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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

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suite in D major TWV.55:D15 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori. Conductor: Martin Gester.
    • Telemann: Ouvertures Pittoresques.
    • BIS.
  • Jules Massenet

    Thaïs (Meditation)

    Performer: Diana Yukawa. Performer: Nigel Clayton.
    • Diana Yukawa: Elegy.
    • RCA.
    • 7.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rondo in G Minor, Op.94

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Sony.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat, K.361 'Gran Partita' (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • Mozart: Serenade No. 10 in B flat major, K361 'Gran Partita': Linos Ensemble.
    • Capriccio.
    • 3.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Belkis, Queen of Sheba (The Dance of Belkis at Dawn)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Respighi: Belkis Queen of Sheba and Metamorphoseon.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Flute Sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Vocalise.
    • OPUS ARTE.
    • 1.
  • George Lloyd

    Symphony no.9 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: George Lloyd.
    • Conifer.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no. 2 in D major H.7b.2: 3rd movement; Rondo

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Hyperion.
  • Scott Joplin

    Heliotrope Bouquet: A Slow Drag Two-Step

    Composer: Louis Chauvin. Performer: Alexander Peskanov.
    • Scott Joplin: Piano Rags.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Mazurka-Oberek in D major

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Ensemble: The Abbey Road Ensemble. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • EMI.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il Signor Bruschino (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony (Playful Pizzicato)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Decca.
  • Max Bruch

    Scottish Fantasy, Op.46 - 3. Andante sostenuto

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory MacDonald.
    • ѿýcoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Jean Mouton

    Nesciens mater virgo virum

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • A Spotless Rose.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concert piece no. 1 in F minor Op.113

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Wolfgang Meyer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Kenneth Sillito.
    • Weber/Mendelssohn/Baermann: Meyer/Meyer/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields/Sill.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5-7.
  • Charles Gounod

    Waltz (Faust)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Delibes: Coppélia / Chopin: Les Sylphides / Gounod: Faust Ballet Music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 26.
  • George Gershwin

    Variations on 'I got rhythm'

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & Piano Concerto: Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dances, Op. 64: II. Allegretto grazioso

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Grieg: Symphonic Dances.
    • Chandos.
    • 102.
  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction & Allegro

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Richard Strauss

    Alphorn AV.29

    Singer: Christiane Karg. Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Performer: Felix Klieser.
    • Heimliche Aufforderung - Secret Invitation.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
    • 5.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in F minor, Op 63 No 2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: Late Masterpieces, Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

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