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Birdsong and Bach to banish those morning blues

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 9 Dec 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Bucolic Suite (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.
    • Vaughan Williams: Early and Late Works, World Premiere Recordings.
    • Dutton.
    • 8.

  • Irving Berlin

    White Christmas

    Performer: Chilly Gonzales.
    • A very chilly christmas.
    • Gentle Threat LTD.
    • 1.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Legends, op.59 - No 2 in G major

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    24 Préludes Op. 2: No. 15 in D-Flat Major "Raindrop"

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Jean-Yves Thibaudet Plays Chopin.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 16.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in D Major, BWV 532

    Performer: David Goode.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Organ Works.
    • Signum Records.
    • 20.

  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.
    • Keep Calm and Classical.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 2.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Legenda Op.54`5

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • Ondine.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Echoing Souls

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: George Morton.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto no.2 Op.22 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine.
    • ERATO.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 'Rhenish' mov.5 Lebhaft (orch Mahler)

    Orchestrator: Gustav Mahler. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mussorgsky / Borodin: Berliner Philharmoniker / Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 20.

  • Franz Danzi

    Sinfonia concertante in B-Flat Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Performer: Demarre McGill. Orchestra: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Allen Tinkham.
    • Winged Creatures.
    • Cedille.
    • 3.

  • Mel Bonis

    Piano Quartet No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Giardini.
    • Fauré & Bonis: Piano Quartets.
    • Evidence (LTR).
    • 6.

  • Eric Coates

    Television March

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Orchestra: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.
    • Beethoven.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Boris Ord

    Adam Lay Ybounden

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Song of the Nativity.
    • CORO.
    • 13.

  • André Messager

    Final-galop (Les deux pigeons)

    Orchestra: Royal Academy of Music Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • French Ballet Music: Mackerras.
    • EMI.
    • 14.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata [F.A.E.] (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Decca.

  • Thomas Weelkes

    Hosanna to the Son of David

    Conductor: David J. Smith. Ensemble: Choir of King's College, Aberdeen.
    • O Sacrum Convivium.
    • Vox Regis.
    • 9.

  • Augusta Holmès

    Overture for a Comedy

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz. Conductor: Samuel Friedmann.
    • Augusta Holmès: Orchestral Works.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 49 in F minor, 'La Passione' (Finale)

    Orchestra: Ludwig Orchestra. Conductor: Barbara Hannigan.
    • Alpha.

  • Charles Wesley

    Lo, he comes with clouds descending

    Singer: Maddy Prior. Ensemble: The Carnival Band.
    • Sing Lustily And With Good Courage.
    • SAYDISC.
    • 4.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite suite de concert, Op 77

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach's Bells

    Composer: Christopher Michael Coletti. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • Rights'Up.

  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Te Deum, H146 (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Musica Polyphonica. Conductor: Louis Devos.
    • Music at the Court of Versailles: Charpentier/Delalande/Lully/Rameau.
    • Erato.
    • 1.

  • John Rutter

    Mary's Lullaby

    Conductor: John Rutter. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • The John Rutter Christmas Album.
    • Collegium.
    • 8.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major RV.221

    Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • Avie.

Broadcast

  • Tue 9 Dec 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3