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Start the day on the right note 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

  • Robert Schumann

    Waldszenen, Op. 82: IX. Abschied

    Performer: Can Çakmur.
    • Schubert + Schumann.
    • BIS.
    • 113.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Concerto for Violin and Organ in F Major, Hob. XVIII:6: Allegro moderato

    Performer: Stefano Barneschi. Performer: Lorenzo Ghielmi. Orchestra: La Divina Armonia.
    • Joseph Haydn: Concertos for organ and violin.
    • Passacaille.
    • 7.

  • Amy Beach

    Symphony in E minor 'Gaelic', Op.32 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn.
    • NAXOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Missa in A, BWV 234: I. Kyrie

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • Bach: Latin Church Music Vol. 1.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 25.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Humoresque in G flat major, Op. 101 No. 7

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Dvorák In Prague: A Celebration (Remastered).
    • Sony.
    • 4.

  • Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

    Forgotten Melodies I, Op. 38: II. Danza graziosa

    Performer: Alexander Malofeev.
    • Forgotten Melodies.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A Major K.622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto - W.A. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 401.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Julia Florida

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Profesión.
    • Pentatone.
    • 104.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major, D.803 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Chris West. Performer: Philip Gibbon. Performer: Michael Thompson. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Somm.

  • Charlotte Sohy

    Symphony in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 10 "Grande Guerre": II. Vif - Lent - Vif

    Conductor: Bar Avni. Orchestra: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine.
    • Symphonies in 3 Movements.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • John Field

    Nocturne no.12 in E Major

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Field: Complete Nocturnes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.

  • Gerald Finzi

    I praise the tender flower (Seven Poems of Robert Bridges)

    Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Christopher Robinson.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse lyrique Op.96 no.1

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Sibelius: Violin concerto, Karelia Suite, The Swan of Tuonela and other works.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 8.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces - book 8 Op.65)

    Orchestrator: Franz Josef Breuer. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt, Sigur Jorsalfar.
    • NAXOS.
    • 11.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Laurent Lefèvre. Performer: Olivier Doise.
    • Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Symphony No. 3 in F Minor, Op. 28, "Irish": IV. Finale. Allegro moderato con fuo

    • Stanford: Symphony No. 3 & Irish Rhapsody No. 5.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Allegro assai in A flat major (Six Melodies, No 1)

    Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Maurice Ravel: Ma Mère L’oye; Boléro; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales; Pavane Pou.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No. 2 in A Major, Op. 16: V. Rondo. Allegro

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms: Serenades.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Trad.

    Carrickfergus

    Performer: Sibéal Ní Chasaide. Music Arranger: Joshua Pacey. Lyricist: Trad.. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Trad.

    P.J. MacNamara's/John Naughton's

    Performer: Martin Hayes. Performer: Randal Bays.
    • Martin Hayes.
    • Green Linnet.
    • 7.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Prelude (The Birds)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 58: II. Adagio

    Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 58.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 2.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Wedding-cake Op.76

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.

  • Helena Munktell

    Dala Suite Op.22, 3rd mvt: Danses rustiques

    Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.
    • STERLING.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in D Major, Op. 6 No. 1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
    • Corelli: Concerti Grossi Opus 6.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet, Op 20 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: The Gaudier Ensemble.
    • HELIOS.

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