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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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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Pagodes (Estampes)

    Orchestrator: André Caplet. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Debussy.: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5; Markl.
    • Naxos.
    • 14.

  • Antonio Salieri

    Concerto in C major for flute and oboe (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Susan Milan. Performer: David Theodore. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Mozart: Flute & Harp Concerto in C major, K299, etc.:Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no.5 in E flat major Op.44 no.3 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet.
    • String Quartets 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen (Cantata No 66)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino for Harp and Orchestra (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Marie‐Pierre Langlamet. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Handel - Tailleferre.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • George Gershwin

    Melody No 40 "Violin Piece"

    Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas. Music Arranger: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Michael Tilson Thomas Conducts Gershwin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden' - IV. Presto

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Erato.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 5 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS Media.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Laudate, pueri, Dominum (Vespro della beata Vergine)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    Die stille Stadt

    Performer: Ariana Kashefi. Performer: Peter Limonov.
    • In Parallel.
    • Champs Hill Records.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    The Force of Destiny (Overture)

    Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Grand Concerto in F Major for bassoon and orchestra: III. Rondo. Vivace

    Performer: Sophie Dervaux. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Aure, andate e baciate from "Il Nascimento dell'Aurora"

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Ensemble: Cappella Gabetta. Director: Andrés Gabetta.
    • Cecilia & Sol: Dolce Duello.
    • Decca.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    Harp Concerto (Lullaby)

    Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis. Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ward Stare.
    • American Rapture.
    • Azica.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No 5 in F Major "Spring" (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Chloë Hanslip. Performer: Danny Driver.
    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2.
    • RUBICON.
    • 105.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Jolly Rutterkin (5 Tudor Portraits)

    Singer: John Shirley‐Quirk. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Vaughan Williams: 5 Tudor Portraits: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Orchestra: Berliner Symphoniker. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Brahms: Double Concerto, Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22; Dvorák: Silent Woods.
    • Ondine.
    • 103.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Boreades (The Arts and the Hours)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • Milos - Baroque.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat major Op.20 no.1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • BIS.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No.2 in D minor

    Orchestrator: Iván Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Performer: Christine Pendrill. Performer: Maurice Murphy. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • EMI.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in G Op.3`3

    Ensemble: Combattimento. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.
    • Challenge Classics.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Piano Sonatina (III. Allegro molto)

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Neglected Works For Piano.
    • db Productions.
    • 8.

  • Claude Debussy

    Par les rues et par les chemins (Iberia - 2nd mvt of Images)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Debussy: Images, Jeux, La Plus que Lente.
    • SFS media.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 Apr 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3