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The best classical music wake-up call

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3ā€™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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Wed 11 Feb 202606:30
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Music Played

  • Carl Nielsen

    Funeral Music (Snefrid)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Carl Nielsen: Orchestral music: Danish National Symphony Orch/Dausgaard.
    • Dacapo.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    February (The Year)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • SONY.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    October (Das Jahr)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel: The Year.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Whitacre: Cloudburst & other choral works: Polyphony, Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in G minor after BWV 1056

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque - J.S. Bach violin concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 7.

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C Major

    Performer: Sarah Beth Briggs.
    • Small Treasures.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 15.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 30 in D major, K 202 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Romy Wymer

    Ink Spills

    Ensemble: Willow Trio.
    • The Bestiary.
    • Self-released.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No.6, "Pathetique" (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Onyx.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major for 2 trumpets, RV.537

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Performer: Crispian Steeleā€Perkins. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Peter Holman.
    • Music for two trumpets from the Italian Baroque.
    • Hyperion.
    • 33.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Quartet No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Korngold: The String Quartets.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Music Arranger: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Trifonov Romance.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 77 in B flat major (1st mvt, Vivace)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 44 & 77.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Polka (Les Vendredis)

    Ensemble: The Shostakovich String Quartet.
    • OLYMPIA.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

    Orchestra: HallƩ. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Anton Urspruch

    Arabeske, Op 20

    Performer: Maria Linares.
    • Urspruch: Piano Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 115.

  • George Frideric Handel

    'Lift up your heads' (Messiah)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • Handel: Messiah: Dunedin Consort and Players.
    • Linn.
    • 7.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino for flute, piano and chamber orchestra (4th mvt)

    Performer: Anthony Robb. Performer: Diana Ambache. Ensemble: Ambache Chamber Ensemble.
    • Liberte, Egalite, Sororite.
    • Ambache.
    • 18.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No 4 in C Minor (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • The Complete Beethoven String Quartets.
    • Signum Records.
    • 16.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Ensemble: Armonico Consort. Conductor: Christopher Monks.
    • Naked Byrd Two.
    • Signum Records.
    • 13.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris ā€“ Philharmonie. Conductor: Josep Pons.
    • Ravel: Concerto en sol, Le Tombeau de Couperin & Alborada del gracioso.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.1`7

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Harmonia mundi.

  • Franz Liszt

    Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, Mephisto Waltz No. 1

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
    • German Dances.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.

  • Anna Clyne

    Seascape (Abstractions)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Anna Clyne: Abstractions.
    • Naxos.
    • 104.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Mikado (Overture)

    Performer: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures.
    • Philips.
    • 5.

  • Nikolai Karlovich Medtner

    Danza Festiva (Forgotten Melodies)

    Performer: Marcā€AndrĆ© Hamelin.
    • Medtner: Forgotten Melodies.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Wed 11 Feb 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3