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Birdsong and Bach to banish those morning blues

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

  • Robert Schumann

    Phantasiestücke Op.88; 3. Duett

    Performer: Martin Owen. Performer: Francesca Dego. Performer: Alessandro Taverna.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Still

    Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Choir: VOCES8. Performer: Eleanor Turner.
    • Infinity.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano trio in E flat, D 929 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Schubert: Chamber Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 8.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Masques et bergamasques - suite Op.112: i. Overture

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Ludovic Morlot.
    • Seattle Symphony.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello suite No 6 in D major, BWV 1012 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Music Arranger: Fred Thomas. Ensemble: Manchester Collective.
    • Bach, JS: Cello Suite No. 6, BWV 1012: IV. Sarabande.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Edward White

    Puffin' Billy for orchestra

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • HYPERION.
  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie no. 1 arr for guitar

    Music Arranger: Sean Shibe.
    • Camino - Spanish and French repertoire for guitar.
    • Pentatone.
    • 105.
  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano concerto in B flat major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ewa Kupiec. Orchestra: Neubrandenburger Philharmonie. Conductor: Sebastian Tewinkel.
    • Mayer: Symphony No. 4, Piano Concerto, String Quartet & Piano Sonata.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 6.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a (Dance of the Reed-Pipes)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker Suite; Maazel, the Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Telarc.
    • 8.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto for violin, cello & piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • DECCA.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch Tratsch Polka

    Ensemble: German Brass.
    • A Tribute To Johann Strauss.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Philip Glass

    Violin Concerto, 2nd mvt.

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Orchestra: Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Conductor: Jonathan Stockhammer.
    • Mari.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.
  • Muzio Clementi

    Piano Sonata & Toccata, Op. 11: No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Toccata

    • Clementi: Piano Jewels.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Richard Strauss

    Also sprach Zarathustra (Introduction)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.
  • Michael Daugherty

    Blue Electra: I. Courage

    Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Orchestra: Albany Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Alan Miller.
    • Michael Daugherty: Blue Electra, Last Dance at the Surf & To the New World.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 1.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide (Overture)

    Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Bernstein: Marin Alsop's Complete Naxos Recordings.
    • Naxos.
    • 801.
  • William Marshall

    Lady Isabella Wemyss' Strathspey; Miss Ross' Strathspey; Easter Elchies

    Ensemble: Strathspey Queens.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Autrefois [Pièces humoristiques, Op.87]

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's New Piano Album: Encores by Schubert, Chaminade, Tchaikovsky, Ri.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.101 in D major 'Clock' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Haydn: Symphony no. 101: Congertgegbouw Orchestra, Harnoncourt.
    • Teldec.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Peter Limonov.
    • Decca.
  • Salvador Bacarisse

    Guitar Concertino in A minor Op.72 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Rolando Saad. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Fuat Mansurov.
    • Orchid.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Seascape Op.53 for wind ensemble

    Performer: Alex Jakeman. Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: Meyrick Alexander. Performer: Alyson Frazier. Performer: Elise Campbell. Performer: Mark van de Wiel. Performer: Jonathan Parkin. Performer: Graham Hobbs.
    • Winds of Change.
    • Three Worlds Records.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dances, Series II, No. 1 in B Major [Slavonic Dance #9 in B major]

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic (orchestra); Sir Simon Rattle (conductor). Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Dvořák: Slavonic Dances.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 09.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini: William Tell: Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • George Enescu

    String Octet in C Major, Op. 7 (version for string orchestra)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • George Clement Martin

    The Lord is my shepherd

    Performer: Andrew Lumsden. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Director: Martin Neary.
    • Psalms Vol. 1: Westminster Abbey Choir.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet in C minor, K 406 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Philip Dukes. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Mozart: String Quintets; Nash Ensemble, Philip Dukes.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Riddle Of The Barrel-Organ Player - Postlude: Hunting (Suite in Old Style)

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Vaiva Eidukaitytė-Storastienė. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras.
    • ECM.

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  • Mon 29 Sep 2025 06:30