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Boost your morning 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

  • Maria Theresia von Paradis

    Sicilienne

    Music Arranger: Chris Hazell. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.
    • Decca.

  • Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf

    Symphony No. 4 in F Major, Kr. 76 "Die Rettung der Andromeda durch Perseus"

    Conductor: Hanspeter Gmür. Orchestra: Failoni Chamber Orchestra Budapest.
    • Dittersdorf: Sinfonias On Ovid's Metamorphoses, Nos. 4 - 6.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Eintritt; Einsame Blumen; Herberge (Waldszenen, Op 82)

    Performer: Marc‐André Hamelin.
    • Schumann - Kinderszenen & Waldszenen; Janacek - On the overgrown path I..
    • HYPERION.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    'Pan Ist Meister, Laßt Ihn Gehn!' (The Contest Between Phoebus and Pan)

    Conductor: René Jacobs. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Singer: Kurt Azesberger.
    • JS Bach: Cantates profanes.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 11.

  • Claude Debussy

    La cathedrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Introspection: Solo Piano Sessions.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Johann Baptist Vanhal

    Bassoon Concerto in C major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ondřej Šindelář. Ensemble: Risonanza Praga.
    • Bassoon Concertos.
    • SUPRAHON.
    • 6.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Balada de la doncella enamorada (El Decameron negro)

    Performer: John Williams.
    • The Black Decameron.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Dances for Orchestra (no.3)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 3.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn In Birmingham Vol. 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    String Quartet No 3 'Slavonic' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Glazunov: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 110.

  • Ivo Antognini

    Hope is the thing with feathers

    Conductor: Christopher Lowrey. Choir: Ensemble Altera.
    • The Four Elements.
    • Pentatone.
    • 103.

  • Manuel de Falla

    The Corregidor's dance (The Three-cornered Hat)

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Falla: El sombrero de tres picos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 107.

  • Trad.

    Zambra

    Music Arranger: Matthew Higham. Ensemble: Chineke! Wind Ensemble.

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