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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

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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Tue 3 Jun 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus, D. 935, Op. 142: No. 2 in A-Flat Major

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Schubert: Impromptus, D. 899 (Op. 90) & D. 935 (Op. 142); Schubert-Liszt: Song T.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Strings in E major, Op 22 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • Rafael Kubelik: Rare Recordings 1963 - 1974.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in C Minor for Violin and Oboe After BWV 1060

    Performer: John Abberger. Performer: Jeanne Lamon. Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV 70 & 154; Concerto BWV 1060; Orchestral Suite No. 2.
    • ANALEKTA.
    • 16.

  • Michael Tippett

    Steal away (5 Spirituals from A Child of Our Time)

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • a la Gloire de Dieu: The Sixteen.
    • Coro.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 7 in C major 'Le Midi' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Alpha.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Suite for Violin and Piano (2nd mvmt, Cavatina)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Roots (Deluxe Edition).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 20.

  • Gordon Jacob

    Concerto for horn and strings (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sören Hermansson. Orchestra: Umeå Sinfonietta. Conductor: Edvard Tjivzjel.
    • Horn Concertos: Hermansson, Umea Sinfonietta.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise in A major, Op 40 No 1, 'Military'

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: Polonaises: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture)

    Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel. Director: Hervé Niquet.
    • Handel: Water Music & Fireworks: Concert Spirituel, Niquet.
    • Glossa.
    • 19.

  • Mats Lidström

    The Ballad of the Wootten Lair

    Performer: Mats Lidström. Performer: Victor Lim.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in F major Wq.183`3 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Munich Bach Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Richter.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • John Dowland

    Fantasia in G major P.1

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat major K.271 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 18: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Leif Ove Andsn.
    • EMI.

  • George Lloyd

    HMS Trinidad March

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Performer: George Lloyd. Performer: David King. Conductor: David King.
    • English Heritage.
    • Albany Records.
    • 006.

  • Pawel Lukaszewski

    Ave Maria

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Choral music by Pawel Lukaszewski.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances for piano, Op 21; No.1

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet no.11 in E major, G.275 (Minuet)

    Orchestra: Europa Galante.
    • Boccherini: String Quintets.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 13.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: London Symphony/Oboe Concerto: Halle/Elder.
    • Halle.
    • 3.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Cello Sonata Op.17 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • HYPERION.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Suite d'apres Corrette, Op. 161

    Ensemble: Chicago Chamber Musicians.
    • 20th Century French Wind Trios.
    • Cedille.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Pentatone.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Battalia

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Teldec.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Donna e Mobile (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Juan Diego Flórez. Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.
    • Decca.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D Minor Kk.1

    Music Arranger: Martin Frost. Music Arranger: Roland Pöntinen. Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Roland Pöntinen.
    • SONY.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Scherzo in D minor

    Orchestra: Imperial Music Choir. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Rachmaninov: Orchestral Works.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Tue 3 Jun 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3