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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

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 22 Oct 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Joachim Raff

    Symphony no.3 in F major, Op.153 'Im Walde' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Francesco d'Avalos.
    • Raff: Symphony No.3.
    • ASV Digital.
    • 3.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor, Op 10 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet; Clarinet Quintet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 12 in A major, K 414 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Director: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 4 (Bourrees I & II, Gigue)

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.
    • J.S. Bach: Complete Cello Suites (The 2023 Sessions).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.

  • Max Reger

    Romantic Suite (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jaime Martín.
    • Reger: 4 Tone Poems After Arnold Bocklin, Op. 128 & Romantic Suite, Op. 125.
    • Ondine.
    • 6.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano trio in E flat, D 929 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Schubert: Chamber Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 8.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major

    Performer: Raffaele La Ragione. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Francesco Corti.
    • Mandolin on Stage.
    • Arcana.
    • 3-5.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Sonata No.3 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Ruddigore - Overture

    Music Arranger: Hamilton Clarke. Orchestra: Sadler’s Wells Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Phipps.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 7.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossiennes No. 1

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.

  • Franz von Suppé

    Light Cavalry (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Suppe: Overtures and marches: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 98 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.
    • Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 11.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in D major Kk.491

    Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Scarlatti.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse Macabre

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems - Le Carnaval des animaux - L'Assassinat du duc de.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen's Return

    Performer: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon à 10, S.137

    Performer: London Symphony Brass. Conductor: Eric Crees.
    • Gabrieli: Music for Brass Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.3 in C minor (Juba)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Anne Dudley

    Suite from Poldark

    Orchestra: The Chamber Orchestra of London. Conductor: Anne Dudley.
    • Poldark - The Ultimate Collection (Music from TV Series 1-5).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Macbeth (Act 1: Prelude and Act 3: Ballet Music)

    Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Verdi: Preludes, Ballet Music & Opera Choruses.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Sonatine (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julien Libeer.
    • Maurice Ravel: Piano & Chamber Music.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K. 543 (4th mvt. Allegro)

    Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge. Conductor: Julien Chauvin.
    • Alpha.

  • Josef Strauss

    Mein Lebenslauf ist Lieb' und Lust

    Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Neujahrskonzert/New Year's Concert 2011; Weiner Philharmoniker/Wesler-Most.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Wed 22 Oct 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3