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Start 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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Mon 24 Nov 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Roderick Elms

    De Profundis Concertino for bass clarinet & orchestra (2nd mvt - Canzonetta)

    Performer: Derek Hannigan. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra.
    • Roderick Elms: Visions of St Anne and Other Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Records.
    • 3.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op. 12

    Performer: Nicolas Dautricourt. Conductor: Frédéric Chaslin. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
    • Elgar: Violin Concerto & Salut d'amour - Delius: Suite.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Part Songs

    Choir: North German Radio Choir. Conductor: Philipp Ahmann.
    • Es-Dur.

  • David Lyon

    Aria (Short suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • English String Miniatures, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No 1 in D minor, BWV 812 (Gigue)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in D major (Tafelmusik, 2nd production)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Petra Müllejans.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 (No. 2, Andante)

    Performer: Marie François.
    • Chopin: Nocturnes.
    • Evil Penguin Classic.
    • 2.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms: Serenades.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals - Aviary

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Ayla Sahin. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Toby Hughes. Performer: Adam Walker.
    • The Kanneh-Masons.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 23.

  • Richard Rodgers

    South Pacific Overture

    Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • DECCA BROADWAY.

  • Philip Glass

    Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt.

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Orchestra: Berlin Concerthouse Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer.
    • Mari.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in E flat major, K.252 (4th mvmt, Presto assai)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • François Couperin

    Les Moissonneurs, Les Langueurs-Tendres, Les Baricades Mistérieuses

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    24 Preludes, Op. 37, BV 181: No. 7 Allegro vivace

    Performer: Mao Fujita.
    • 24 Preludes, Op. 37, BV 181: No. 7 Allegro vivace.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Jan Václav Hugo Voříšek

    Symphony in D Major, Op. 24: I. Allegro con spirito

    Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia.
    • SUPRAPHON a.s..

  • Francisco Tárrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Spanish Guitar Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Flight of the Bumblebee (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Emma Johnson - Encores.
    • ASV.
    • 6.

  • Gabriel Pierné

    Scherzo-Caprice in D major, Op.25

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Edgar Meyer

    Second Time Around

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Mark O’Connor.
    • Appalachian Journey.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin; no.5; Menuet

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.3 "Eroica" Op. 55: I. Allegro con brio

    Conductor: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Beethoven: Sinfonia Eroica.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.

  • James McMillan

    Ave maris stella

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, KV 271 "Jenamy": III. Rondeau (Cadenzas by

    Performer: Evren Ozel. Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 in E-Flat Major, KV 271 "Jenamy" & 12 in A Major,.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 6.

  • Jean‐Féry Rebel

    Violin Sonata No.9 in F major: IV. Gigue

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: Jaap ter Linden. Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

Broadcast

  • Mon 24 Nov 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3