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Breakfast with the best 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 16 Oct 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108: No. 2, Sunset

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Lyricist: Sir Walter Scott. Singer: Gerald Finley.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Anna Amalia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

    Erwin und Elmire (Entre acte)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Weimar. Conductor: Peter Gülke.
    • CAPRICCIO.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Estaciones porteñas (2nd mvt, 'Otoño porteño')

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Music Arranger: Sérgio Assad.
    • Leyendas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80: III. Sicilienne

    Orchestra: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80 & Other Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 103.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erbarme dich (St Matthew Passion, BWV 244)

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Singer: Angelika Kirchschlager. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • J.S. Bach: Arias: Angelika Kirchschlager.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.3 in F major Op.90 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Brahms: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.

  • Edward MacDowell

    The Joy of Autumn (New England Idyls)

    Performer: Donna Amato.
    • Edward MacDowell: Essential Works.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 24.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite in G major HWV.350

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Christopher Hogwood.
    • OISEAU LYRE.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.3 in A minor 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jörg Widmann.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish" & The Hebrides - Jörg Widmann:.
    • Orfeo.
    • 5.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Music Arranger: Timothy Walker. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • An Orkney Wedding.
    • LINN.
    • 8.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sinfonia Concertante in B flat (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Brüggen.
    • Haydn: Symphonies - Sturm und Drang, Paris & London.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 111.

  • Stephen Sondheim

    Sweeney Todd, Act 1: The Worst Pies in London

    Singer: Angela Lansbury. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Gemignani.
    • RCA.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 13.

  • John Williams

    Cantina Band (Star Wars)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Star Wars: A New Hope.
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 9.

  • John Williams

    Main Title/Rebel Blockade Runner

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Arista.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise in A major 'Military' (2 Polonaises Op.40)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Polonaises: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Carnaval romain - overture (Op.9)

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montréal. Conductor: Rafael Payare.
    • Berlioz: Le Carnaval Romain & Symphonie Fantastique.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Thomas Tallis

    If ye love me

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Hyperion.

  • Franz Schubert

    Polonaise in B flat major, D.580

    Performer: Paul Guggenberger. Ensemble: Ensemble Wien.
    • Schubert 12 German Dances Concert Piece Rondo Ensemble Wien.
    • Sony.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.38 in D major K.504 'Prague' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 3.

  • Georges Bizet

    Au fond du temple saint (duet from The Pearl Fishers)

    Performer: Bavarian State Orchestra. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Ludovic Tézier. Conductor: Bertrand de Billy.
    • L'Opéra.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Khadra's Dance (Belshazzar's Feast)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Spring Song & Suite from "Belshazzar's Feast".
    • Chandos.
    • 109.

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Paganini: 24 Caprices for Solo Violin, Op. 1, MS 25: No. 9 in E Major "La chasse

    Performer: María Dueñas.
    • Paganini: 24 Caprices — Caprices by Berlioz, Cervelló, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Sa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.

  • Max Bruch

    4 Pieces Op 70 (Piece No 4 'Schottisch')

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Bruch: Piano Trio & Other Chamber Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Scottish Waltz - Allegretto (4 Scottish dances)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 17.

  • Maddalena Casulana

    Ridon or per le piagge; Amor per qual cagión; Io d'odorate fronde

    Ensemble: The Toronto Consort.
    • MARQUIS.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Romance in F Major, Op 36

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Saint-Saëns: Complete Concertos.
    • Berlin Classics.

Broadcast

  • Thu 16 Oct 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3