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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

  • Claude Debussy

    Bruyères (Preludes Bk.2 no.5)

    Orchestrator: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.
  • James Oswald

    The Caledonian Pocket Companion - Up in the Morning Early

    Performer: Florence Bolton. Performer: Benjamin Perrot. Ensemble: La Rêveuse.
    • London Circa 1740: Handel’s Musicians.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Advent Calendar.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 101 in D Major, Hob. I:101 "The Clock": II. Andante

    Conductor: Robin Ticciati. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 31, 70 & 101.
    • Linn Records.
    • 10.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Unaccompanied Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: Gavotte I/II

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Yo-Yo Ma - The Classical Cello Collection.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabesque in C Major Op 18

    Performer: Llŷr Williams.
    • Robert Schumann: Piano Works Volume 2.
    • Signum Records.
    • 13.
  • Jean‐Marie Leclair

    Violin Concerto in C major, Op 7 No 3 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Glossa.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade in D minor, Op.44 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • Dvorak/Myslivecek: Blaserserenaden: Blaserensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in G Major, Wq. 182 no 1: I. Allegro di molto

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Georg Kallweit.
    • C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies - From Berlin to Hamburg.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 10.
  • Imogen Holst

    The Unfortunate Traveller: III. Interlude. Quasi lento

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
    • British Music for Strings, Vol. 5.
    • CPO.
    • 103.
  • Imogen Holst

    The Unfortunate Traveller: IV. March. Allegro molto

    Orchestra: South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim. Conductor: Douglas Bostock.
    • British Music for Strings, Vol. 5.
    • CPO.
    • 104.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Horn Concertino in E minor Op.45

    Performer: Hermann Baumann. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Richard Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Weber: Concertino For Horn & Orches.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Niels Wilhelm Gade

    Fantasy Piece No 4, Op 43

    Performer: Maximiliano Martín. Performer: Julian Milford.
    • CHAMPS HILL.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op 40: Prelude

    Performer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • BIS.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Rigaudon (Holberg suite, Op.40)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg Holberg Suite.
    • BIS.
    • 005.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro

    Conductor: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Beethoven & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major Op.20 for strings; 3rd movement; Scherzo

    Performer: Quatuor Ébène. Performer: Belcea Quartet.
    • Erato.
  • Ethel Smyth

    The Boatswain's Mate (Overture)

    Orchestra: ĢƵ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos CHAN 10898.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Nico Muhly

    Prosperitie

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Nico Muhly: No Resting Place.
    • Linn Records.
    • 4.
  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op. 5 No. 2: III. Agitato con fuoco

    Performer: Mihály Berecz.
    • Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 3.
  • Manuel de Falla

    El sombrero de tres picos, Pt. 2: VI. Danza del corregidor

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
    • Falla: Orchestral Works.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 107.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto for Harp, Strings and Basso continuo in B-Flat Major, HWV 294 mvt 1

    Performer: Marie‐Pierre Langlamet. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Handel: Harp Concerto in B-Flat Major.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 1.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Scherzo capriccioso Op.66

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Dvorak: Symphony No. 5, Scherzo Capriccioso etc..
    • EMI.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Così fan tutte, KV 588: Ouverture

    Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge. Conductor: Julien Chauvin.
    • Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, Symphony No. 39 & Così Fan Tutte Overture.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.
  • Arnold Bax

    Oboe Quintet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Gunilla Süssmann.
    • AVI Music.

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