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Brighten your 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

  • Ernest Tomlinson

    Little Serenade

    Orchestra: The Iain Sutherland Orchestra. Conductor: Iain Sutherland. Conductor: Iain Sutherland.
    • Classical Pops Concert: British Light Classics!.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet No. 1 in D Major, K. 285: III. Rondeau

    Performer: Héléna Macherel. Performer: Simon Blendis. Performer: Judith Busbridge. Performer: Sebastian Comberti.
    • Mozart.
    • Claves Records.
    • 3.

  • Mel Bonis

    Femmes de legende: I. Le Songe de Cleopatre

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Metz. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • LA PRIMA VOLTA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No. 6 in E Major, BWV 817: I. + II. + III.

    Performer: Cédric Pescia.
    • La Dolce Vita.

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Moto perpetuo in C major, Op 11

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Boston Symphony Orchestra - Great Recordings.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 62.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in E-Flat Major, Hob. XV:36: I. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Eun-Sun Hong. Performer: Josu de Solaun. Performer: Stefan Tarara.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Suite pastorale: II. Danse Villageoise

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 108.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Woodland Suite I. At Evening Bell

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar.
    • Chandos.
    • 005.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Norman, Giacomini.
    • Philips.

  • Marianna Martines

    Keyboard Concerto in G Major: III. Allegro

    Performer: Idith Meshulam Korman. Conductor: Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey. Orchestra: Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Keyboard Concerto in G Major: III. Allegro.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - Overture Op.26

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Violin Concertos Collection.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    La Ritirata di Madrid (Quintet for guitar and strings, G.453)

    Performer: Zoltán Tokos. Performer: György Éder. Ensemble: Danubius Quartet.
    • Music - Goya.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

  • Johann Strauss II

    An der schönen blauen Donau, Walzer, Op. 314

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • New Year's Concert 2006.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.

  • Franz Liszt

    Grand Galop chromatique in E-Flat Major, S. 219

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Piano Magic.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Trad.

    Ciaccona, Codex Rost No. VI

    Performer: Catherine Aglibut. Ensemble: Open Chamber Berlin.
    • Querstand.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No.3 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331: III. Alla Turca. Allegretto

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 310-311 & 330-333.
    • Hyperion.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami.
    • Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet by Jan-Peter Klöpf.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, 'Pathetique': II. Allegro con grazia

    Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence & Symphony No. 6 ‘Pathetique’.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 6.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sinfonia from Argippo

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.
    • Believe Recordings.

  • Enrique Granados

    Danzas españolas (Andaluza)

    Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Cécile Licad.
    • Casals Encores: Gerhardt/Licad.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • William Walton

    Walton: Violin Concerto: III. Vivace

    Performer: Anthony Marwood. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Walton: Violin Concerto, Partita & Hindemith Variations.
    • Hyperion.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Festival Overture Op.4 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leoš Svárovský.
    • Smetana: Swedish Symphonic Poems.
    • Naxos.
    • 401.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Krišs Russman.
    • Butterworth: Orchestral Works & Works for Voice & Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

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