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Wake up 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

  • Franz Liszt

    Au bord d'une source (Années de pèlerinage Ier annee, Suisse)

    Performer: Nicholas Angelich.
    • Nicholas Angelich - Franz Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage.
    • Mirare.
    • 4.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 - 2nd mov Andante

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

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Asturias (Leyenda)

    Music Arranger: Olivier Chassain. Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • Leyendas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 101.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ja, ich halte Jesum feste (Cantata No 157)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Singer: Matthias Goerne. Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester. Director: Alexander Liebreich.
    • Bach: Violin and Voice.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 7.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite for jazz band (Waltz 2)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 13.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Performer: Lambert Orkis.
    • SONY.

  • Eric Coates

    The Three Bears (Phantasy)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Eric Coates : Orchestral Works, Volume 4.
    • Chandos.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Vagabond; Let beauty awake (Songs of Travel)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • Bryn Terfel - The Vagabond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1-2.

  • Leos Janáček

    On an overgrown path (The little owl has not flown away)

    Performer: Thomas Adès.
    • Signum.

  • Vincenzo De Crescenzo

    Rondine al nido

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Conductor: Henry Mancini.
    • The Pavarotti Edition, Vol. 10: Italian Popular Songs.
    • Decca.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No.1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • BR Klassik.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Das Wohltemperierte Klavier, bk.2 no. 9 in E major BWV.878; Prelude

    Performer: James McVinnie.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dance, Op 64 No 2 (Allegretto grazioso)

    Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • Edvard Grieg : Symphony, Symphonic Dances.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
    • 6.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Trio in E minor Op.90 'Dumky' (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Dvořák: Piano Trios, Op. 65 & 90.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.

  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Célèbre tarantelle

    Performer: Michael Gurt. Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.
    • Gottschalk: Complete Works for Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D major RV.549

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • L'Estro Armonico.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
    • 1-3.

  • Percy Grainger

    Green Bushes

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Brion.
    • Grainger: Power of Love (The).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto No 3 in A major, Wq 172 (1st mvt, Allegro)

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 16 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 No. 2

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Chopin: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 & 3.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse profane

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Works by Ravel/Debussy.
    • NAIVE.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Tales from the Vienna Woods

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.
    • J. Strauss II: Walzes & Overtures: Welser-Most.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture in E flat major Op.24

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Alessandro (Overture)

    Orchestra: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Handel: Arias and Duets from the era of 'The Rival Queens'.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tue 2 Sep 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3