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Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong

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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Fri 24 Oct 202506:30
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Music Played

  • John Barry

    The Beyondness of Things

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.
    • Decca.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 94 'Surprise' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 16: The Surprise.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat Major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Conductor: Michael Sanderling. Orchestra: Luzerner Sinfonieorchester.
    • Trumpet Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Sonata in A major, Op 3 No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Göran Söllscher.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    'Pan Ist Meister, Laßt Ihn Gehn!' (The Contest Between Phoebus and Pan)

    Conductor: René Jacobs. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Singer: Kurt Azesberger.
    • JS Bach: Cantates profanes.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 11.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.29 in A major K.201 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Sir Charles Mackerras Conducts Mozart.
    • Linn Records.
    • 4.

  • Claude Debussy

    Passepied (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • AVIE.

  • Johann Stamitz

    Symphony in D major, Op 4 No 2, 'Symphonie pastorale' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen.
    • Christmas Concertos - Kammerochestrer Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 24.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 73 (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic.
    • Giulini in America: Los Angeles Philharmonic/Giulini.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 3.

  • Thomas Tallis

    O nata lux

    Performer: Christian Forshaw. Music Arranger: Christian Forshaw. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D Minor Op.47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Sibelius & Barber: Violin Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Frederic Curzon

    Cascade Waltz

    Conductor: Adrian Leaper. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Curzon: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concert Piece No 1 in F minor, Op 113

    Music Arranger: Rainer Schottstädt. Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Ensemble: Wiener Virtuosen.
    • The Clarinotts.
    • DG.
    • 1-3.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No. 8 in B-Flat Major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Schubert: String Quartets D. 112 & 887.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture Op 96

    Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 1-15.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • Edward Elgar

    5 Polkas: No.1 Maud

    Ensemble: Innovation Chamber Ensemble. Conductor: Barry Collett.
    • SOMM.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, Pt.2, no.42; Hallelujah [chorus]

    Conductor: Robert Shaw. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus.
    • A Christmas Concert with Robert Shaw.
    • Vox.
    • 20.

  • Leos Janáček

    On an Overgrown Path, Book 1 (No 5, They Gossiped like Swallows)

    Performer: Charles Owen.
    • Leos Janacek: Piano music: Charles Owen.
    • Somm New Horizons.
    • 7.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet in G Major: II. Andante moderato - Allegretto

    Performer: Pacifica Quartet.
    • American Voices.
    • Cedille Records.
    • 106.

  • John Stanley

    Trumpet Voluntary Op 6 No 5

    Performer: Jane Parker‐Smith. Performer: Maurice André.
    • Music for Trumpet.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Isabella Leonarda

    Sonata in A minor Op.16 no.7

    Performer: Emanuele Breda. Performer: Barbara Mauch-Heinke. Performer: Daniela Wartenberg. Performer: Toshinori Ozaki. Performer: Sofya Gandilyan.
    • Isabella Leonarda: Motets & Sonatas.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 701.

  • Carlo Innocenzi

    Addio, sogni di Gloria

    Music Arranger: Henry Mancini. Singer: Freddie De Tommaso. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Renato Balsadonna.
    • Decca.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 5 'Emperor' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jan Bartoš. Orchestra: Vienna Symphonic Orchestra Project. Conductor: Petr Popelka.
    • Beethoven, Reicha Piano Concertos.
    • SUPRAHON.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Baïlèro (Chants d'Auvergne Set 1)

    Singer: Mari Eriksmoen. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Suite in A major, Op.98b, 'American' (3rd mvt)

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

  • Eric Coates

    London Suite - Covent Garden

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • The Best Of British Light Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    24 Préludes, Op. 28: No. 2 in A Minor

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Chopin: 24 Préludes - Brahms: Intermezzo, Op. 117 No. 1 - Schumann: Ghost Variat.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Fri 24 Oct 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3