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Wake up your senses 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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Music Played

  • Meredith Monk

    Early Morning Melody

    Singer: Meredith Monk.
    • Meredith Monk: Book of Days.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 1.

  • Mel Bonis

    Suite en forme de valse

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Joseph Bastian.
    • Bonis: Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.

  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles, Op. 23: 3. Carol; 4. Forlana; 5. Fughetta

    Performer: Anastasia Schmidlin. Performer: Denis Zhdanov.
    • Prospero Classical.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of Youth (Music to a Child's Play), Suite No.1, Op.1a: I. Overture

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Elgar Wand of Youth.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in F major, BWV233 - Gloria

    Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet in F minor, Op 2, 'Gradus ad Parnassum' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Prelude and Fugue in D major, Op 87 No 5

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Shostakovich The Preludes & Fugues Alexander Melnikov Piano.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphonie No. 9 en Ut Majeur, D. 944 "La Grande" III. Scherzo (Allegro Vivace)

    Orchestra: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine. Conductor: Kwamé Ryan.
    • Schubert: Symphony No. 9 \"La Grande\".
    • Mirare.
    • 3.

  • Christoph Förster

    Horn Concerto in E-Flat Major: I. Con discretione

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Director: Nicholas McGegan. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • William Byrd

    Sing joyfully unto God

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 13.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite, I.Ouverture; II.Serenata; III.Scherzino - Allegro - Andantino

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • Linn Records.

  • John Field

    Nocturne No.5 in B-flat major (arr. Clarinet & Piano)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale. Music Arranger: Michael McHale.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No. 19 in B minor

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Simax.

  • Judith Weir

    Vertue: I. Vertue

    Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Director: Geoffrey Webber.
    • Delphian.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto for Oboe, Bassoon, Harpsichord and B.c."Piagge serene": Minuett

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Monika Razynska. Performer: Jakub Haufa. Performer: Guilhaume Santana. Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia.
    • New Seasons - Händel für Oboe und Orchester.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Otto Nicolai

    The Merry Wives of Windsor (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • Decca.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet no.2 in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered Vol 2: Florence B Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 11.

  • Franz Liszt

    La Campanella

    Performer: Ji Liu.
    • Piano Encores.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 5.

  • Trad.

    Polegnala E Todora

    Music Arranger: Dobri Hristov. Choir: Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir. Conductor: Filip Kutev.
    • Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares Vol.1.
    • Universal Music Division Decca Records France.
    • 13.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 55 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:55 "Il maestro di scuola": III. Menuetto

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 18: Il maestro di scuola.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 11.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quintet No.1 in A major, Op.18 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn: The String Quintets.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Trad.

    Crooked Road to Dublin / Considines's Grove

    Performer: Liz Hanley.
    • The Ecstasy of St. Cecilia.
    • Labelship.
    • 10.

  • Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Lawo Classics.

  • Jean‐Marie Leclair

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 10 No. 3: III. Allegro ma non tropo

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Les Ombres.
    • Vivaldi, Leclair & Locatelli : Violin Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 13.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E flat major Op.20 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Octet.
    • NIMBUS.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: Lennox Berkeley. Performer: Emily Beynon. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • British Flute Concertos - Beynon/BBC NOW/Tovey.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Mon 9 Mar 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3