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Start 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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Music Played

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Andante Soave, Op.5 no.6

    Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn - Piano Music.
    • BIS.
    • 17.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music: Suite in F major, HWV 348 (Air)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Handel: Fire & Water.
    • Classic FM.
    • 12-13.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Intermezzo - 4th movt from Sinfonia Antartica

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antartica, etc..
    • HALLE.
    • 3.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    La catedral: II. Andante religioso

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Profesión.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herr, unser Herrscher (St John Passion BWV.245)

    Choir: Polyphony. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • J.S.Bach: St John Passion: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante Festivo

    Ensemble: Tempera Quartet.
    • Sibelius: String Quartets 1890 - 1922.
    • BIS.
    • 12.

  • Eduard Tubin

    Estonian Dance Suite for Orchestra

    Conductor: Hans‐Peter Frank. Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester.
    • Tubin: Symphony No. 7, Estonian Dance Suite & Music for Strings.
    • Big Ben Phonogram.
    • 4.

  • Léo Delibes

    Delibes: Coppélia - Tableau 1: Prélude - Mazurka

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • With Love From Vienna.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • John Dowland

    The Frog Galliard

    Performer: Paul O’Dette.
    • My Favourite Dowland.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 008.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D 664 (Op. posth. 120): I. Allegro moderato [Con

    Performer: Ilya Shmukler.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 13 in A Major, D 664 (Op. posth. 120) [Concours Géza.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 1.

  • Carl Orff

    In trutina (Carmina burana)

    Singer: Kate Royal. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • EMI.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 252

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per una vita.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 220.

  • Owain Park

    Ave maris stella

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • A Rose Magnificat.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 701.

  • Aaron Copland

    Morning on the Ranch (The Red Pony)

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Copland: Four dances from Rodeo: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra/Falletta.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Émile Waldteufel

    The Skaters

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • SONY.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Trumpet Concerto in D major

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.
    • Wynton Marsalis: Baroque Music for Trumpet.
    • Sony.
    • 1-3.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Schön Rosmarin

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.
    • The Romantic Violin: Joshua Bell.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No.1 in F minor, Op.22 (2nd mvt: Adagio)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 08.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D Minor, K. 626 (Introitus - Requiem æternam and Kyrie)

    Singer: Sophie Karthäuser. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Mozart: Requiem, K. 626 (Süssmayr - Dutron 2016 Completion).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1 - 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No.7 in C Minor, Op. 30/2: I. Allegro con brio

    Performer: Chloë Hanslip. Performer: Danny Driver.
    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2.
    • RUBICON.
    • 108.

  • Francesco Cavalli

    Canzon a 3

    Ensemble: Bellot Ensemble.
    • Cupid's Ground Bass.
    • FIRST HAND RECORDS.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Fugata (arr. for 2 guitars, string quartet and double bass)

    Performer: Katona Twins. Performer: Daniel Storer. Music Arranger: Peter Katona. Music Arranger: Zoltán Katona. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Le Grand Tango.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64, TH 29: II. Andante cantabile con alcuna licen

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 & Schulhoff: Five Pieces for String Quartet.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 02.

  • Philip Glass

    Koyaanisqatsi (Koyaanisqatsi)

    Performer: Michael Riesman. Choir: Western Wind Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Riesman.
    • ISLAND.

  • Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

    Dusk (Fancy Dress suite, Op 82 No 3)

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics, Vol. 1.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

  • Edward MacDowell

    Elfentanz [12 Virtuoso Etudes, Op.46]

    Performer: James Barbagallo.
    • Macdowell: Piano Sonata No. 4 / 6 Poems / 12 Virtuoso Studies.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The 49th Parallel (Prelude. Opening Titles)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 19 Jun 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3