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Ease into the day 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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Wed 12 Nov 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade in E major Op.22 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Auvergne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Forés Veses.
    • Dvořák, Janáček, Martinů: Works for Strings.
    • Aparté.
    • 101.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Wonderland.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 35 in D major, K 385, 'Haffner' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Brüggen.
    • Philips.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christ lag in Todes Banden, BWV 4; 1st & 2nd mvts (Sinfonia and Chorus)

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: Paul Agnew.
    • J. S. Bach: A Life in Music (Vol. 1). Arnstadt & Mühlhausen (1703-1708), Ear.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.

  • Samuel Dushkin

    Sicilienne in E flat major

    Composer: Maria Theresia von Paradis. Performer: Jian Wang. Performer: Göran Söllscher.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No.4 in A major "Italian" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Quintet in F Sharp Minor; 3rd mvt

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson. Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • Robert Russell Bennett

    Violin Concerto; 2nd mvt

    Performer: Chloë Hanslip. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    'Moonlight' Sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • In the Night - Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

    Donna Diana (Overture)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Panorama: Famous Overtures.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Hoagy Carmichael

    The Nearness of You

    Ensemble: Tim Kliphuis Trio.

  • Georg Matthias Monn

    Cello Concerto in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Petra Müllejans.
    • Haydn: Concertos for Cello: Queyras/Freiburger Barockorchester/Mullejans.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 9.

  • Clara Schumann

    Lorelei

    Performer: Ian Tindale. Singer: Santiago Sánchez.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite no.2 in F major HWV.427 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestral works: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Sinfonia in F Major for Alto Recorder, Viola da gamba and Strings

    Performer: Marion Verbruggen. Performer: Sarah Cunningham. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Monica Huggett.
    • Telemann: Les plaisirs: Chamber Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 19.

  • Harold Arlen

    A Sleepin' Bee

    Performer: Richard Rodney Bennett. Music Arranger: Richard Rodney Bennett.
    • Gershwin/Kern etc: That certain feeling: Richard Rodney Bennett.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Manfred Symphony, Op 58 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, The Voyevoda: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orches.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Hubert Parry

    I Was Glad

    Choir: Gabrieli Roar. Ensemble: Chetham's School of Music Symphonic Brass Ensemble. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: David Chatterton.
    • An English Coronation, 1902-1953.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1001.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Mélodie in E major, Op 3 No 3 (Morceaux de fantaisie)

    Performer: Howard Shelley.
    • Rachmaninov: Variations: Howard Shelley.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Anne Dudley

    Pie Jesu

    Performer: Phil Todd. Singer: Carys Lane. Ensemble: The Quartet Of London. Conductor: Anne Dudley.
    • A Different Light.
    • Angel Records.
    • 2.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Piano Quintet no.1 in D minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Anthony Marwood. Ensemble: Domus.
    • HYPERION.

  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood.
    • Hyperion.
    • 001.

  • Isaías Sávio

    Batacuda

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Latino: Milos Karadaglic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Handel Goes Wild.
    • WARNER.
    • 7.

  • Adolf von Henselt

    Piano Concerto in F minor, Op 16 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Henselt and Alkan Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Wed 12 Nov 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3