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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 14 Aug 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Franz Liszt

    Sposalizio (Années de pèlerinage - Italie)

    Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage - Lortie.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-Flat Major, K. 417: I. Allegro

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Double Concerto, BWV 1060, D minor version (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • J.S.Bach, Solo & Double Violin Concertos.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No.4 in G major, Op.39

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Giovanni Paisiello

    Mandolin Concerto in E Flat Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Sextet in D major Op.10 (Finale)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet. Performer: Jennifer Stumm. Performer: Bartholomew LaFollette.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Krišs Russman.
    • BIS.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse macabre Op.40

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Le Boeuf sur le toit.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in D major RV.428, 'Il gardellino'

    Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Vivaldi: 6 Flute Concertos: Lisa Beznosiuk/English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 10-12.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study in G sharp minor, Op.25 no.6

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • The Chopin Album.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 6.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (2nd mvt, Larghetto)

    Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.
    • Linn.

  • Henry Purcell

    How Happy the Lover

    Ensemble: Les Inventions. Choir: VOCES8.
    • A Purcell Collection.
    • Signum Records.
    • 5.

  • William Smethergell

    Overture in E-Flat Major, Op. 2 No. 1: I. Allegro

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
    • Smethergell: 6 Overtures, Op. 2.
    • CPO.
    • 101.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Richard Strauss

    Wiegenlied, Op 41 No 1

    Singer: Anne Schwanewilms. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • R. Strauss: Don Juan; Lieder; Macbeth.
    • Halle.
    • 4.

  • Franz Danzi

    Quintet in G minor Op.56 no.2 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.
    • Danzi: Wind Quintets, Op.56 Nos.1-3; Piano Quintet, Op.41.
    • BIS.
    • 5.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 5 in E flat major, Op 82 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • Sibelius: Complete Symphonies/Three Late Fragments.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    A Town with an Ocean View (Kiki's Delivery Service)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • DG.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Peter Grimes (Sea Interlude No 3)

    Conductor: Steuart Bedford. Singer: Giselle Allen. Orchestra: Britten Pears Orchestra.
    • Peter Grimes.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Charles Ives

    Symphony no.2 K.V.11 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Ives: Symphonies Nos 1 and 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Thu 14 Aug 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3