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Roll out of bed into 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

  • Frank Bridge

    The Hedgerow (3 Lyrics)

    Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • Bridge: Piano Music, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Orford Ness (Suffolk Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Louis Spohr

    Concerto No.4 in E Minor (3rd mvt. Rondo al Espagnol)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Kenneth Sillito.
    • Krommer Double Clarinet Concerto, Spohr Concertos Nos.2 & 4.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor, 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • SONY.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Kennedy plays Bach with the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Manuel de Falla

    The Miller's Dance (The Three-Cornered Hat)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.
    • Falla: Spanish Songs etc.: De Los Angeles/Giulini/Fruhbeck de Burgos.
    • EMI.
    • 6.
  • Marianna Martines

    Harpsichord Concerto in E major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Ensemble: La Floridiana.
    • deutsche harmonia mundi.
  • Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

    Totus Tuus

    Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Christmas.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 801.
  • Bernhard Crusell

    Clarinet Concerto No 3 in B flat major, Op 11 (3rd mvt, Alla polacca)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Okko Kamu.
    • Crusell: Clarinet Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 'New World' Op. 95 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Signum Classics SIGCD515.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.
  • Wayne Hill

    Left Bank Two ('Vision On Gallery' Theme Tune)

    Performer: The Noveltones.
    • The A To Z Of British TV Themes - Volume 2.
    • Play It Again.
    • 29.
  • Claude Debussy

    De l'aube à midi sur la mer (La Mer)

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • GBѿý.
  • Domenico Cimarosa

    I tre amanti (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.
    • Overtures - Leppard.
    • Philips Classics.
    • 7.
  • Thelonious Monk

    Round Midnight

    Performer: Rob Luft. Performer: Dave O’Higgins. Performer: Misha Mullov-Abbado. Performer: Ross Stanley. Performer: Billy Pod. Music Arranger: Rob Luft.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 40 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Tarmo Peltokoski.
    • Mozart Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Elfrida Andrée

    String Quartet in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Stockholm Quartet.
    • Caprice.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.
    • Sibelius Prokofiev: Violin Concerto.
    • WARNER.
    • 2.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude No.15 in D flat major "Raindrop"

    Performer: Behzod Abduraimov.
    • Alpha.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Things to come (March)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos Movies.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in G (3rd mvt. Rondo all' ongarese)

    Ensemble: Trio Fontenay.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios: Trio Fontenay.
    • Teldec.
    • 9.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Fête polonaise (Le roi malgré lui)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chabrier: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 2 in C major, Op 61 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Schumann: The Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Onyx.
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Corta Jaca

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami Ensemble.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.
  • Maurizio Cazzati

    Ciaccona

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • All'Improviso.
    • ALPHA.
    • 3.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Concerto in D Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Liza Ferschtman. Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Elias Grandy.
    • Rubicon.

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  • Wed 15 Oct 2025 06:30