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Ease into 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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Fri 5 Dec 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite H.190

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Hymn to a Great City

    Performer: Georgijs Osokins. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Arvo Pärt: Hymn to a Great City for 2 Pianos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Louis Spohr

    Potpourri for Clarinet and Orchestra

    Performer: Christoffer Sundqvist. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Gaudenz.
    • Spohr: The Complete Works for Clarinet & Orchestra.
    • CPO.
    • 208.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Flute Sonata in E flat major, BWV 1031 (1st mvt)

    Performer: James Galway. Performer: Phillip Moll. Performer: Sarah Cunningham.
    • J.S. Bach Flute Sonatas James Galway Phillip Moll Sarah Cunningham.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 19.

  • Johann Strauss II

    An der schonen, blauen Donau (The Blue Danube) - waltz Op.314

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • GBBBC.

  • Stanley Myers

    Cavatina (The Deer Hunter)

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Sony.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai

    Singer: Freddie De Tommaso. Conductor: Edward Gardner. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Puccini.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Dario Marianelli

    Dawn (from Pride and Prejudice soundtrack)

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Dawn (From "Pride & Prejudice" Soundtrack).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire - overture Op.21

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

  • Emilie Mayer

    String Quartet in G Major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Amai Quartet.
    • Emilie Mayer: String Quartets in F and G Major.
    • Da Vinci Classics.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 4 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Billy Mayerl

    Mistletoe

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • Eric Parkin plays Mayerl Piano Impressions, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Overture to Die Zauberflöte, K. 620

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Vol. 8.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Tango Suite: Tango No 2

    Performer: Piotr Pakhomkin. Performer: Yuri Liberzon.
    • Piazzolla: Music for Guitar.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Bassoon Concerto in F Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Kim Walker. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Mozart, Wolf-Ferrari, Hummel, Bassoon Concertos.
    • VDE-GALLO.
    • 10.

  • Trad.

    Deck the Halls

    Music Arranger: Karl Mitze. Ensemble: Miró Quartet.
    • Hearth.
    • Pentatone.
    • 105.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture

    Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Das Mirakel: Banquet at the Count's and Arrival of the King

    Conductor: Steffen Tast. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
    • Humperdinck: Das Mirakel, EHWV 151.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 118.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Das Mirakel: Masquerade at the Royal Court

    Conductor: Steffen Tast. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
    • Humperdinck: Das Mirakel, EHWV 151.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 119.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Das Mirakel: Megildis' Torch-Dance and Fire

    Conductor: Steffen Tast. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin.
    • Humperdinck: Das Mirakel, EHWV 151.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 120.

  • Hans Christian Lumbye

    Copenhagen Steam Railway

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • DG.

  • Rodrigo Prats

    Criolla Navidad (Arr. Davis)

    Ensemble: The Sarahbanda.
    • Cuban Christmas.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H VIIe 1

    Performer: Maurice André. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos.
    • Haydn/Telemann/Albinoni: Trumpet Concertos: Andre/LPO/Lopez-Cobos.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Kurt Weill

    Youkali

    Orchestra: Ludwig Orchestra. Singer: Barbara Hannigan.
    • Dance With Me.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.

  • George Frideric Handel

    La Réjouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Zefiro. Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini.
    • Arcana A 386.
    • Arcana.
    • 4.

  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Corta Jaca

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami Ensemble.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Fri 5 Dec 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3