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The best classical music wake-up call

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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Fri 23 May 2025 06:30
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Music Played

  • Clara Schumann

    Nocturne from soirees musicales

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.

  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, (op.55); III Adagio - Molto espressivo e sostenuto

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne (Pelleas & Melisande)

    Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Mirare.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043: I. Vivace

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Margaret Batjer. Orchestra: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Kahane.
    • J.S.Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Kod谩ly Zolt谩n

    Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite, Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Kodaly: "Hary Janos" Suite: Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 15.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Trio in A minor, Op.50; II. B. Variazione Finale e Coda

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin. Performer: Johannes Moser. Performer: Vadim Gluzman.
    • BIS.

  • Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier

    Te Deum, H 146 (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Guerre et Paix.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 22.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Deus, portus pacis

    Lyricist: John Walton. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Cecilia McDowall: Sacred Choral Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • William Alwyn

    Blackdown: A Tone Poem from the Surrey Hills

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux de vagues (La mer)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlo Maria Giulini.
    • Giulini in America: Los Angeles Philharmonic/Giulini.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in F major for piano duet, K 497 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christoph Eschenbach. Performer: Justus Frantz.
    • Mozart: Music for Piano Duet: Justus Frantz, Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony in E flat major Op.1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Carousel Waltz (Carousel)

    Music Arranger: Edward Benson Powell. Music Arranger: Gus Levene. Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Orchestra: John Wilson Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • The Best of The John Wilson Orchestra.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    L茅gende Op.17

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Paganini/Saraste/Kreisler/Wieniawski: Vengerov/Golan.
    • Teldec.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Quartet concertant in B flat major Op 15 No 6 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 602.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Concertino, Op.107

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Great works for flute and orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 007.

  • John Barry

    Dances With Wolves (The John Dunbar Theme (film version))

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.
    • Dances With Wolves - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Epic/Legacy.
    • 24.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony in G Minor, WoO 29 "Zwickauer": Ist Movement

    Conductor: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Forgotten Symphonies.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.

  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata No. 2 in D Major

    Performer: Lina Tur Bonet. Performer: Patxi Montero. Performer: Kenneth Weiss.
    • Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Sonates pour le violon et basse continue.
    • Verso.
    • 8.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, Op. 15: III. Rondo. Allegro scherzando

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Conductor: Karina Canellakis. Orchestra: Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Beethoven.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Giulio Caccini

    Ave Maria

    Singer: Inese Galante. Orchestra: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Aleksandrs Vi募umanis.
    • Debut.
    • Campion.
    • 8.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in F major, Op 6 No 9

    Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • Vivaldi & Corelli.
    • Zig-Zag Territoires.
    • 1-6.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    Ponyo's Sisters Lend a Hand - A Song for Mothers and the Sea

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • A Symphonic Celebration - Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 19.

  • James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • Advent at Merton.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 18.

Broadcast

  • Fri 23 May 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3