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Wake up your senses 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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Mon 15 Sep 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Johannes Brahms

    Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4 (Lullaby)

    Performer: Marie Hallynck. Performer: Sophie Hallynck.
    • Confidentes.
    • Cypres.
    • 8.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Cranes (Kuolema, Op 44)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pietari Inkinen.
    • Sibelius: Night Ride and Sunrise, Belshazzar's Feast, Kuolema.
    • NAXOS.
    • 10.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in B-Flat Major, WN 7

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Chopin: Mazurkas, Vol. 1.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in B-Flat Major, WN 41

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Chopin: Mazurkas, Vol. 1.
    • Linn Records.
    • 5.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the royal fireworks (5th mvt, 'Menuet 1 and 2')

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Albert Ketèlbey

    Bells across the meadows

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Marco-Polo.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for Violin and Continuo in G Major, BWV 1021: I. Adagio

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Kristin von der Goltz. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.
    • J. S. Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Continuo.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.

  • Georges Bizet

    L'arlésienne Suite No. 1, Op. 23bis, WD 40: IV. Carillon

    Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Pablo González.
    • Bizet: Carmen & L'arlésienne Suites.
    • Naxos.
    • 304.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Concertino for flute and orchestra

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: François Leleux.
    • Mozart & Flute in Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Aaron Copland

    Quiet City

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Scott David Stroman.
    • Quiet City.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Beethoven: Violin Concerto.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • César Franck

    Prelude, Fugue et Variation, Op. 18 I. Prelude. Andantino

    Performer: Mao Fujita.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Mambo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • DG.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    L'Amant anonyme, Act I: Overture

    Orchestra: Haymarket Opera Company. Conductor: Craig Trompeter.
    • Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges: L'Amant anonyme.
    • Cedille.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet Op.64)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, KV 41 I. Allegro

    Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili. Orchestra: ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, KV 41 II. Andante

    Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili. Orchestra: ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, KV 41 III. Molto allegro

    Performer: Giorgi Gigashvili. Orchestra: ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Waltz Theme (Murder on the Orient Express)

    Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • The Great Waltz (John Mauceri – The Sound of Hollywood Vol. 9).
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Cancan (Orpheus in the Underworld)

    Performer: Vienna Philharmonic. Performer: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Summer Night Concert 2016.
    • Sony.
    • 11.

  • Frederick Delius

    Autumn (North Country Sketches)

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

  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier (Introduction)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • EMI.

  • Leroy Anderson

    The Typewriter

    Performer: Bill Bailey. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major, Op 50 No 2 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Tokyo String Quartet.
    • Haydn: 6 Preussische Quartette.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere mei Deus [Psalm 51] for 9 voices

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 20.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major D.485 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Karl Böhm.
    • Beethoven, Symphonie No. 6 »Pastorale« + Schubert: Symphonie No. 5: Vienna Philh.
    • DGG.
    • 8.

  • Dorothy Howell

    Humoresque

    Conductor: Rebecca Miller. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Dorothy Howell: Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Märchenbilder, Op. 113: IV. Langsam

    Performer: Alena Baeva. Performer: Vadym Kholodenko.
    • Fantasy.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Mon 15 Sep 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3