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Boost your morning 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 11 Dec 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.20`4 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op. 20.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Orchestra: Nederlands Philharmonisch Orkest. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • Pentatone.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat major Op.57

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gli Incogniti. Conductor: Amandine Beyer.
    • Bach from Italy: The Vivaldi & Marcello Influences.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 16.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No 1 (Intermezzo and Seguedille)

    Music Arranger: Ernest Guiraud. Conductor: François Leleux. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1 & Symphony No. 1 - Gounod: Petite Symphonie.
    • Linn Records.

  • Joanna Marsh

    Winter's Garland: Arrival at the Lantern Festival

    Choir: Chanticleer. Conductor: Tim Keeler.
    • Joy to the World.
    • Delos.
    • 114.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 4 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Adès.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 4, 5 & 6 - Barry: The Conquest of Ireland & Viola Concerto.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E Minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Malin Broman.
    • Johan Dalene plays Mendelssohn, Bruch and Vaughan Williams.
    • BIS.
    • 103.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Verismo.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 4.

  • William Boyce

    Symphony No 4 in F major

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Boyce: Symphonies I-VIII.
    • Argo Records.
    • 4.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite in B flat major, HWV 434 (Menuet)

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Jane Austen's Piano.
    • Sony.
    • 4.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Christmas Eve Suite (Polonaise)

    Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes.
    • Christmas Spirit.
    • Quartz Music.
    • 11.

  • Teresa Carreño

    Petit valse 'Teresita'

    Performer: Alexandra Oehler.
    • Teresa Carreno: Klavierwerke (Piano works).
    • ARS MUSICI.
    • 013.

  • Trad.

    I Saw Three Ships

    Performer: Jeremy Filsell. Music Arranger: Simon Preston. Choir: The Choir of Keble College, Oxford. Conductor: Matthew Martin.
    • Ave Rex Angelorum: Carols and Music Tracing the Journey from Christ the King to.
    • CRD Records.
    • 14.

  • Percy Fletcher

    Ring Out, Wild Bells

    Music Arranger: Owain Park. Choir: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
    • On Christmas Night.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 101.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Fandango

    Composer: Padre Antonio Soler. Performer: Danny Murphy. Music Arranger: Joseph Lowe. Ensemble: Lowe Ensemble.

  • Mārtiņš Brauns

    Christmas Song Cycle (No 6 Little Snow)

    Choir: New York Latvian Concert Choir. Choir: Youth choir BALSIS. Choir: Choir Balta. Choir: Chamber Choir Fortius. Orchestra: Latvian National Opera Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Laura Padegs Zamurs.
    • Latvian Christmas In The Winds of Time.
    • Albany Records.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto in E flat major, K.107 No 3 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Efflam Bavouzet. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (with fanfare)

    Composer: John Rutter. Composer: Sir David Willcocks. Performer: John Birch. Performer: John Rutter. Music Arranger: Sir David Willcocks. Choir: The Bach Choir. Director: David Hill. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • The Colours of Christmas.
    • Decca Records.
    • 023.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dances, Op 46 (No 7 in C minor and No 8 in G minor)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Dvořák: Slavonic Dances.
    • Pentatone.

  • Rakhi Singh

    There is nothing in the sky

    Performer: Rakhi Singh. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Naomi Woo.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite in C minor for lute, BWV 997 (Prelude)

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • JS Bach: Lute Music.
    • Bis.
    • 13.

  • Henry John Gauntlett

    Once, in royal David's city

    Performer: Dónal McCann. Music Arranger: Arthur Henry Mann. Music Arranger: Stephen Cleobury. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Singer: Philip Curtis. Conductor: Daniel Hyde.
    • Carols From King's (2020 Collection).
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Violin Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Trad.

    The Holly and The Ivy (Arr. for Choir by Ola Gjeilo)

    Music Arranger: Ola Gjeilo. Choir: Meridian. Conductor: Irene Messoloras.
    • A Meridian Christmas.
    • Signum Records.
    • 5.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Piano Concerto in C sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Poulenc: Piano Concerto, Organ Concerto & Stabat Mater.
    • LPO.
    • 2.

  • Carlos Gardel

    Por una cabeza

    Music Arranger: Aleksandar Sedlar. Performer: Nemanja Radulović. Performer: Tijana Milošević. Ensemble: Double Sens.
    • Roots.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.

Broadcast

  • Thu 11 Dec 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3