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Wake up 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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Thu 13 Nov 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Minuet and Trio (Fantasiestücke, Op 5 No 4)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Blue Hour – Weber, Brahms, Mendelssohn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Blumine (Symphony no. 1 in D major)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • ONDINE.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata in G Major, BWV 916 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Francesco Tristano.
    • Bach: The 7 Toccatas.
    • NAIVE.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in F Major, Op. 6 No. 9, HWV 327: II. Allegro

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Handel: 12 Concerti grossi, Op. 6 Nos. 7-12.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 302.

  • Edward Elgar

    Helcia (Music for the Powick Asylum)

    Ensemble: Innovation Chamber Ensemble. Conductor: Barry Collett.
    • Elgar: Music for Powick Asylum.
    • Somm.
    • 33.

  • Elfrida Andrée

    Piano Trio in C Minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Nordica.
    • Andree: Piano Trios - Piano Quartet in A minor.
    • Intim Musik.
    • 06.

  • Max Bruch

    Concerto for Clarinet, Viola and Orchestra Op 88 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Bruch: Double Concertos, Adagio appassionato & Loreley Overture.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 8.

  • Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

    String Quartet No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Minguet Quartett.
    • Reznicek: String Quartets.
    • CPO.
    • 103.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat major, K 495 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 12.

  • Augusta Holmès

    La nuit et l'amour Variation

    Performer: Sophie Pacini. Performer: Eldbjørg Hemsing. Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Eric Coates

    Footlights - Concert Waltz

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Symphony No.2 - 3rd mvt - Scherzo

    Conductor: Sakari Oramo. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata No 20 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia Plays Brahms and Schubert.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Air en rondeau (Dardanus)

    Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Music at the Court of Versailles: Charpentier/Delalande/Lully/Rameau.
    • Erato.
    • 11.

  • Franz Lehár

    Sirens of the Ball - waltz (The Merry Widow)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nick Davies.
    • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performs the Greatest Classics.
    • EMI Gold.
    • 2.

  • Dave Grusin

    Memphis Stomp (The Firm)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • My American Story: North.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Eventide (10th Anniversary Edition).
    • Decca.
    • 14.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 1 in C major, Op 21 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor Op.11 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.
    • Decca.

  • Jasdeep Singh Degun

    Abbhā

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Che gelida manina (La bohème)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
    • Jonas Kaufmann: Romantic Arias.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3: I. Ouverture

    Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini. Ensemble: Zefiro.
    • Bach: Ouvertures.
    • Arcana.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3: II. Air

    Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini. Ensemble: Zefiro.
    • Bach: Ouvertures.
    • Arcana.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3: III. Gavotte 1 & 2

    Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini. Ensemble: Zefiro.
    • Bach: Ouvertures.
    • Arcana.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3: IV. Bourrée

    Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini. Ensemble: Zefiro.
    • Bach: Ouvertures.
    • Arcana.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3: V. Gigue

    Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini. Ensemble: Zefiro.
    • Bach: Ouvertures.
    • Arcana.
    • 5.

  • Arturo Márquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

  • Henry Purcell

    If music be the food of love

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E Flat-Major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consone Quartet.
    • Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets.
    • LINN.

Broadcast

  • Thu 13 Nov 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3