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Ease into 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 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D major, K 136 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Mel Bonis

    Ophélie, Op. 165 (Piano version)

    Performer: Gaspard Dehaene.
    • Fauré en héritage.
    • Mirare.
    • 9.

  • John Jenkins

    Fantasy no.6 in D major for 6 part consort

    Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • Jenkins: Six-Part Consorts - Phantasm.
    • Avie.
    • 15.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat in D major BWV 243 (1st - 4th mvts)

    Singer: Miah Persson. Singer: Yukari Nonoshita. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Pastorale

    Performer: Emily Beynon. Performer: Andrew West.
    • HYPERION.

  • Franz Schubert

    Entr'acte in B flat major from Rosamunde

    Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Schubert: Nacht und Träume.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Claude Debussy

    Les sons et les parfums tournes dans l'air du soir (Preludes Bk.1)

    Music Arranger: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 85 in B-Flat Major, Hob. I:85, "La Reine": II. Romance. Allegretto

    Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 15: La Reine.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major Kk.251

    Music Arranger: Sérgio Assad. Performer: Odair Assad. Performer: Sérgio Assad.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Trova un sol mia bella Clori (Version in A Major)

    Performer: Carlo Rizzi. Singer: Lawrence Brownlee.
    • Donizetti Songs Vol. 1.
    • Opera Rara.
    • 12.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no.2 'A London Symphony' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Vaughan Williams: Symphonies, vol.I.
    • ONYX.
    • 3.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Serenata (Six Pieces for violin and piano)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • Strauss/Respighi: Violin Sonatas.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 5 in F sharp minor (arr for orchestra)

    Music Arranger: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Brahms: Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    Herrmann: Souvenirs de voyage for Clarinet Quintet: II. Andante. Berceuse

    Performer: Richard Hosford. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Herrmann, Gershwin, Waxman & Copland: American Chamber Music.
    • Hyperion.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.1 in C minor 'The Bells of Zlonice' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Decca.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, MWV R20: III. Scherzo. Allegro leggierissi

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Enescu & Mendelssohn: Octets.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    "Casta Diva" from 'Norma'

    Performer: Karen Jones. Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Evelino Pidò.
    • 'Casta Diva'.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Humoreske, Op 88 No 2 (Phantasiestücke)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Gautier Capuçon.
    • Live from the Lugano Festival 2009, Martha Argerich and friends.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Introduction and Dance of Nymphs (Spartacus Suite no.1)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus; Gayaneh.
    • Onyx.
    • 1.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Wind Quintet, Op. 43, FS 100: II. Menuetto

    Ensemble: Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Wind Quintet.
    • Danish Wind Quintets.
    • Dacapo.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: I. Poco sostenuto - Vivace

    Conductor: Antonello Manacorda. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • George Gershwin

    The Man I Love

    Performer: Oscar Peterson.
    • SONY.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Tempest (Act 4: Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Sullivan.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Fri 13 Feb 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3