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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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Wed 8 Oct 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 2 in B flat major, D 125 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Michael Tippett

    Steal away (5 Spirituals from A Child of Our Time)

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • a la Gloire de Dieu: The Sixteen.
    • Coro.
    • 6.

  • Scott Joplin

    Weeping Willow

    Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Lucerne DeSa. Music Arranger: Marcus Eley.
    • But Not Forgotten: Music by African-American Composers for clarinet and piano.
    • SONO LUMINUS.
    • 11.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La traviata (Act 3 Prelude)

    Librettist: Francesco Maria Piave. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande

    • Bach, J.S.: The Solo Keyboard Works.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 154.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D Major, RV 589: I. Gloria in excelsis Deo

    Lyricist: Anon.. Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria & Magnificat (Alpha Collection).
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Alexandre Desplat

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Florentino Calvo. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Alexandre Desplat.
    • Airlines.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in B minor Op.69`2

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • ERATO.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • Much loved music: Halle Orchestra and Choir/Hughes.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Cuckoo Polka, Op.336

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georges Prêtre.
    • New Year's Concert 2010.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein.
    • Rhapsody.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 33.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Pini di Roma - 1st mvt: I pini di Villa Borghese

    Conductor: Alessandro Crudele. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Pini di Roma, Impressioni brasiliane & Belkis, regina di Saba.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Sonata for Piano and Violin in E Minor, K. 304 - II. Tempo di minuetto

    • Mozart: Classical BBQ.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 360.

  • Richard Wagner

    The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walküre)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Wagner: The Ring: Daniel BarenBoim, Orchestre de Paris.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Henry Purcell

    Fly Swift, Ye Hours, Z. 369

    Performer: John Toll. Performer: Nigel North. Performer: Richard Boothby. Singer: Nancy Argenta.
    • Purcell: Songs and Airs.
    • Erato.
    • 4.

  • Max Richter

    On The Nature Of Daylight

    Orchestra: Baltic Sea Philharmonic. Conductor: Kristjan Järvi.
    • Exiles.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Aaron Copland

    Saturday Night Waltz (Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring: New York Philharmonic/Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI.

  • Kate Bush

    This Woman's Work

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Balcombe.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Stamitz

    Sinfonia in B-Flat Major, 1st mvt

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Timo Handschuh.
    • CPO.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Legend, Op 59 No 6

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS MEDIA.

  • Pérez Prado

    Qué Rico el Mambo

    Performer: Sarah Willis. Music Arranger: Joshua Davis. Ensemble: Havana Horns.
    • Alpha.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Sheherazade, Op. 35: II. The Legend of the Kalendar Prince

    Performer: Sergey Galaktionov. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: Filarmonica 900 Teatro Regio Torino.
    • Fone Records.

  • Charlotte Sohy

    Kyrie

    Conductor: Christophe Grapperon. Choir: Chœur de Radio France.
    • Motets romantiques.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 11.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sextet in E flat major Op.81b (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Gaudier Ensemble.
    • Beethoven: Septet; Sextet.
    • HELIOS.
    • 9.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, 2nd mvt

    Performer: Lang Lang. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Saint-Saëns.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Edward Elgar

    Adieu

    Performer: Lucilla Rose Mariotti. Performer: Alessio Enea.
    • Orchid Classics.

Broadcast

  • Wed 8 Oct 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3