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Brighten your day 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 [email protected]

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Preghiera (Suite No 4, 'Mozartiana')

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: Suite No. 4, "Mozartiana": DSO, Jarvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Louis Spohr

    Potpourri

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin O’Neill.
    • Spohr: Clarinet Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Barcarolle No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 26

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Fauré: The Complete Music for Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (Cantata no.42)

    Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Bach - Sinfonia.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Wedding-cake Op.76

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphonie Concertante in C Major, Op. 9 No. 1: I. Allegro

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Ježek. Conductor: Michael Halász. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice.
    • Saint-Georges: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly)

    Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repušić.
    • Famous Opera Choruses.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 6.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Andante

    Performer: Angela Malsbury. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies: Malsbury, LMP, Shelley.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto No 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Petra Müllejans.
    • Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - Monn: Cello Concerto.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.

  • York Bowen

    Zazra in E-Flat Major (An Intermezzo). Andantino grazioso

    Performer: Nuron Mukumi.
    • Portraits of Bowen: 24 Preludes in All Major and Minor Keys, Op. 102.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 26.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in G major, RV 435

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Tognetti.
    • EMI.

  • Dorothy Howell

    Humoresque

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Dorothy Howell Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • Helen Leach

    Diary of the Bee: I. Bluebell

    Performer: John Bradbury. Ensemble: Victoria String Quartet.
    • Diary of the Bee: Chamber Works by Helen Leach.
    • Divine Art.
    • 501.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    12 Etudes, Op. 25: No. 2 in F Minor "The Bees"

    • Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 14.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 "Scottish": II. Vivace non troppo

    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Op. 56 \"Scottish\": II. Vivace non trop.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Piano Trio no.1 in D minor Op.32 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Zeliha.
    • Shostakovich - Arensky - Mendelssohn.
    • Mirare.
    • 3.

  • Jerry Goldsmith

    Ilia's Theme (Star Trek: The Motion Picture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Jerry Goldsmith.
    • Music from the Original Soundtrack: Star Trek the Motion Picture.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 5.

  • Edward Elgar

    La capricieuse, Op.17

    Orchestrator: Søren Barfoed. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto: Sol Gambetta.
    • RCA.
    • 7.

  • Clara Schumann

    Evening celebration in Venice (3 Part Songs)

    Choir: North German Radio Choir. Conductor: Philipp Ahmann.
    • Es-Dur.

  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Prelude to Act I

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Wagner: Faust & Columbus Overtures, Meistersinger Prelude, Parsifal Prelude, Tri.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Romantic Pieces, Op. 75, B. 150: I. Allegro moderato - Poco meno mosso

    Performer: Jennifer Pike. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Czech Works for Violin and Piano.
    • Chandos.
    • 112.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.3 in C minor (Juba)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Catrin Finch

    Listen to the Grass Grow

    Performer: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita.
    • SOAR.
    • bendigedig.
    • 6.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor Op.30: Allegro man non tanto

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Nehmt meinen Dank, K 383

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.1 in D major Op.11 (6th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Sony Classical.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Pachelbel/Handel/Vivaldi etc: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
    • 10.

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