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Ease into the day with classical music

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. You can contact the show by emailing [email protected]

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford, including BBC Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century – a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, A Taste of Trapped Sun by Northern Irish composer Anselm McDonnell reflects on the 2016 signing of The Paris Agreement. With a text by Tim MacGabhann it’s performed by the BBC Singers.

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Mon 19 May 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major K.581 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet: Martin Frost.
    • BIS.
    • 5.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Julia Florida (Barcarola)

    Performer: John Williams.
    • The Great Paraguayan - Solo Guitar Works by Barrios.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Fela Sowande

    Akinla (African Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Black Composer Series, Vol. 7: William Grant Still, Fela Sowande & George Walker.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Two-part Inventions; Nos. 7 - 15, BWV 778-786

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias (Remastered).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.

  • Eric Coates

    By the Sleepy Lagoon ['Desert Island Discs' Theme Tune]

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • EMI.

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Heyr þú oss himnum á [Hear us in the heavens]

    Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjavicensis. Conductor: Hörður Áskelsson.
    • Meditatio: Music for Mixed Choir.
    • BIS.
    • 10.

  • Michael Haydn

    Symphony in G major, P 27

    Orchestra: Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein. Orchestra: Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • CPO.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    One Summer's Day (Spirited Away)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • Universal Music LLC.

  • Charles-Auguste de Bériot

    Concerto no. 6 in A major for violin and orchestra: 2nd mvt; Allegretto

    Performer: Ayana Tsuji. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Halász.
    • Bériot: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 202.

  • Franz Liszt

    La Campanella

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Liszt - My Piano Hero.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Howard Goodall

    Cornflower Sky (The Seasons Suite, Summer)

    Performer: Božidar Vukotić. Performer: Marianna Szymanowska. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Howard Goodall The Seasons.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 14.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

    Singer: Salvatore Licitra. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sian Edwards.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Amy Beach

    Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 34 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • Works For Violin and Piano.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 2.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.6`2 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Corelli: Concerti Grossi, Sinfonia to Santa Beatrice d'Este.
    • Aparté.
    • 110.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 4 in F minor, Op 36: Finale (Allegro con fuoco)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Symphonies: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Henry Litolff

    Piano Trio no.2 in E flat major Op.56 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Leonore Piano Trio.
    • Hyperion.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in C major, RV 474

    Performer: Gustavo Núñez. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Pentatone.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major, Op.90 'Italian' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations: 16, 25

    Performer: Roman Rabinovich.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Go, lovely rose (3 Flower Songs)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Cloudburst and other choral works.
    • HYPERION.
    • 5.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks; No. 3 La Paix Largo Alla Siciliana

    Conductor: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Invocation To The Night.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 29.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major, Op.73, 'Emperor' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos Lewis - Belohlavek.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Op.74, No.1 in C Major 'Vivace'

    Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, Opp.71 and 74.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

    Donna Diana Overture

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Music Arranger: Howard Lorriman. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • OBRASSO.

  • Claude Debussy

    La soiree dans Grenade (Estampes)

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Mon 19 May 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3