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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 12 Jun 202506:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Melodies, Op. 4 - 6 melodies, Op. 5: Andante soave

    Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.
    • Mendelssohn-Hensel: Piano Sonata in G Minor / 6 Character Pieces.
    • BIS.
    • 6.

  • Frédéric d’Erlanger

    Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 17: II. Andante - Cadenza - Adagio

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Cliffe & Erlanger: Violin Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Violin Concerto 10).
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)

    Singer: Jane Sheldon. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.
    • Elena Kats-Chernin - Wild Swans.
    • ABC.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Capriccio in E Major "In honorem Johann Christoph Bach", BWV 993

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: Italian Concerto, French Overture, 4 Duets, Capriccios.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo, HWV 7a / Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga"

    Lyricist: Giacomo Rossi. Lyricist: Aaron Hill. Lyricist: Torquato Tasso. Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Eternal Light.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 11.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Romance, Op 39

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • DECCA.

  • Robert Farnon

    The Westminster Waltz

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • British Light Classics: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Barry Wandsworth.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 104 in D major "London" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Director: Richard Tognetti.
    • Haydn – Mozart.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 12.

  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Performer: Geoffrey Tozer. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Grainger Edition Vol. 5 Works for Chorus and Orchestra 2.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 016.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    12 Concerti Grossi, Op. 6, No. 5 in B-Flat Major

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Naive.

  • Thomas Baron Pitfield

    Sinfonietta: I. Introduction and Dance-Variants. Lento e flessibile - Allegro

    Orchestra: Liepāja Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Pitfield: Orchestral Music.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 01.

  • Max Bruch

    String Quintet in A minor (4th mvt)

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Performer: Sandis Šteinbergs. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Ilze Kļava. Performer: Reinis Birznieks.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 etc..
    • BIS.
    • 8.

  • Léo Delibes

    Les Chasseresses (Sylvia - suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Trumpet Concerto in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Thomas Klug. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.

  • Ernest Tomlinson

    First Suite of English Folk-dances

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Claude Debussy

    La cathédrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Hector Berlioz

    The Damnation of Faust (Hungarian March)

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Classic Marches: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra/Slatkin.
    • RCA.
    • 1.

  • Judith Weir

    Love Bade Me Welcome

    Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Conductor: Geoffrey Webber.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C Major, Op. 53, TH 32: II. Valse. Moderato

    Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 102.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in B flat major, K 287 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
    • Philips.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: André Previn. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
    • Philips.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four English Dances, Set 1, Op 27 (No 4)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 3 in E flat "Eroica" (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica".
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Thu 12 Jun 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3