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Live from Westonbirt, The National Arboretum

Tom McKinney starts your day with the very best classical music and the sounds of the forest live from Westonbirt, the National Arboretum.

Wake up to a morning of pure inspiration with Tom McKinney, bringing you the finest classical music to start your day right 鈥� including Bach Before 7.

This time, Tom broadcasts live from the heart of nature at Westonbirt, the National Arboretum, where music meets the forest. He鈥檚 joined by curator Dan Crowley to hear the stories behind some of the trees, and embarks on a unique Sensing Nature walk 鈥� experiencing the woodland through touch, scent, and sound.

Plus, live music from Bristol Ensemble Wind Quartet.
You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Tue 19 Aug 2025 06:30
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Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    Phantasy on British Folksongs, Op.36

    Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • SOMM.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Granen (The Spruce) [5 Piano Pieces, Op.75 No.5]

    Performer: H氓vard Gimse.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto no.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christophe Rousset. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Bach: Harpsichord Concertos: Rousset/AAM/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 3.

  • Ivor Gurney

    A Gloucestershire Rhapsody: Maestoso e con ampio trascinare

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos Records Limited.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 No 2

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes and Impromptus: Angela Hewitt, piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Rachel Portman

    Leaves and Trees

    Performer: Niklas Liepe. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Erina Yashima.
    • Rachel Portman: Tipping Points, Vivaldi/Kerschek: The New Four Seasons.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 7.

  • Henry Purcell

    Ground in C minor

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Spring.
    • Sony.
    • 1.

  • Frederick Delius

    La Calinda

    Composer: Frederick Delius. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • EMI.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    The Willow Song (Othello - suite Op.79)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg. Conductor: S谩ndor V茅gh. Conductor: S谩ndor V茅gh.
    • Decca.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Serenade FS. 300

    Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Michael Sch酶nwandt.
    • DACAPO.

  • Patrick Hadley

    The Trees So High (3rd mvt: Vivace)

    Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • LYRITA.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Sonata in E minor, Op.3`6 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini OverturesThe Chamber Orchestra Of Europe.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 7.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Pritchard. Conductor: John Pritchard.
    • EMI.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Ensemble: Members of the Bristol Ensemble.

  • Scott Joplin

    Treemonisha (Overture)

    Ensemble: Paragon Ragtime Orchestra.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in E minor for oboe d'amore

    Performer: Carin van Heerden. Ensemble: L鈥橭rfeo Barockorchester.

  • Hilda Dederich

    Moonlight through the Cedar Tree

    Composer: Hilda Dederich. Performer: David Reeves. Performer: David Reeves.
    • Fleur de Son.

  • Robert Johnson

    Where the bee sucks

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.
    • Warner.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.4 in E minor (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms: The Symphonies.
    • DECCA.
    • 5.

  • Wilfred Josephs

    Five Fictitious Folksongs

    Ensemble: Members of the Bristol Ensemble.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Air Balloon and Car Chase (Travel Notes II)

    Ensemble: Members of the Bristol Ensemble.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sarabande from Keyboard suite in D minor, HWV 437

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Music Arranger: Olivier Four茅s. Ensemble: Daniel Hope Ensemble.
    • DG.

  • Thomas Linley the Elder

    Overture: The Duenna (Rondeau)

    Ensemble: Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Paul Nicholson.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Tue 19 Aug 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3