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Kickstart your day with the best 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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Thu 9 Jul 202606:30
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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Romance in F minor, Op 11

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Dvorak - Anne-Sophie Mutter.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 004.

  • Edward Elgar

    Nursery Suite (Aubade)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Josef Rheinberger

    Abendlied in E flat major (6 Pieces Op.150)

    Performer: Christopher Herrick. Performer: Paul Barritt.
    • Suites for organ, violin & cello Op 149 and six pieces for violin & organ Op150.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite in C minor for lute, BWV 997 (Prelude)

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • JS Bach: Lute Music.
    • Bis.
    • 13.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow "Idyll"

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • The Banks of Green Willow "Idyll".
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • Manuel Ponce

    Concierto del Sur: III. Allegro moderato e festivo

    Performer: Anders Miolin. Conductor: Jens Lohmann. Ensemble: Stringendo Zürich.
    • 12-String Pearls.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 7.

  • Eunike Tanzil

    Reverie

    Performer: Eunike Tanzil. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Anna Handler.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • John Williams

    Saving Private Ryan - music for the film: Hymn to the Fallen

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Eventide.
    • Decca.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony no.4 'Autochthonous' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Still & Bonds - Symphonies & Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 6 'Pastoral' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven & Stucky: Orchestral Works.
    • Reference Recordings.
    • 101.

  • Trad.

    Fern Blossom

    Music Arranger: Valdis Muktupāvels. Performer: Kristine Balanas. Performer: Margarita Balanas. Performer: Valdis Muktupāvels.
    • Midsummer.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Luigi Gatti

    Quartet in F Major: III. Rondo. Allegro

    Performer: Céline Moinet. Performer: Sindy Mohamed. Performer: Mohamed Hiber. Performer: Tim Park.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Espana

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Escales.
    • Chandos.
    • 01.

  • Ferenc Farkas

    Old Hungarian Dances of the 17th Century: V. Saltarello: Allegro

    Ensemble: Phoebus Quintet.
    • Farkas: Complete Wind Quintets.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 5.

  • Léo Delibes

    Coppelia, Tableau 1: Prelude - Mazurka

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Delibes: Suites from the Ballets.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 18.

  • Léo Delibes

    Coppelia, Tableau 1: Valse

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Delibes: Suites from the Ballets.
    • Chandos.
    • 19.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Symphony No. 1 in E Major, Op. 26: V. Allegro

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabio Luisi.
    • Scriabin: Orchestral Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op. 40: III. Gavotte

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg: Music for Strings.
    • BIS.
    • 103.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No 1 in E minor (4th mvt, Finale)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Hary Janos Suite (Version for Orchestra): V. Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Kodály: Háry János Suite, Summer Evening & Symphony in C Major.
    • Naxos.
    • 105.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in D Major, Wq. 176: III. Presto

    Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori. Conductor: Marcin Świątkiewicz.
    • BIS.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony in E Major, D. 729 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bern Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Symphony in E Major, D. 729 (Completed by Richard Dünser).
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 3.

  • Conradin Kreutzer

    Grand Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 62: V. Scherzo. Prestissimo

    Performer: Sebastian Manz. Performer: Theo Plath. Performer: Felix Klieser. Performer: Franziska Hölscher. Performer: Haesue Lee. Performer: Andrei Ioniţă. Performer: Dominik Wagner.
    • Beethoven - C. Kreutzer: Septets.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 11.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Partita: I. Intrada

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Bennett: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 11.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 23 (3rd mvmt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Johann Adolf Hasse

    Piramo e Tisbe, Sinfonia: No. 2, Molto allegro

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Hasse: Piramo e Tisbe.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 55 in E-Flat Major "Il maestro di scuola": IV. Finale. Presto

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 18: Il maestro di scuola.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 12.

  • Clara Kathleen Rogers

    Sonata dramatico, Op. 25: I. Allegro

    Performer: Solomia Soroka. Performer: Phillip Silver.
    • Lost American Violin Sonatas, Vol. 2.
    • Toccata Next.
    • 101.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian dance no.1 in G minor

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms: The Symphonies.
    • Decca.
    • 25.

  • Oliver Davis

    Life: I

    Performer: Huw Watkins. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Julian Kershaw.
    • Oliver Davis: Life.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

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  • Thu 9 Jul 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3