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Wake up your senses 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 21 Oct 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Eintritt; Einsame Blumen; Herberge (Waldszenen, Op 82)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • Schumann - Kinderszenen & Waldszenen; Janacek - On the overgrown path I..
    • HYPERION.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite Op.40 (Air)

    Ensemble: Philharmonische Virtuosen Berlin.
    • Grieg: Holberg Suite/Tchaikovsky: Serenade: Philharmonische Virtuosen Berlin.
    • Teldec.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV.645

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Chris Thile.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin Op.15`2

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto à 5 in B flat major Op.7`3

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Italian Concertos: Alison Balsom/Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7-9.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo concertante in B flat major K.269

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • Pentatone.

  • Franz Schubert

    Allegretto in C minor D.915

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Danse Espagnole (La vida breve)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler.
    • Decca.

  • Louis Spohr

    Nonet in F major, Op 31 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Spohr: Nonet and Octet: Nash Ensemble.
    • CRD.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Laudate pueri

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Monteverdi: Messa a quattro voci - Vol I.
    • Coro.
    • 7.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Carnival Overture, Op.92

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Dvorak: Symphony No.9/Carnival Overture.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four English Dances, Set 1 (No 4)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 4.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Symphony in A major

    Orchestra: L’Orfeo Barockorchester. Director: Michi Gaigg.
    • CPO.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Sonata for clarinet or viola in F minor Op.120`1 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Simon Crawford‐Phillips.
    • Brahms: Violin Sonatas Op.120, Power/Crawford-Phillips/Hugh.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Morgenblatter - Walzer Op.279

    Conductor: Willi Boskovsky. Orchestra: Johann Strauss Orchestra Of Vienna.
    • 100 Best Waltzes & Polkas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chabrier: Piano Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in D major, Op.6 No.7

    Orchestra: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • HYPERION.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dances Nos 20 and 21 orch Dvorak

    Orchestra: Budapest Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • DECCA.

  • Charles Gounod

    Petite symphonie (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Athena Ensemble.
    • Music for Wind Ensembles.
    • Chandos.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony No 3 in C minor, Op 78, 'Organ Symphony' (conclusion)

    Performer: Gillian Weir. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Linden Lea

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Author: William Barnes. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • Vaughan Williams: The English Song Series 14: Williams/Burnside.
    • Naxos.
    • 16.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in D major, K 239, 'Notturna' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Mozart: Serenate Notturne, Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    String Quartet No 1 in E minor, 'From my life' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.

Broadcast

  • Tue 21 Oct 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3