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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

  • George Frideric Handel

    Terpsichore: Chaconne

    Conductor: Katharina Suske. Ensemble: Die Freitagsakademie.
    • Händel: Terpsichore, HWV 8b: Chaconne.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 1.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major

    Performer: Rafał Blechacz.
    • Chopin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 10.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade in D Minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Bläserensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • R. Strauss: Serenade in E-Flat Major, Op. 7; Sonatina No. 2 in E-Flat Major "Che.
    • Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben? BWV 8: Chorus

    Conductor: Christoph Spering. Orchestra: Das Neue Orchester. Choir: Chorus Musicus Köln.
    • Bach: Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern - BWV 1,8,92,101,107,114,123,133,139.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 14.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jan Mráček. Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 in E-Flat Major, KV 271 "Jenamy" & 12 in A Major,.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.

  • Paul Reade

    The Victorian kitchen garden - suite for clarinet and harp

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Skaila Kanga.
    • Emma Johnson - Encores.
    • ASV.
    • 1.

  • Edward MacDowell

    Suite No1, Op.42 - Shepherdess's Song & Forest Spirits

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.

  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Performer: Alexander Peskanov.
    • Joplin: Piano Rags, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 01.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Only in sleep

    Choir: Kantos Chamber Choir. Singer: Eleonore Cockerham. Conductor: Ellie Slorach.
    • In Your Dreams.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 12.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.99 in E flat major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 4.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: Mambo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • DG.

  • Andrew York

    Joyn

    Performer: Sungbin Cho.
    • Andrew York: Joyn.
    • Deux-Elles Limited.
    • 1.

  • Marie Jaëll

    Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor

    Performer: David Violi. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Ediciones Singulares ES1022.
    • Ediciones Singulares.
    • 4.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals - Aquarium

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Konya Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Ayla Sahin. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Alasdair Malloy.
    • The Kanneh-Masons.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 22.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bach to Baisso

    Music Arranger: Catrin Finch. Music Arranger: Seckou Keita. Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Seckou Keita.
    • Bendigedig.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

    Singer: Joseph Calleja. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
    • Decca.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Quintet No. 4 in D major (G. 448) (Grave Assai - Fandango)

    Performer: Rolf Lislevand. Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Boccherini: Sinfonias & String Quintets.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 3.

  • John Adams

    China Gates

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Adams: China Gates.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Ethel Smyth

    The Wreckers (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.

  • Max Richter & Hugh Brunt

    Of the undiscovered country (From The Original Motion Picture "Hamnet")

    • Of the undiscovered country (From The Original Motion Picture \"Hamnet\").
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen - Overture

    Orchestra: The Symphony of Harmony and Invention. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Purcell: The Fairy Queen, Z629: The Sisteen, Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana (O Fortuna)

    Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Orff: Carmina burana.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 125.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Capriccio brillant

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 401.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Tahiti Trot - Tea for Two

    Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites.
    • BIS.
    • 501.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony no.1 'African-American' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Naxos.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Oboe Concerto in B flat major, RV 465

    Performer: Heinz Holliger. Ensemble: I Musici.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dubinushka, Op 62

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Russian Masterpieces: Scottish National Orchestra/London Symphony Orchestra/Jarv.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

Broadcast

  • Wed 14 Jan 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3