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Start your 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 1 Dec 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Galina Grigorjeva

    In Paradisum

    Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Ondine.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto in C major, H.7b.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Haydn: Cello Concertos in C & D: Isserlis/Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Norrington.
    • RCA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Largo (after Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056)

    Performer: Martin Fröst. Performer: Benny Andersson. Music Arranger: Martin Fröst.
    • B.A.C.H..
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Prague Waltzes, B. 99

    Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Supraphon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, K. 478: III. Rondo. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Julien Libeer. Performer: Pierre Colombet. Performer: Eckart Runge. Performer: Máté Szücs.
    • Mozart 1 ∙ 2 ∙ 3 ∙ 4. Solo, Duo, Trio, Quartet.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)

    Music Arranger: Helmuth Brandenburg. Orchestra: RIAS Orchestra. Conductor: Helmuth Brandenburg.
    • FAMOUS DANCES 19th Century.
    • SCD.
    • 003.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in D major for trumpet and violin (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Friedemann Immer. Performer: Reinhard Goebel. Orchestra: Musica Antiqua Köln.
    • Concertos pour Instruments à Vent (Ensemble : Musica Antiqua Köln - Direction :.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 22.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Lonely Waters

    Singer: Rebekah Coffey. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • E. J. Moeran: Cello Concerto / Serenade.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Sauvages

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • DG.

  • Gustav Holst

    In the bleak midwinter

    Choir: St Salvator's Chapel Choir, University of St Andrews. Conductor: Claire Innes-Hopkins.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    December - Christmas (The Seasons)

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.

  • Chris Stout

    A Love For All Seasons

    Composer: Catriona McKay. Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay.

  • Gene de Paul

    Barn Dance (Seven Brides for Seven Brothers)

    Music Arranger: Saul Chaplin. Music Arranger: Adolph Deutsch. Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • That's Entertainment - A Celebration of the MGM Film Musical: John Wilson Orches.
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    España

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ataúlfo Argenta.
    • Espana: Argenta, The London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV1060R

    Performer: Xenia Löffler. Performer: Isabelle Faust. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.
    • Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in A minor, WoO 59, 'Für Elise'

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Beethoven: Bagatelles: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.
    • 30.

  • John Rutter

    Hymn to the Creator of Light

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Graham Ross.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study No 3 in A minor after Chopin, 'Tarantella'

    Performer: Boris Berezovsky.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Frank Bridge

    Sir Roger de Coverley

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Bridge: Piano Quartet, Violin Sonata, Cello Sonata & Other Chamber Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Dec 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3