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Brighten your 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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Music Played

  • Anon.

    Song of the Birds

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Ensemble: CBSO Cellos.
    • Inspiration.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Carl Stamitz

    Concerto for Flute & Oboe in G Major (Attrib. C. Stamitz): I. Allegro

    Performer: Ana de la Vega. Performer: Ramón Ortega Quero. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Haydn, A. Stamitz & C. Stamitz: Concertos.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 201.

  • Claude Debussy

    En bateau (Petite suite)

    Orchestrator: Henri Büsser. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Elizabeth Poston

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.
    • In Winter's House: Christmas with Tenebrae.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1001.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in E Major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra.
    • J. S. Bach: The Complete Violin Concertos.
    • Les Productions Analekta Inc..
    • 2.

  • Harold Edwin Darke

    In the Bleak Midwinter

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Music Arranger: Martti Haapakoski. Choir: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
    • On Christmas Night.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 105.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major K.525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cinderella's arrival at the ball & Grand waltz (Cinderella, Op 87)

    Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Stéphane Denève.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Oscar Holch. Performer: Rowena Calvert. Performer: Lysandre. Music Arranger: John Metcalfe. Singer: Sam Becker.
    • Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • John Gardner

    Tomorrow shall be my dancing day

    Choir: Choir of St John’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Christmas with St. John's.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 2201.

  • Franz Liszt

    Weihnachtsbaum: V. Scherzoso "Lighting the Tree"

    Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
    • Another Night Before Christmas & Scrooge.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Franz Liszt

    Weihnachtsbaum: VI. Carillon "Chimes"

    Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
    • Another Night Before Christmas & Scrooge.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Franz Liszt

    Weihnachtsbaum: X. Ehemals "Old Times"

    Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
    • Another Night Before Christmas & Scrooge.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Franz Liszt

    Weihnachtsbaum: XII. Polnisch "Polish"

    Conductor: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
    • Another Night Before Christmas & Scrooge.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Grand duo concertant Op.48 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Blue Hour – Weber, Brahms, Mendelssohn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Philip Lane

    3 Christmas Pictures: No. 1. Sleighbell Serenade

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
    • A Family Christmas.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1401.

  • Trad.

    Away in a Manger - It Came Upon a Midnight Clear - Ding, Dong! Merrily on High

    Composer: William James Kirkpatrick. Composer: Richard S. Willis. Music Arranger: Masato Suzuki. Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Verbum caro factum est: A Christmas Greeting.
    • BIS.
    • 1201.

  • Luigi Cherubini

    Éliza, ou Le Voyage aux Glaciers du Mont Saint-Bernard: Overture

    Conductor: Ivor Bolton. Orchestra: Basel Symphony Orchestra.
    • Johannes Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 1 & Tragic Overture - Cherubini: Éliza (.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.

  • Philip Stopford

    Lully, Lulla, Lullay

    Ensemble: VOCES8. Director: Barnaby Smith.
    • After Silence.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 10.

  • Eric Boswell

    Little Donkey

    Performer: Craig Ogden.
    • Christmas Time.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 16.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Dance no.2

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

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F Major, Op 93 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Gaspard de la Nuit: Ondine

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.

  • Trad.

    Still, still, still

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Tecwyn Evans. Choir: Côrdydd.
    • Carols & Christmas Songs.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite: Philharmonia/Tilson Thomas.
    • CBS.
    • 1.

  • Cátulo Castillo

    En un burrito orejón

    Composer: Víctor Slister. Music Arranger: Enrique Crespo. Ensemble: German Brass. Choir: Windsbacher Knabenchor.
    • Joy To The World (The Most Beautiful Christmas Songs Around The World).
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Ermanno Wolf‐Ferrari

    Il Segreto di Susanna: Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Verismo.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 7.

Broadcast

  • Fri 19 Dec 202506:30
    BBC Radio 3