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Wake up 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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Music Played

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    O magnum mysterium

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Martin Baker.
    • Giovanni Pierluigi Palestrina, Missa Hodie Christus Natus Est etc....
    • HYPERION.
    • 11.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Concertino in G major for cor anglais

    Performer: Diego Dini Ciacci. Orchestra: Orchestra di Padova e del Veneto.
    • CPO.

  • Herbert Howells

    Sing Lullaby

    Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • O Holy Night.
    • Signum Records.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr' - chorale-prelude BWV.675

    Performer: James McVinnie.
    • Pentatone.

  • Victor Hely-Hutchinson

    Carol Symphony (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Pietari Inkinen.
    • Festklänge.
    • SWR Classic.
    • 9.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Suite for viola and orchestra (Group 1)

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • HYPERION.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Sevilla (Suite española)

    Music Arranger: John Williams. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists.
    • 1.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suite in F Major, TWV 55:F7, "a la pastorelle" (I. Overture)

    Conductor: Pál Németh. Ensemble: Capella Savaria.
    • Christmas Baroque Music - Esterhazy, P. / Telemann, G.P. / Corrette, M. / Manfre.
    • Capriccio.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    Deck the Halls

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

  • Philip Lane

    Overture on French Carols

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • The Night Before Christmas.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Joly Braga Santos

    Adagio e scherzino: II. Allegretto

    Performer: Ricardo Lopes. Performer: Nuno Ivo Cruz. Performer: António Saiote. Performer: Carolino Carreira. Performer: Paulo Guerreiro.
    • Joly Braga Santos: Complete Chamber Music, Vol. 2.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 2.

  • Michel Corrette

    Sinfonia No. 2 (Six Symphonies de Noel)

    Orchestra: La Fantasia. Director: Rien Voskuilen.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Bernstein: West Side Story - I. Prologue

    Lyricist: Stephen Sondheim. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Bernstein: West Side Story.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Gareth Keachie

    Minor Alterations

    Performer: Band of HM Royal Marines.
    • A Royal Christmas.
    • Chevron Recordings.
    • 9.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral": II. Molto vivace - Presto

    Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 "Choral".
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    December. Christmas (The Seasons)

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.

  • Cyril Mockridge

    Miracle on 34th Street Medley (From "Miracle on 34th Street")

    Composer: Bruce Broughton. Orchestra: London Concertante.
    • Christmas at the Movies.
    • CMG.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 2 & Academic Festival Overture.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.16 in D major K.451 (3rd mvt)

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

  • Marin Marais

    Fantaisie in C major (Pièces en trio, 1692)

    Performer: William Hunt. Ensemble: The Purcell Quartet.
    • Marin Marais 'La folia' & other music for viols and violins The Purcell Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Commonwealth Christmas Overture

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Arnold: Clarinet concerto and Orchestral works.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No. 1 in G major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol. 2: Florence B. Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 19.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah (Sinfonia, 'Comfort Ye', 'Ev'ry Valley')

    Singer: Michael Spyres. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: John Nelson.
    • Handel: Messiah, HWV 56.
    • Erato.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    Ding Dong! Merrily On High

    Music Arranger: Carolyn Jennings. Choir: Meridian. Conductor: Irene Messoloras.
    • A Meridian Christmas.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 17 Dec 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3