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Launch 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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Tue 17 Jun 202506:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for flute and orchestra (RV.428) (Op.10`3) in D major "Il Gardellino [The Goldfinch]": 1st movement; Allegro

    Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Vivaldi: 6 Flute Concertos Op.10: Beznosiuk, The English Concert, Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 10.

  • Claude Debussy

    En Bateau (Petite Suite)

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Hyperion.

  • Margaret Brouwer

    The Art of Sailing at Dawn

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Serenade in D major, Op 69 No 1

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in A minor BWV 865

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Book 1.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Eclogue in F major Op.10

    Performer: Tom Poster. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 17.

  • Eric Whitacre

    A Boy and a Girl

    Ensemble: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Eric Whitacre - Cloudburst.
    • Hyperion.

  • Willem de Fesch

    Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 10: No. 3

    Performer: Lidewij van der Voort. Conductor: Mike Fentross. Orchestra: La Sfera Armoniosa.
    • Willem de Fesch: Concerti Grossi & Violin Concertos.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 6.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Cécile Ousset. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Barshai.
    • EMI.

  • Cristóbal de Morales

    Parce mihi Domine

    Performer: Jan Garbarek. Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • ECM.

  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Sonata for Cello & Piano No. 3, H. 340, 1st Movement

    Performer: Vilém Vlček. Performer: Denis Linnik.
    • Supraphon.

  • Eric Coates

    Mayfair (London Again)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Avie.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Hans Vonk.
    • Mozart: Clarinet concerto K.622: Meyer/Staatskapelle Dresden/Vonk.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

  • George Walker

    Lyric for Strings

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • African American Voices.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations (Aria)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • DG.

  • Lennox Berkeley

    Sonatina for Guitar Op. 52/1: I. Allegretto

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Dreams and Fancies: English Music for Solo Guitar.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Egmont Op.84 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 'Eroica'/Prometheus/Egmont.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Suite no.2 Op.17 (Romance)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Philips.

  • Herman Bellstedt

    Napoli

    Music Arranger: Donald Hunsberger. Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Short Service - Magnificat

    Choir: Oxford Camerata. Conductor: Jeremy Summerly.
    • Naxos.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in B minor, K 27 (arr. for harp)

    Performer: Nora von Marschall.
    • Prospero Classical.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Zauberharfe, D 644 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Tue 17 Jun 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3