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Start the day on the right note 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

  • Augusta Holmès

    Night and Love (interlude from the symphonic ode Ludus pro Patria)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider.
    • Bru Zane.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quintet No.1 in A major, Op.18 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn: The String Quintets.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Magnolia (4th mvt "Mammy")

    Performer: Luke Welch.
    • Luke Welch.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 (Agnus Dei & Dona nobis pacem)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232.
    • Hyperion.

  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants (Galop - Le Bal)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Mirare.

  • Johanna Senfter

    Vogelweise in G Minor

    Performer: Nareh Arghamanyan.
    • Femmes de légende.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 102.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto (4th mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård. Orchestra: Royal Danish Orchestra.
    • English Cello Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 104.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major for oboe and violin, RV 543

    Performer: Adrian Chandler. Performer: Gail Hennessy. Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • Vivaldi: The French Connection 2.
    • Avie.
    • 4.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata in A Minor, WoO 2 "F-a-e": III. Scherzo in C Minor

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Performer: Angela Yoffe.
    • Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 & Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Major, Op..
    • BIS.
    • 301.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 29 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40, 25 & 29.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quartet in C major, Op 2 No 6 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Cremona Quartet.
    • Italian Journey.
    • KLANGLOGO.
    • 010.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Cornish Dances, Op. 91

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in G Major, BWV 902

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Helvi Leiviskä

    The Coming of Spring (Suite No 2 for Orchestra, Op 11; 1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Helvi Leiviska: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • Bis.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Orchestra: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Michael Tippett

    Dance, clarion air

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Poetry In Music.
    • CORO.
    • 2.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Capriccio sinfonico

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Puccini: Orchestral Music.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No. 8 in B-Flat Major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Schubert: String Quartets D. 112 & 887.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major Kk.427

    Performer: Claire Huangci.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma Mere L'Oye: Laideronette

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • WARNER.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 - Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 5.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    Variations chantantes sur un air ancien

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • Cello Music from Proust's Salons.
    • BIS.
    • 101.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Schumann: The Symphonies.
    • Linn Records.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation [Die Schopfung] (H.21.2), Pt 1 no.13; Die Himmel erzahlen

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: Neal Davies. Choir: Chetham's Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Haydn: The Creation: Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh.
    • Archiv Produktion.

Broadcast

  • Tue 28 Apr 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3