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Rise and shine 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 19 Nov 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.3 in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Leos Janáček

    Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs (Numbers 14,1,2,25)

    Ensemble: Talichovo kvarteto.
    • Gypsy Melodies.
    • La Dolce Volta.
    • 11.

  • Robert Schumann

    Vogel als Prophet (Waldszenen Op.82)

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Schumann: Piano Pieces.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, BWV 1 - Chorus

    Performer: Eva Saladin. Performer: Claudio Rado. Performer: Emmanuel Laporte. Orchestra: Gli Angeli Genève. Conductor: Stephan MacLeod. Singer: Thomas Hobbs. Singer: Aleksandra Lewandowska.
    • Bach: The Complete Chorale Cantatas / Cantatas 45-47.
    • APARTE.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pavane

    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • The Secret Fauré 2.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 9.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    Cantique

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Merci.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    German Dance No 1

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
    • Schubert: Symphony No. 9 in C Major, D. 944 "Great" & 5 German Dances, D. 97.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 5.

  • Tomás Méndez

    Cucurrucucú paloma

    Performer: Jonathan Bolívar. Singer: Juan Diego Flórez.
    • Bésame Mucho.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 5.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Nocturne No 4

    Performer: Pablo Ferrández. Conductor: Martin Fröst. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Moonlight Variations.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Sonata Variation

    Performer: Eldbjorg Hemsing. Music Arranger: Tim Allhoff. Ensemble: Norwegian String Quintet.
    • Sony.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Eclogue in F major for piano and strings, Op.10

    Performer: Piers Lane. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Daniel.
    • DECCA.

  • Trad.

    Dashing away with the smoothing iron

    Music Arranger: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.

  • Claude Debussy

    Images: No. 2, Iberia: Par les rues et par les chemins

    Conductor: Jun Märkl. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.
    • Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Scott Joplin

    The Entertainer

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • Emma Johnson / Voyage.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 7.

  • William Boyce

    Symphony No 5 in D major (1st mvmt)

    Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Naxos.

  • Abel Selaocoe

    Tsohle Tsohle (Live)

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Bernhard Schimpelsberger. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.
    • Tsohle Tsohle (Live).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 3 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major, Kk.455

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E Minor (4th mvt)

    Performer: Sung-Won Yang. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hans Graf.
    • Echoes of Elegy: Elgar.
    • Universal Music Ltd..

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Rainbow Promise

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Autumn (6 Études de concert- book 1 Op.35)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • hyperion.
    • 013.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite: II. Nocturne

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite: III. Mazurka

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite: IV. Romance

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ombra mai fu (Xerxes)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Toulouse. Singer: Rose Naggar Tremblay.
    • Arion.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Hornpipe from Ruddigore

    Lyricist: William Gilbert. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: Ruddigore.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Seong‐Jin Cho. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Works and Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Madamina, il catalogo è questo (Don Giovanni)

    Music Arranger: Josef Triebensee. Ensemble: Budapest Wind Ensemble.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

Broadcast

  • Wed 19 Nov 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3