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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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Tue 7 Oct 202506:30
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major, Kk.420

    Performer: Anne Queffélec.
    • MIRARE.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No.4 in D Major, K. 19

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Mozart, Youth Symphonies.
    • Aparté.
    • 105.

  • Amy Beach

    Pastorale for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 151

    Ensemble: Ambache Chamber Ensemble.
    • Beach: Violin Sontata etc..
    • CHANDOS.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Motet BWV230 'Lobet den Herrn alle Heiden'

    Ensemble: Solomon's Knot.
    • PROSPERO CLASSICS.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Perpetuum mobile

    Conductor: Zubin Mehta. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Legendary Moments from the New Year's Concerts, Vol. 2.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Sarao (Concierto serenata)

    Performer: Isabelle Moretti. Orchestra: Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla. Conductor: Edmon Colomer.
    • Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Concierto Serenata.
    • Auvdis Valois.
    • 8.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Character Piece no.3 in B major

    Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde, D 797 (Romanze)

    Music Arranger: Anton Webern. Singer: Benjamin Appl. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Oscar Jockel.
    • Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 2.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Wonderland.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • AVI MUSIC.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Brockes-Passion (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Richard Egarr.
    • AAM.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Spring Song, Op. 16

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite etc.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 005.

  • William Petter

    Vigil Mass (I. Kyrie)

    Performer: Peter Foggitt. Choir: Rose Singers.
    • Ablaze With Light.
    • novum.

  • Charles‐Valentin Alkan

    Prelude: J'étais endormie, mais mon cœur veillait...

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Good Night!.
    • ERATO.
    • 16.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

    Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Performer: Phillip McCann. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Roy Newsome.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    3 Dance episodes from 'On the town'

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Sony.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lacrimosa (Requiem in D minor, K.626)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Mozart Requiem Reconstruction of First Performances.
    • LINN.
    • 8.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo in G minor

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Munch.
    • Charles Munch conducts Romantic Masterworks.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto no.3 in C major Op.26 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Lang Lang. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Lang Lang, Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle: Piano Concertos.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Sonata no.12 in A minor - 1683 [Fidicinium sacro-profanum]

    Ensemble: The Purcell Quartet.
    • Biber: Sacro-Profanum: The Purcell Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 18.

  • George Walker

    Trombone Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: James DePreist.
    • BIS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral".
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Jaime Bosch

    Brimborion

    Performer: Maria Teresa Garrigosa. Performer: Miguel Javaloy.
    • Bosch: Obres per a Veu i Guitarra.
    • La Ma de Guido.
    • 12.

  • Aaron Copland

    Rodeo - 4 Dance Episodes (No 1, Buckaroo Holiday)

    Orchestra: Colorado Symphony. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Bis.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic dances Op.64 (no.1)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Grieg: Symphonic Dances.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tue 7 Oct 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3