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Wake up your senses 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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Tue 25 Nov 202506:30
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Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    2 Waltzes in C major

    Performer: Frank Braley.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Annabel Rooney

    Keep me as the apple of the eye

    Choir: The Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge. Conductor: David Rowland.
    • REGENT.

  • Jacques Ibert

    Trois pièces brèves

    Performer: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.
    • Francaix: Wind Quintet No. 1 / Milaud: La Cheminee du roi Rene.
    • Bis.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.6 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.3 in F major Op.90 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Brahms: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 12, No. 3: III. Rondo

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Enrico Pace.
    • Beethoven: The Complete Sonatas for Violin and Piano.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.1`1

    Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players. Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Director: Nicholas Kraemer.
    • Locatelli: 12 Concerti Grossi, op.1.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1-4.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2, M. 57b: III. Danse générale

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, Suite No. 2.
    • LSO Live.
    • 103.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Concertino, Op.107

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Great works for flute and orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 007.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 49: III. Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Jeremy Denk.
    • Mendelssohn Piano Trios.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen, Z. 629 (Suckling/McCreesh Edition), Act IV: Symphony - Prelude

    Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Ensemble: Giovanni Gabrieli.
    • Purcell: The Fairy Queen, 1692.
    • Signum Records.
    • 31.

  • Nikolai Tcherepnin

    Prelude to \"La Princesse lointaine\", Op. 4

    Conductor: Stanislav Kochanovsky. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Orchestral Suite No. 3 - Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol - Tche.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major, K. 622: I. Allegro

    Performer: Ernst Schlader. Orchestra: Berlin Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Mozart Symphonies Nos. 29 & 33, Clarinet Concerto.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 5.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: 5 Fantasiestücke, Op. 5: No. 5, Dance. Vivace

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Dvořák: String Quartet, Op. 106; Coleridge-Taylor: Fantasiestücke.
    • Hyperion.

  • William Walton

    Portsmouth Point

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Trad.

    Wallom Green (The English Dancing Master)

    Music Arranger: John Playford. Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 101.

  • Ronald Binge

    Elizabethan Serenade

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • Elizabethan Serenade.
    • Naxos.
    • 15.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D major RV.549

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • L'Estro Armonico.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
    • 1-3.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Easter Sonata: IV. Allegro con strepito

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Mendelssohn.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.

  • John Tavener

    Mother of God, Here I Stand (The Veil of the Temple)

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • LUX/Voces 8.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade to Music (orchestral version)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Onyx.

  • Henry Purcell

    Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Music for a While

    Performer: Brandon J. Acker. Performer: Douglas Balliett. Lyricist: John Dryden. Singer: Reginald Mobley.
    • Solitude.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Eric Coates

    Langham Place (London Again)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • AVIE.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Quintet no.2 in A major Op.81 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Dvorak Quintets Op 81 & 97.
    • Supraphon.
    • 004.

Broadcast

  • Tue 25 Nov 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3