    Gaude et laetare Ferrariensis civitas

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • Lead, Kindly Light.
    • CORO.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Bassoon Concerto in B-Flat Major, K. 191: II. Andante ma adagio

    Conductor: Peter Whelan. Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas.
    • Mozart's Bassoon. Works for Solo Bassoon.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Leó Weiner

    Fairy Dance (Csongor and Tunde Suite)

    Conductor: Domonkos Heja. Orchestra: Danubia Symphony Orchestra.
    • Dances from Hungary: Danubia Symphony Orchestra/Heja.
    • Teldec.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II: Prelude IX in E Major, BWV 878

    Performer: Céline Frisch.
    • The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 17.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II: Fugue IX in E Major, BWV 878

    Performer: Céline Frisch.
    • The Well-Tempered Clavier Book II.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 18.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid - old Viennese dance no. 2

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Bernhard Crusell

    Clarinet Concerto no. 2 in F minor Op.5; II. Andante pastorale

    Performer: Martin Frost. Conductor: Okko Kamu. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Pale and the Purple Rose (Yorkshire Feast Song, Z.333)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Pamela Thorby. Performer: Tabea Debus. Performer: Bojan Čičić. Performer: Stephen Pedder. Performer: Julia Kuhn. Performer: Mark Levy. Performer: William Carter. Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • WIGMORE HALL LIVE.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 2 in C major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Dresden Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • Sony.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata in D Op.6 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Hill. Performer: Benjamin Frith.
    • Delphian.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E-Flat Major: II. Allegretto

    • Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no.5 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.

  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    6 Sonatas, ZWV 181: No. 2 in G Minor: II. Allegro

    Performer: Ángel Luis Sánchez Moreno. Performer: Alfonso Sebastián Alegre. Performer: Wies de Boevé. Performer: Ramón Ortega Quero. Performer: Marc Trénel.
    • Zelenka: 6 Sonatas, ZWV 181.
    • Genuin.
    • 106.

  • John Barry

    Out of Africa (Main Theme)

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

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Var. 6. Canone alla Seconda a 1 Clav. (

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations (Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, 2025).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen's Return (Lemminkainen Suite)

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna Mälkki.
    • Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkäinen.
    • BIS.
    • 10.

  • Louise Héritte-Viardot

    Piano Quartet No 1 in A major, 'In Summer' (2nd mvt, Flies and Butterflies)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto, RV 501 in B flat major 'La notte'

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Performer: L’Onda Armonica.
    • NAIVE.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Leicht bewegt und verträumt (2 Nocturnes, Op. 50: No. 2)

    Performer: Katia Labèque.
    • 55.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 7.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Il trovatore, Act II: Anvil Chorus

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Verdi Choruses.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Théodore Dubois

    Toccata in G major (12 Pieces)

    Performer: Francis Jackson.
    • Pipes of Splendour.
    • Chandos.
    • 006.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Quartet no.2 in E flat major Op.26 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Korngold/Kreisler: Music from Vienna 2: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Vanguard.
    • 4.

  • Franz Schubert

    Gretchen am Spinnrade D.118

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 59 in A major, 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 8.

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    BBC Radio 3