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Ease into the day with classical music

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong, Bach Before 7 and the best in classical music. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Wed 25 Feb 202606:30
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Music Played

  • Marin Marais

    Couplets de folies

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Lucie Horsch - Baroque Journey.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Aaron Copland

    Variations on a Shaker Hymn (Appalachian Spring)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Warner.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 4 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos Nos. 3 & 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 201.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St. Matthew Passion: O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden

    Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.
    • Bach: St. Matthew Passion.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 25.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder (St. Matthew Passion)

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Bach: St. Matthew Passion.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 39.

  • Frederick Delius

    Spring morning

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • Delius: On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 6 in D flat major

    Performer: Alessio Bax. Music Arranger: Georges Cziffra.
    • Forgotten Dances.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 19.

  • Anton Zimmermann

    Concerto for two Bassoons in F major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ondřej Šindelář. Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Orchestra: Risonanza Praga.
    • Duality / Zimmermann, Vaňhal – Bassoon Concertos.
    • SUPRAHON.
    • 9.

  • John Williams

    Star Wars: Princess Leia's Theme

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Star Wars: A New Hope (Originalnyi Saundtrek).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 3.

  • Amy Beach

    Dusk in June

    Ensemble: Lyyra.
    • Rising.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E flat major, Op 47

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • William Walton

    Henry V (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Muir Mathieson. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Walton: Belshazzar's Feast etc: Terfel/Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Litton.
    • London.
    • 11.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vysehrad (My Country)

    Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • Smetana: My Country.
    • SUPRAPHON.
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1: III. Foxtrot

    Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites.
    • BIS.
    • 103.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony No 8 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jörg Widmann.
    • Invitation.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 7.

  • Manu Delago

    Inhale

    Composer: Max Zbiral-Teller. Performer: Manu Delago.
    • Session Work Records.

  • 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.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No 16 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Beethoven Around the World: Nairobi, String Quartets Nos 4, 5 & 16.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Erik Satie

    3 Gnossiennes (No.1)

    Performer: Tim Garland. Performer: Geoffrey Keezer.

  • François‐Joseph Gossec

    Tambourin (Le Triomphe de la Republique)

    Music Arranger: Charles Gerhardt. Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.
    • James Galway - Celebrating 70 - A collection of Personal Favourites.
    • RCA.
    • 3.

  • Josef Strauss

    Music of the Spheres

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Neujahrskonzert 2022 / New Year's Concert 2022 / Concert du Nouvel An 2022.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 15.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Nulla in mundo pax sincera: Aria

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Singer: Julie Roset. Orchestra: Le Consort.
    • Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 114.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Boléro

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Trevor Duncan

    Little suite for orchestra: March

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 7 in D minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Piece for Cello & Piano No 2 [Gavotte]

    Performer: Thomas Blees. Performer: Maria Bergmann.
    • Le Beau: Chamber Works for Cello, Viola & Piano.
    • SWR Digital.

Broadcast

  • Wed 25 Feb 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3