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Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong

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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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Prelude on the Welsh hymn tune 'Rhosymedre'

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestrator: Arnold Foster.
    • Vaughan Williams: Concerto Accademico etc.: Northern Sinfonia/Hickox.
    • EMI.
    • 9.

  • Ernest Bloch

    Prayer

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Ensemble: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Prayer.
    • Sony.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor, 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • SONY.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in A major after BWV 1055 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque - J.S. Bach violin concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 10.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dance No 1

    Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bartok: The Wooden Prince (Final Version).
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 23.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dance No 2

    Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bartok: The Wooden Prince (Final Version).
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 24.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dance No 3

    Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bartok: The Wooden Prince (Final Version).
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 25.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dance No 4

    Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bartok: The Wooden Prince (Final Version).
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 26.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dance No 5

    Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bartok: The Wooden Prince (Final Version).
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 27.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dance No 6a

    Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bartok: The Wooden Prince (Final Version).
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 28.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dance No 6b

    Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bartok: The Wooden Prince (Final Version).
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 29.

  • Robert Schumann

    Myrthen: No 1 Widmung

    Performer: Raphaël Sévère. Performer: Adam Laloum.
    • Sing! - Songs Without Words (Schumann-Brahms-Wagner).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Le Dernier Sorcier: Chanson de la pluie

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Casta Diva.
    • Chandos.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major, D.803 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Gaudier Ensemble.
    • Schubert: Octet: Gaudier Ensemble.
    • ASV.

  • John Williams

    Hedwig's Theme (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: John Williams.
    • DG.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 29 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 18: Il maestro di scuola.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.

  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Suite for 2 Violins and Piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Fiona Khuong-Huu. Performer: Hina Khuong-Huu. Performer: Rohan de Silva.
    • Dear to Us.
    • Pentatone.
    • 103.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.
    • Wynton Marsalis: The London Concert: Haydn, L.Mozart, Fasch, Hummel.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in G major Op.37 no.2

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes and Impromptus: Angela Hewitt, piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto in B flat major Wq.171 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • CPE Bach Cello Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 006.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Le Papillon et la Fleur

    Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Singer: Alessandro Fisher.
    • A Gardener's World.
    • Rubicon.
    • 12.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 in C Major, Op. 53, TH 32: II. Valse. Moderato

    Conductor: Alpesh Chauhan. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 102.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315, 'Summer' (3rd mvmt, Presto)

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.
    • Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 7.

  • Steve Reich

    Nagoya Marimbas

    Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • EMI.

  • Edward Elgar

    Polonia, Op 76

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Elgar Sea Pictures / Polonia / Pomp and Circumstance Marches.
    • Halle.
    • 6.

  • Ignacy Jan Paderewski

    Menuet célèbre [6 Humoresques de concert, Op.14 - Book 1 "À l'antique"]

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Encores.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    The Force of Destiny (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 12 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Saskia Giorgini. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Mozart & Shostakovich: Concertos for Piano and Strings & Piano Sonata.
    • Pentatone.
    • 1.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Callirhoé (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Metz. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 1.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Danza de las hachas (Fantasia para un gentilhombre)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Milos Aranjuez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Kodály Zoltán

    Hary Janos Suite (Version for Orchestra): V. Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Kodály: Háry János Suite, Summer Evening & Symphony in C Major.
    • Naxos.
    • 105.

  • Claude Debussy

    Orchestral Suite No 1: Ballet

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Debussy: La Mer & Première Suite d'Orchestre.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Fri 28 Nov 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3