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Start the day on the right note 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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Thu 4 Dec 202506:30
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Music Played

  • John Field

    Nocturne no.10 in E Major H.54 'Nocturne Pastorale'

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Field: Complete Nocturnes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children: No 1

    Conductor: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Elgar: A Self Portrait - The Music Makers, Dream Children, Froissart.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 2.

  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children: No 2

    Conductor: Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Elgar: A Self Portrait - The Music Makers, Dream Children, Froissart.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance in G major, Op.40

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Beethoven: Violin concerto etc: Tetzlaff/Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/Zinman.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland: Komm, Jesu, komm zu deiner Kirche

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach, J.S.: Advent Cantatas BWV 61, 36 & 62.
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: II. Assez vif, très rythmé

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • ONYX.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Sarabande and rigaudon, Op 93

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Saint-Saens: Symphonic Poems.
    • NAXOS.
    • 5-6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.101 in D major 'The Clock' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Sony/RCA Red Seal.

  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Noels pour les instruments: O createur

    Conductor: Christophe Rousset. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists.
    • Charpentier: Baroque Christmas.
    • SDG.
    • 12.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo alla Turca (Piano Sonata in A major K.331)

    Music Arranger: Arcadi Volodos. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    H.M.S. Pinafore (Overture)

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore.
    • Telarc.
    • 1.

  • William Henry Squire

    Tarantella

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Performer: George Todica.

  • Claude Debussy

    The Girl with the Flaxen Hair

    Orchestrator: Colin Matthews. Performer: Jonathan Morton. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Linn Records.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Wine, Women and Song - Waltz

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Neujahrskonzert 2025 / New Year's Concert 2025 / Concert du Nouvel An 2025.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Edward Elgar

    Concerto in E minor Op.85 for cello and orchestra: 1st and 2nd mvts

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pré. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • EMI.

  • Ayanna Witter-Johnson

    Tidal Warning

    Performer: Gwilym Simcock. Ensemble: LSO Percussion Ensemble.
    • Ayanna Witter-Johnson: Ocean Floor.
    • LSO Live.
    • 7.

  • Carlos de Seixas

    Harpsichord Concerto in A Major

    Performer: Andreas Staier. Orchestra: Orquestra Barroca Casa da Música.
    • À Portuguesa.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 10.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565

    Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • J. S. Bach: Great Organ Works: Peter Hurford.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Francesco Paolo Frontini

    Canti religiosi del popolo siciliano: Pastorale

    Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Conductor: Howard Arman. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra.
    • Italian Christmas.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 119.

  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    5 Preludes, W419: no.5 in D major

    Performer: Plínio Fernandes.
    • Saudade.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 12.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op 40

    Performer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • BIS.

  • Anonymous

    Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day

    Composer: John Rutter. Performer: Lishan Tan. Conductor: Christopher Lowrey. Ensemble: Ensemble Altera.
    • Feminine Voices at Christmas.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 27.

  • Richard Strauss

    Violin Concerto in D Minor, Op. 8, TrV 110: III. Rondo. Presto

    Performer: Arabella Steinbacher. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Aber der Richtige....
    • PENTATONE.
    • 3.

  • Amy Beach

    Young Birches, Op. 128, No. 2

    Performer: Christopher Hopkins.
    • ARABESQUE.

Broadcast

  • Thu 4 Dec 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3