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Roll out of bed into 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

  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite (Elegy)

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • 150 Years Of the John Foster Black Dyke Mills Band.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 10.

  • Hilda Dederich

    Moonlight through the Cedar Tree

    Performer: David Reeves.
    • Fleur de Son.

  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite

    Orchestra: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
    • Colourise.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 406.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich folge dir gleichfalls (St John Passion, BWV. 245)

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe. Singer: Dorothee Mields.
    • Bach: L'Extase Musicale.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 21 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart Momentum - 1785.
    • Sony.
    • 5.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Orchestral Suite No 4, 'Mozartiana' (Variation 10)

    Orchestra: Aachen Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Ward.
    • Tchaikovsky & Parfenov: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 614.

  • Lü Wencheng

    Autumn moon over a calm lake

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Dragon Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony No 7, 'Pastoral' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • Glazunov: Complete Symphonies & Concertos.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 17.

  • Trad.

    Skye Boat Song

    Performer: Neil Martin. Music Arranger: Chris Hazell. Singer: Nicky Spence. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ian McMillan.
    • My First Love.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 6.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 9 'From the New World' (2nd mvt, Largo)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lahav Shani.
    • Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 “ From the New World”.
    • Warner.

  • Duke Ellington

    In A Sentimental Mood

    Performer: John Coltrane. Performer: Duke Ellington. Performer: Elvin Jones. Singer: Aaron Bell.
    • Impulse.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 82 'The Bear' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Haydn: Complete Paris Symphonies Nos. 82-87.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 211.

  • Franz Ignaz Beck

    Symphony in G Minor, Op. 3, No. 3: I. Allegro con spirito

    Ensemble: The Mozartists. Conductor: Ian Page.
    • Sturm und Drang, Vol. 1: Beck, Gluck, Haydn, Jommelli, Traetta.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 401.

  • Bernhard Crusell

    Bassoon Concertino (3rd mvt, Polacca)

    Performer: Jaakko Luoma. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Janne Nisonen.
    • Crusell, Du Puy & Others: Bassoon Concertos.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 3.

  • César Franck

    Panis angelicus (Mass Op.12)

    Music Arranger: Wolfgang Hochstein. Singer: Pablo Strong. Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Performer: Timothy Ravalde. Performer: Graham Walker. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Hear My Words - Choral Classics from St. John's.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio No 7, 'Archduke' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Amelio Trio.
    • Amelio Trio - Beethoven x Schachtner.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 4.

  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • AVIE.

  • Frank Loesser

    Guys and Dolls (Entr'acte)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Guys and Dolls.
    • Chandos.
    • 201.

  • Rosalind Ellicott

    Piano Trio no.1 in G Major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Anima.
    • English Piano Trios.
    • Divine Art.
    • 103.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird (Finale)

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Eclogue

    Performer: Margaret Fingerhut. Ensemble: Chamber Ensemble of London.
    • Eclogue.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 201.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Air and variations 'The Harmonious Blacksmith' (Suite in E major HWV.430)

    Performer: Red Priest.
    • Red Priest Records.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Serenade

    Performer: Ching-yun Hu.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture No 2

    Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Louise Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 1-3, Overtures Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.

  • Ray Charles

    Hallelujah I Love Her So

    • Rough Guide to Ray Charles.
    • Rough Guides/World Music Network.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Wednesday06:30
    BBC Radio 3