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Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 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

  • Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

    O Maria, tu dulcis

    • Naive.

  • William Grant Still

    Summerland (3 Visions)

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Fantasie.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Robert Farnon

    脌 la claire fontaine

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Farnon: Westminster Waltz, Colditz March, State Occasion & Other Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Solo Violin Sonata no.1 in G minor BWV.1001 (Adagio)

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova.
    • Bach: 6 Sonatas & Partitas.
    • Onyx.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899 (no.3 in G flat major)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Le Voyage Magnifique, Schubert: Impromptus; Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Claude Debussy

    Preludes Book 1: X. The Submerged Cathedral

    Orchestrator: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Serenade in D Major (Finale)

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein.
    • American and English Orchestral Music.
    • Claves Records.
    • 13.

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arl茅sienne Suite no.2 (Farandole)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites no. 1 & 2, Carmen Suite no. 1: LSO, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Amy Beach

    Valse Caprice Op 4

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Viola Saga: Movement 1 (Pt. 1)

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • Joe Hisaishi in Vienna.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 1.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    The Cunning Little Vixen (Act 1 Prelude and Interlude)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • LSO LIVE.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango (arr. for string quartet and bandoneon)

    Performer: Carel Kraayenhof. Music Arranger: Marijn van Prooijen. Ensemble: Matangi Quartet.
    • Beethoven vs Piazzolla.
    • Matangi Quartet.
    • 101.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Op. 58 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 206.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Hallelujah (Messiah)

    Choir: Polyphony. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major, Op 20: 4th Movement, Presto

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lucy Gould. Performer: Sophie Besancon. Performer: Christian Eisenberger. Performer: Pascal Siffert. Performer: Stewart Eaton. Performer: William Conway. Performer: Kate Gould.
    • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto: Daniel Hope, COE, Thomas Hengelbrock.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • George Walker

    Trombone Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: James DePreist.
    • BIS.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four English Dances, Set 1, Op 27 (No 4)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op 98 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Daniel Barenboim - Brahms.
    • Teldec.
    • 7.

  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik, D547

    Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Benjamin Appl.
    • For Dieter: The Past and the Future.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.1`1

    Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players. Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Director: Nicholas Kraemer.
    • Locatelli: 12 Concerti Grossi, op.1.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1-4.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Arabesque in G minor Op.61

    Performer: Mark Viner.
    • Piano Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.2 in E flat major K.417

    Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • DECCA.

  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Allegro in D Major, WK 186

    Performer: Lucile Boulanger.
    • Bach & Abel: Solo.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.

  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Introduction and Tarantella, Op. 43

    Performer: Milo拧 Milivojevi膰.
    • Accord for Life: Classical Accordion.
    • Nimbus.

Broadcast

  • Wed 21 May 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3