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Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong

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 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Wed 21 Jan 202606:30
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Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat major Op.57

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Chopin: Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Edward MacDowell

    Ophelia

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • MacDowell: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 102.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quintet No 1 in A major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Daniele Rossi. Ensemble: Fine Arts Quartet.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Opening Chorus & Kommt, ihr Tochter (St Matthew Passion, BWV 244)

    Choir: Maîtrise de Radio France. Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
    • J. S. Bach: Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No 1 (Intermezzo and Seguedille)

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

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 73 in D major, 'La chasse' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance No.9 in B major, Op.72 No.1

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Dvořák: Slavonic Dances, Op. 46 & 72.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Amanda Röntgen-Maier

    Violin Sonata in B minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Frank Almond. Performer: William Wolfram.
    • Avie.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major

    Performer: Raffaele La Ragione. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Francesco Corti.
    • Mandolin on Stage.
    • Arcana.
    • 3-5.

  • Claude Debussy

    Piano Trio in G Major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Art Nouveau: French Chamber Music Around 1900.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Maurice Jarre

    Lawrence of Arabia - music for the film

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Music Arranger: Cyrille Lehn. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Les choses de la vie - Cinema 2.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 18.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Rhapsody in E-Flat Major (4 Piano Pieces Op 119 No 4)

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski.
    • Brahms: Late Piano Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.4 in F minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • ONYX.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 2 in E flat major, K. 417

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 4.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Piano Trio in C Major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • In Her Hands.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Within A Dream: A celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Gloria & Laudamus te from Gloria

    Choir: Polyphony. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Poulenc: Gloria / Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1-2.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: Orchestral works including Symphony no.3, The Wasps Overture,.
    • Hallé.
    • 7.

  • Adam Carse

    A Merry Dance

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • BIS.

  • Robert Schumann

    Violin Concerto in D minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Midori. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings. Conductor: Daniel Dodds.
    • Pentatone.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Phaeton, Op. 39

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Orchestral Works.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 3.

  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Gaucho

    Performer: Angiolina Sensale.
    • Drama Musica.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in D major, Op 6 No 5 (5th and 6th mvts)

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5-6.

Broadcast

  • Wed 21 Jan 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3