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The best classical music wake-up call

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 26 Jun 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Impromptu in A flat major, Op 29

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin - The Piano Works, Preludes and Impromptus.
    • DECCA.
    • 27.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.2 in A flat major Op.16 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 1-4, Tragic Overture, Double Concerto & Serenade No. 2.
    • Lso Live.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    España arr for guitar, Op 165 (Capricho catalan)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Music Arranger: Xuefei Yang.
    • Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 13.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Viola da Gamba Sonata No. 1 in G major, BWV1027

    Performer: Robert Smith. Performer: Francesco Corti.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Serenade Op.48 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony no.4: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • BIS.
    • 6.

  • Francis Pott

    The Souls Of The Righteous

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • A Prayer for Deliverance.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 103.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le tombeau de Couperin, M. 68a: I. Prélude

    • Ravel: Piano Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Ethel Smyth

    Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major: I. Allegro vivace

    • Smyth: Complete Piano Works.
    • jpc schallplatten Versandhandels GmbH.
    • 05.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Legend in F major, Op 59 No 8

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • ELOQUENCE.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite in D major, HWV 349, 'Water Music' (Alla hornpipe)

    Performer: John Constable. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Handel: Fireworks & Water Music: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Marriner.
    • Hanssler Classics.
    • 18.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Danza rustica (Ancient Airs and Dances for Lute, Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Respighi: Antiche danze ed arie per liuto & Gli uccelli.
    • CPO.
    • 202.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sicilano from Flute Sonata BWV 1031

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.

  • Claude Debussy

    Première rhapsodie

    Performer: Franklin Cohen. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Debussy: Nocturnes/La Mer/Jeux: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Ballet des follets (from Damnation of Faust, Op 24)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Frémaux.
    • WARNER.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trio in G major (3rd mvt, Rondo all'ongarese)

    Ensemble: Kungsbacka Trio.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios Hob XV 24, 25, 26 and 31.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.

  • William Grant Still

    Serenade

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • Still: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Bob Chilcott

    The Gift to Sing

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Sofi Jeannin.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in D major Op.6`7

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in A flat major D.899 no.4

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Richard Strauss: Horn Concertos.
    • EMI Eminence.
    • 3.

  • Frederick Delius

    Légende

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • The Lark Ascending.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 III. Rondo: Vivace

    Performer: Maria João Pires. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • ONYX.

  • Robert Schumann

    Genoveva (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.1 in E Minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    My bonny boy (English Folk Song Suite for military band)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • Holst/Vaughan Williams: British Wind Band Classics: Timothy Reynish.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne Suite No 1 (Carillon)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos.
    • Bizet: Carmen Suite, Symphony No. 1: Jesus Lopez-Cobos.
    • Telarc.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Thu 26 Jun 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3