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Live from The Bishop's Palace, Wells

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 Breakfast show live from The Bishop's Palace, Wells, as part of Radio 3's tour of Gloucestershire and Somerset.

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 Breakfast show live from the stunning Grade II-listed gardens of The Bishop's Palace, Wells, where he encounters the famous bell-ringing swans that live in the palace's moat. Tom also takes us to Wells cathedral to explore it's rich musical history spanning over 1100 years. With birdsong, the dawn chorus, Bach Before 7 and live music from viol player Jonathan Rees and sackbuttist Emily White. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • Anonymous

    In a Glorious Garden Green (16th century)

    Choir: Opus Anglicanum.
    • The Garden.
    • Opus Anglicanum.
    • 029.

  • John Field

    Fantaisie sur un air russe "Dans le jardin"

    Performer: M铆膵e谩l O'Rourke.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 in D major (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 10.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in E flat, BWV.552, "St Anne"

    Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • Bach: Famous Organ Works.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pavane for orchestra, Op.50

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS Media.

  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    O Canto do Cisne Negro: O canto do cysne negro (Song of the Black Swan)

    Performer: Philippe Honor茅. Performer: Alison Nicholls. Performer: Alison Nicholls.
    • Villa-Lobos: Chamber Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Clarinet Concertino in B flat major

    Performer: Joy Farrall. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Daniel.
    • Decca (UMO).

  • Amy Beach

    Honeysuckle [From Grandmother's Garden, Op.97]

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Regina caeli

    Choir: Wells Cathedral School Choralia. Conductor: Christopher Finch.
    • NAXOS.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Folk songs from Somerset (March) [English Folk Song Suite ]

    Music Arranger: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op 76 No 5 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.

  • John Rutter

    Wells Jubilate

    Performer: Jonathan Vaughn. Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Matthew Owens.
    • Regent Records.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique Op.14 (Un Bal)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Somerset Rhapsody

    Composer: Gustav Holst. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Diego Ortiz

    Recercada

    Performer: Jonathan Rees. Performer: Emily White.

  • Barbara Strozzi

    Che Si Puo Fare

    Performer: Jonathan Rees. Performer: Emily White.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Tarantelle for flute, clarinet and orchestra, Op 6

    Performer: Clara Novakova. Performer: Richard Vieille. Orchestra: Ensemble orchestral de Paris. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • Saint-Saens: La Muse et le Poete etc: Kantorow.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for mandolin in C major, RV.425

    Performer: Raffaele La Ragione. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Francesco Corti.
    • ARCANA.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    Wolf Hall Suite

    Ensemble: Locrian Ensemble of London. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.5 in E flat major, Op.82 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Sibelius: Symphony no.5&7: Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra/Segerstam.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Arpeggiata

    Performer: Jonathan Rees. Performer: Emily White.

  • Dave Brubeck

    Weep no more

    Performer: Jonathan Rees. Performer: Emily White.

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major, Op 18

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Schumann - Papillons/Arabeske/Humoreske.
    • Dal Segno.
    • 2.

  • Eric Coates

    Green Hills o'Somerset

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Singer: Kathryn Rudge.
    • Coates: Songs.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 15.

Broadcast

  • Thu 21 Aug 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3