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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

  • Nat King Cole

    Autumn Leaves

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: II. Adagio

    • Schubert: Schwanengesang & String Quintet.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 18.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 48 "Maria Theresia" (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 11.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude, BWV 855a

    Performer: Bruce Liu. Music Arranger: Alexander Siloti.
    • Lunaris.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Orchestra: Orquesta sinfónica de Madrid. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos.
    • Gluck: Orfée et Euridice: Orquesta Sinfonica de Madrid, Jesus Lopez-Cobos.
    • Decca.
    • 27.

  • Francisco Tárrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: Rafael Aguirre.

  • Johann Michael Nicolai

    Sonata & Suite a 3 in D Major: IV. Giga

    Ensemble: L’Achéron.
    • Nicolai: Sonatas & Suites for Viols.
    • Ricercar.
    • 10.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor, mvt 4 - adagietto

    Orchestra: Mahler Academy Orchestra. Conductor: Philipp von Steinaecker.
    • Alpha.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Where'er you walk (Semele)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Orchestra of Classical Opera. Conductor: Ian Page.
    • Where'er You Walk.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1402.

  • Ina Boyle

    Violin Concerto

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Irene Delgado-Jiménez.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 10-12.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C Major, Kk 159

    Performer: Daria van den Bercken.
    • Domenico Scarlatti and Daria van den Bercken.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no.1 in B flat major Op.38 'Spring' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Schumann: Symphonies 1-4: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/Zinman.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 3.

  • Julius Röntgen

    Quintet for Piano and Strings in A Minor, Op. 100: Allegro

    Ensemble: Artists of the Royal Conservatory.
    • Right Through The Bone - Chamber Music of Julius Röntgen.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 2.

  • James Whitbourn

    All shall be well (Luminosity)

    Performer: Levine Andrade. Performer: Henry Parkes. Performer: Andrew Ker. Performer: Steffan Jones. Choir: Commotio. Conductor: Matthew Berry.
    • Whitbourn: Luminosity and other choral works.
    • Naxos.
    • 16.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 in F major 'Pastoral' mvts 4 and 5

    Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Enrico Onofri.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    String Quartet No 5 in F major (4th mvmt, Minuetto)

    Ensemble: La magnifica comunità.
    • Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartets Nos. 1-6.
    • Tactus.
    • 504.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no. 40 in G minor K.550; 1st movement; Allegro molto

    Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.
    • Sony.

  • Brìghde Chaimbeul

    An Leimras / Harris Dance

    • River Lea.

  • William Byrd

    Sing joyfully unto God

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

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • John Williams

    Theme from Jurassic Park

    • MCA Records.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No. 3 in G minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Conductor: Christoph König.
    • Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Clara Schumann

    Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann (No.7)

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.
    • SOMM.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Galop from Suite No 2 for Small Orchestra

    Orchestra: Juilliard Orchestra. Orchestra: Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.

Broadcast

  • Mon 31 Aug 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3