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Rise and shine 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

  • John Ireland

    Amberley Wild Brooks

    Performer: John Lenehan.
    • Ireland: Piano Works 3: John Lenehan.
    • Naxos.
    • 15.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Serenade in E major Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Dvorak, Bartok, Wolf: Saito Kinen, Ozawa.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    Serenade

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: James MacMillan.
    • UNIVERSAL : UCJ-4763159.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 19 in F major, K 459 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart; English Chamber Orchestra/Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in G Major, BWV 577 "Gigue" (Transcribed for Guitar and Organ)

    Performer: John Williams. Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • John Williams and Peter Hurford Play Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    March of the Trolls (Lyric Pieces, Book 5 Op.54)

    Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grieg: Music for String Orchestra: Malmo Symphony Orchestra/Engeset.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Giulio Cesare, HWV 17, Act I, Scene 9: Va tacito (Arr. for Flute, Horn and Orche

    Performer: Miriam Kaczor. Performer: Anneke Scott. Music Arranger: John Walsh. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Whelan.
    • Mr Charles the Hungarian. Handel's Rival in Dublin.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in F sharp minor, Op.59 No.3

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hyperion.
  • William Bolcom

    The Graceful Ghost (Three Ghost Rags)

    Ensemble: Ying Quartet.
    • Quartz.
  • Princess Anna Amalia of Prussia

    Erwin und Elmire (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Weimar. Conductor: Peter Gülke.
    • Masters of the Goethe Era.
    • Capriccio.
    • 6.
  • Richard Wagner

    Pilgrim's Chorus (Tannhäuser)

    Choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Heger.
    • Virgin.
  • William Walton

    Prelude (Richard III)

    Music Arranger: Muir Mathieson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton.
    • The Walton Edition.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Paul Jeanjean

    Clair matin

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Music for Clarinet and Piano: Bliss/Quentin.
    • EMI.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony (Sentimental Sarabande)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten: Young person's guide to the orchestra etc: LSO/ECO/Britten.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in C Major, 3rd mvt: Rondo

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 103.
  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Music Arranger: Elaine Fine. Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • DECCA.
  • John Stanley

    Trumpet Voluntary

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Newman.
    • Wynton Marsalis: In Gabriel’s Garden.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 29.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Trio No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 92 : IV. Grazioso, poco allegro

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • La mer: French Piano Trios.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.
  • Henry Purcell

    Curtain Tune (Timon of Athens Z.632)

    Music Arranger: Barokksolistene. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Performer: Bjarte Eike.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 102.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Habanera

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Chabrier: Espana: Wiener Philharmoniker, John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Ludwig August Lebrun

    Oboe Concerto no.2 in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Lost and Found.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Gordon Langford

    Rhapsody On Sea Shanties

    Performer: The Band of HM Royal Marines, Plymouth. Conductor: Captain J. R. Perkins.
    • For Those in Peril on the Sea.
    • Clovelly Recordings.
    • 9.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E flat major 'Schlummerlied' Op.117 no.1

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Schumann & Brahms.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 25.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture, Op 21)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Boston Symphony Orchestra, Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les chemins de l'amour

    Singer: Véronique Gens. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • VIRGIN.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 7 in G minor, BWV 1058 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Director: Sir András Schiff.
    • Piano Masterworks The World's Favourite Piano Classics.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Joe Hisaishi

    Merry-Go-Round of Life (Howl's Moving Castle)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • A Symphonic Celebration - Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 1.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Performer: Nardo Poy. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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  • Thu 17 Jul 2025 06:30