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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 [email protected]

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Thu 1 May 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Franz Berwald

    Symphony No.1 in G minor "Sinfonie Serieuse" (Adagio maestoso)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Berceuse, Op. 16

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Merci.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin concerto in G minor Op.80 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No.7 in G minor, BWV.1058 (2nd mvt: Andante)

    Performer: Christophe Rousset. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Bach: The Complete Harpsichord Concertos: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 8.

  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony in G minor

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.

  • John Ireland

    When May is in His Prime

    Conductor: George Parris. Choir: The Carice Singers.
    • Ireland & Moeran: Choral Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 601.

  • Thomas Morley

    Now is the month of maying

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • EMI.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Concertino in G major for cor anglais

    Performer: Diego Dini Ciacci. Orchestra: Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto.
    • CPO.

  • John Williams

    Theme from Schindler's List (Reprise)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • MCA.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No. 4, Op. 61: I. Moderato

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 4, Song for Orchestra & Knight in Armour.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Impromptu in B minor Op.5 no. 5

    Performer: Folke Gräsbeck.
    • BIS.

  • Leos Janáček

    Sinfonietta (4th movement)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sonata in A Major HWV.361, Op.1 No.3

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Pentatone.

  • Anon.

    Sumer is icumen in

    Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • En Albion: Medieval Polyphony in England.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Pièce in C Major for Cello and Orchestra

    Performer: David Delacroix. Conductor: Ivor Bolton. Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel.
    • Chausson: Pièce in C Major for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 39 (Orch. by Jacques Gai.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 1.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in F major Op.1`1

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • Linn.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche, Op.165d

    Composer: Darius Milhaud. Performer: Oleg Shebata-Dragan. Performer: Oleg Shebata-Dragan. Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester. Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Anna Skryleva. Conductor: Anna Skryleva.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty Suite (2nd Adagio)

    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites, Wiener Philharmoniker.
    • Decca.
    • 16.

  • Gustav Holst

    Indra, God of Storm and Battle (Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op 24)

    Performer: Steuart Bedford. Singer: Christopher Maltman.
    • Naxos.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Jennifer Pike. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of New York. Conductor: Salvatore Di Vittorio.
    • Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.

  • Charles Gounod

    Petite Symphonie: I. Adagio et Allegretto

    Conductor: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: François Leleux.
    • Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1 & Symphony No. 1 - Gounod: Petite Symphonie.
    • Linn Records.
    • 6.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Konya Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Ayla Sahin. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Alasdair Malloy.
    • Decca.

  • Haydn Wood

    Mayday: A May-Day Overture

    Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Wood: Paris Suite / A May-Day Overture.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 1 May 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3