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Brighten 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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Tue 2 Dec 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Carl Stamitz

    Concerto for clarinet and bassoon (III. Rondo)

    Performer: Eduard Brunner. Performer: Klaus Thunemann. Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Hans Stadlmair.
    • TUDOR.

  • George Butterworth

    Fantasia

    Music Arranger: Kriss Russman. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Krišs Russman.
    • Butterworth: Orchestral Fantasia etc..
    • BIS.
    • 19.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D Major, BWV 1069: IV. Menuet I - Menuet II

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069.
    • Linn Records.
    • 23.

  • Samuel Barber

    Agnus Dei

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Quintet in C major 'La musica notturna delle strade di Madrid' (Passacalle)

    Performer: Eckart Runge. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Czech Suite in D Major, Op. 39, B. 93: III. Sousedská. Minuetto (Allegro giusto)

    Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru. Orchestra: WDR Sinfonieorchester.
    • Dvořák: Legends Op. 59, Czech Suite Op. 39.
    • Linn Records.
    • 13.

  • Arnold Bax

    4 Orchestral Sketches (Dance in the Sun)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Bax: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Maurice Joseph Ravel

    Menuet antique, M. 7

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Ravel: Complete Works for Solo Piano.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 4.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Idyll, Op.44

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Emilie Godden.

  • Hugo Alfvén

    Vallflickans dans

    Performer: Martin Fröst.
    • Night Passages.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 14.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Overture to Karelia

    Orchestra: Oulu Sinfonia. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overtures from Finland.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants, Op.22; Galop - Le Bal

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Mirare.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Overture for a Festival

    Orchestrator: Rodney Newton. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.
    • Ernest John Moeran: Sketches for Symphony No.2 - John Ireland: Sarnia - An Islan.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 8.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Brahms: Cello Sonata No. 2 in F Major, Op. 99: IV. Allegro molto

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Brahms: Cello Sonatas 1 & 2.
    • Hyperion.

  • Traditional English

    The Lass Of Richmond Hill

    Lyricist: Traditional English. Music Arranger: David Overton. Choir: The King’s Singers.
    • Folk Songs Of The British Isles.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • HYPERION.

  • Franz von Suppé

    Light Cavalry Overture

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Piano Trio in D Major: I. Allegro con brio

    Ensemble: Brahms Trio.
    • History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 55 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:55 "Il maestro di scuola": III. Menuetto

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 18: Il maestro di scuola.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 11.

  • Leó Weiner

    Serenade, Op. 3: II. Lebhaft, sehr rhythmisch

    Orchestra: MÁV Szimfonikus zenekar. Conductor: Valéria Csányi.
    • Weiner: Complete Works for Orchestra, Vol. 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 107.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major Op.55 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • Glazunov: Symphony no.5/The Seasons.
    • WARNER.
    • 2.

  • Trad.

    Here We Come A Wasslin' 

    Music Arranger: Jackie Oates. Singer: Jackie Oates. Singer: Belinda O'Hooley.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Triple Concerto in A minor, BWV 1044 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Katy Bircher. Performer: Marcin Świątkiewicz.
    • Channel.

Broadcast

  • Tue 2 Dec 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3