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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

  • Arvo PĂ€rt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • EMI.

  • Thomas Weelkes

    As Vesta Was

    Conductor: Jeremy Summerly. Choir: Oxford Camerata.
    • English Madrigals and Songs.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 80 in D Minor, Hob. I:80: II. Adagio

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 5: L'homme de gĂ©nie.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043 "Double Concerto": I. Vivace

    Performer: Arabella Steinbacher. Performer: Christoph Koncz. Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.
    • J.S. Bach & PĂ€rt: Works for Violin & Chamber Orchestra.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 108.

  • Gabriel FaurĂ©

    Sicilienne (Pelleas & Melisande)

    Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Mirare.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Suite in E Major, P. 51: III. Allegretto vivace

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adriano.
    • Respighi: Suite in E major.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Sigur RĂłs

    FljĂłtavĂ­k

    Music Arranger: Guy Button. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble.
    • Death and the Maiden.
    • Sancho Panza Records.
    • 9.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata no.5 in F major Op.24 'Spring' (1st mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Andrew Armstrong.
    • Onyx Classics.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 English dances - set 2 Op.33 (no.1)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 5.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Concert en sextuor No 4 in B flat major

    Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • Rameau: Six Concerts en Sextuor: Les Talens Lyriques/Rousset.
    • Decca.
    • 11-13.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun Dorma! (Turandot, Act III)

    Performer: Roberto Alagna. Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • EMI.

  • Ethel Smyth

    The Boatswain's Mate (Overture)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos CHAN 10898.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major, K 417 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anthony Halstead. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Mozart: The Horn Concertos - Halstead, The Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Warsaw Concerto

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, BBCSO, Hugh Wolff.
    • Decca.

  • William Grant Still

    The Sentimental One (Lyric Quartet)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol 3.
    • Azica.
    • 4.

  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony in C Major, WD 33: IV. Vivace

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’OpĂ©ra de Lyon.
    • L'oiseau rebelle.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 116.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana - Norman, Giacomini.
    • Philips.

  • Havergal Brian

    English Suite No 3 (1st mvt, Ancient Village)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 2: \"All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray\"

    Lyricist: Charles Jennens. Choir: Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford. Conductor: Simon Preston. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Handel: Messiah (Remastered 2014).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Maisie Brett

    Sterretjie

    Ensemble: Hedera.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Sinfonietta in A major Op.5 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Prokofiev Symphonies Vol. II.
    • Onyx.
    • 9.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16: I. Allegro molto moderato

    Performer: Javier Perianes. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Grieg: Piano Concerto; Lyric Pieces.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Orlando Gibbons

    Song 20

    Performer: Jeremy West. Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • Head Space: Candlelight.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.

  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Concert Waltz

    Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Performer: Alexander Markovich.
    • WARNER.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Night on Bald Mountain

    Composer: Modest Mussorgsky. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Piano Concerto Version), Pictures from Cr.
    • Signum-Cala.
    • 25.

Broadcast

  • Thu 29 Jan 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3