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Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong

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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Wed 13 Aug 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Georges Delerue

    La passante du Sans-Souci

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Erato.
    • 5419779905.

  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden (from A Village Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Argo.
    • 4302022.

  • Thomas Tomkins

    When David Heard That Absalom Was Slain

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • HMU807554.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and fugue from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, bk.2 no. 1 (BWV.870)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • CDA67741/4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 60 in C Major, Hob. I:60 "Il distratto": IV. Presto

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Warner.
    • 190296684586.

  • Marie Jaëll

    Cello Concerto in F Major, 3rd Mvt: Andantino Sostenuto

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Rakitina.
    • Sony.
    • G010005505549R.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz A-Flat Major, Op. 42

    Performer: Dmitri Alexeev.
    • EMI.
    • 190374816434.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Die Schone Melusine - overture Op.32

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio Méndez..
    • Linn Records.
    • CKD555M.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Fantasia a 6 (MB.48.35)

    Performer: Susanna Pell. Performer: Asako Morikawa. Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Avie.
    • AV0032.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Scherzo capriccioso Op. 66

    Orchestrator: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • EMI.
    • 5008782.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    3 Pieces for cello and piano; no.1 in E flat minor; Modere

    Performer: Johannes Moser. Performer: Gamal Khamis.

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Heyr þú oss himnum á (Hear us in the heavens)

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • HMM905330.

  • Claude Debussy

    Symphony in B minor (arr. T. Finno for orchestra) - II. Un poco lento, cantabile

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Naxos.
    • 8509002.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks; Overture

    Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitry Sinkovsky.
    • Pentatone.
    • PTC5187013.

  • Hubert Parry

    Symphony No. 4 in E Minor: II. Molto adagio

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1332706.

  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants, Op.22; Galop - Le Bal

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Mirare.
    • MIR036.

  • Florence Price

    Clouds

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Flipside Music.
    • FL0026.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turandot - opera in 3 acts: Act 3 sc.1; Nessun dorma

    Singer: Freddie De Tommaso. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: The Apollo Voices. Conductor: Paolo Arrivabeni.
    • Decca.
    • 00028948529650.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988: Aria (Arr. for Clarinet and Bass)

    Performer: Martin Fröst. Performer: Sebastien Dubé.
    • Sony.
    • G0100055490334.

  • Chevalier J.J.O. de Meude-Monpas

    Concerto no. 4 in D major for violin and orchestra: 1st mvt; Allegro

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Hege.
    • Cedille.
    • CDR90000035.

  • Johannes Eccard

    Maria, das Jungfräuelein

    Choir: Vocal Concert Dresden.. Choir: Capella de la Torre. Conductor: Peter Kopp.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No.14 in D Minor, D. 810 "Death and the Maiden": I. Allegro

    Music Arranger: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
    • Alpha.
    • ALPHA265.

  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Proud Thames - coronation overture

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Lyrita.
    • SRCD288.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le Nozze di Figaro - opera in 4 acts K.492: Act 2, no.11; Voi, che sapete

    Singer: Magdalena Kožená. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • DG.
    • 4779172.

  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse Op.17 for violin and piano

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Enrico Pace.
    • Decca.
    • 478 9377.

Broadcast

  • Wed 13 Aug 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3