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Start the day strong 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

  • Gabriel Fauré

    In Paradisum (Requiem)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Fauré: Requiem.
    • LSO Live.
    • 16.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Strings (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Camerata Bern. Director: Antje Weithaas.
    • Dvořák: Violin Concerto in A Minor; Serenade for Strings.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 86 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.
    • Haydn: The Complete Symphonies.
    • Nimbus Records.
    • 329.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Inventions Nos 1-4, BWV 772-775

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Jane Rogers.
    • Duologues.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Francisco Tárrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • The Guitar: Milos Karadaglic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Anna Lapwood

    Arise, Shine

    Performer: Sophia Membery. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Arise, Shine.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Odelette

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: François Leleux.
    • Mozart & Flute in Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    'Raindrop' Prelude in D flat major (24 Preludes Op.28)

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Ingrid Fliter: Frederic Chopin - Preludes.
    • LINN.
    • 15.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Sonata in A major, RV 758 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: Nigel North. Performer: John Toll.
    • Vivaldi: "Manchester" Sonatas Nos.1-6: Romanesca.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 24.

  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made in Britain.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 4.

  • Franz Schubert

    Das Wandern (Die Schöne Müllerin D.795)

    Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Performer: Justus Zeyen.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Michael Haydn

    Serenade in D Major, M.68 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Virtuosi Saxoniae. Conductor: Ludwig Güttler.
    • Capriccio.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Overture for a Festival

    Orchestrator: Rodney Newton. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.
    • Ernest John Moeran: Sketches for Symphony No.2 - John Ireland: Sarnia - An Islan.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 8.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.2 in D major Op.73 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Brahms: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Catrin Finch

    Listen to the Grass Grow

    Performer: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita.
    • SOAR.
    • bendigedig.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No 3 in B minor, BWV 814 (Courante)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No 4 in E flat major, BWV 815 (Gavotte)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Concerto in C Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Auf Mozarts Spuren (Oboe Music by Mozart & Lebrun).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • John Williams

    E.T. - music for the film, 'Flying'

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: John Williams.
    • John Williams: The Berlin Concert.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 17.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Orientale (5 Novelettes Op.15)

    Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • Les Vendredis.
    • Simax.
    • 12.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Egmont Overture

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Franck Angelis

    Soliloquy

    Performer: Alise Siliņa.

  • Robert Schumann

    Cello Concerto in A minor

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Sol Gabetta - Schumann.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 11.

  • Agathe Backer-Grøndahl

    3 Morceaux, No.2 "Au Bal"

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Ensemble: tenThing.
    • She Composes Like A Man.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 10.

  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Enrico Pace.
    • Virtuoso.
    • DECCA.
    • 12.

Broadcast

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    BBC Radio 3