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Start 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 12 Dec 202506:30
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Music Played

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Theme and Variations Op.42

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio No. 36 in E flat major, Hob.XV:22 - 3. Finale (Allegro)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Philips.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Jauchzet, frohlocket! (Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: Sacred Choral Works: Gardiner.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.

  • Gustav Holst

    In The Bleak Midwinter

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Elise Båtnes.
    • Mitt hjerte alltid vanker.
    • Simax Classics.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    La clemenza di Tito (Overture)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Baldini.
    • Linn.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    3 German Dances, K. 605: No. 3 in C Major, "Die Schlittenfahrt"

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Mozart: Der Schauspieldirektor / Bastien und Bastienne / Les Petits riens / Ouve.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 29.

  • Hayato Sumino

    Lydian Harp

    • Lydian Harp.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker: Act I - Dance of the snowflakes

    Choir: Libera. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Jóhann Jóhannsson

    Through Falling Snow

    Lyricist: Jóhann Jóhannsson.
    • Prisoners (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • WaterTower Music.
    • 10.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Polka (Czech Suite, Op 39)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Libor Pešek.
    • Dvorak: Czech Suite, Op. 39: Libor Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Jaroslav Krček

    Hopsa, pacholatka - Hajej, nynej

    Composer: Musica Bohemica. Conductor: Jaroslav Krček. Orchestra: Musica Bohemica. Choir: Iuventus Paedagogica Female Chorus. Choir: Ceska Pisen Choir.
    • Bohemian Christmas Songs.
    • Supraphon.
    • 6.

  • Dimitri Tiomkin

    It's a Wonderful Life "Main Title / Heaven"

    Performer: Dimitri Tiomkin & His Orchestra.
    • Paramount Music/Sony.

  • Franz Schubert

    Polonaise in B flat Major, D.580

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • DG.

  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Spanish Dance in E flat major, Op 65 No 1

    Ensemble: Duo Scaramouche. Ensemble: Malvina Renault-Vieville. Ensemble: Filippo Antonelli.
    • Duo Scaramouche - Grieg, Moszkowski, Brahms.
    • Scar.
    • 10.

  • Trad.

    Scarborough Fair

    Music Arranger: Thomas John Fox.
    • HEARTSTRINGS - John Fox.
    • SCD.
    • 015.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Sonata Sopra Sancta Maria (Vespro della beata Vergine (1610))

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Linn.

  • Public Domain

    O Tannenbaum

    Lyricist: Public Domain. Ensemble: Vince Guaraldi Trio.
    • A Charlie Brown Christmas.
    • Craft Recordings.
    • 1.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Kaiser-Walzer, Op.437

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Johann Strauss: Waltzes & Polkas: Karajan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Trad.

    The First Nowell

    Music Arranger: Morton Gould. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Carl Davis. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Hallé Christmas Classics.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 6.

  • Ephrem Podgaits

    The Moon-Pipes (Fairy Tale Cantata)

    Performer: Elena Sorokina. Performer: Yulia Tikhonova. Performer: Viktor Grishin. Performer: Konstantin Venevtsev. Choir: Vesna Children's Choir. Choir: Vesna Children's Choir. Choir: Vesna Children's Choir. Conductor: Alexander Ponomarev.
    • OPUS.

  • Dag Wirén

    Serenade for String Orchestra, Op. 11: IV. Marcia

    Ensemble: LGT Young Soloists. Conductor: Alexander Gilman.
    • Nordic Dream.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 4.

  • John Francis Wade

    Dagen ar kommen

    Choir: Kraja.
    • Westpark Music & Publishing Ulrich Hetscher e.K..

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane de la belle au bois dormant (Ma mère l'oye)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 13.

  • Kurt Atterberg

    Suite No. 3, Op. 19 No. 1: III. Vision: Allegro moderato

    Performer: Henning Kraggerud. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset. Orchestra: Dalasinfoniettan.
    • Nordic Violin Favourites.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Trad.

    Joseph and Mary (The Cherry Tree Carol)

    Performer: The Seeger Sisters.
    • American Folk Songs for Christmas.
    • AudioSonic Music.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze (Cantata No 208) arr. Stokowski

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Chandos.

  • Trad.

    Bright Morning Stars Are Rising

    Ensemble: The Seeger Sisters.
    • American Folk Songs for Christmas.
    • AudioSonic Music.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Fri 12 Dec 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3