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Start 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 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    Conductor: Daniel Harding. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • The Planets.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 2.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances Op.11 (no.3 in A flat major)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Romance – The Piano Music of Clara Schumann.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Polyphony. Director: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 4 in E-Flat Major, BWV 1010: IV. Sarabande

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • Bach: Cello Suites 1-6, BWV 1007-1012.
    • Hyperion.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Psyché (Overture)

    Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante. Director: Skip Sempé.
    • Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles.
    • Alpha.
    • 6.

  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick NĂ©zet‐SĂ©guin.
    • My American Story: North.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Emilie Mayer

    String Quartet in G Major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Amai Quartet.
    • Emilie Mayer: String Quartets in F and G Major.
    • Da Vinci Classics.

  • Fela Sowande

    Nostalgia (African Suite)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 7.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four English Dances, Set 1, Op 27 (No 4)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 5 in A Major K. 219 'Turkish': I. Allegro aperto

    Composer: Public Domain. Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Mozart Anniversary Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos 1-5.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 16.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition: The Great Gate of Kiev

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Hubert Parry

    Never weather beaten sail (Songs of Farewell)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Songs of Farewell.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 503.

  • Charles Gounod

    Mors et Vita (Judex)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor PeĆĄek.
    • Adagio.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto in B-Flat Major, G. 482: I. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Conductor: Pinchas Zukerman. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
    • Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach & Boccherini.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Emilie Zumsteeg

    Trois Polonaises: No. 3

    Performer: Karin Fernandes.
    • Zumsteeg: Trois Polonaises: No. 3.
    • Azul Music.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 (2nd mvt.)

    Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Joseph Haydn

    4th movement from String Quartet Op.33 'The Bird'

    Ensemble: Chaos Quartet.

  • Aaron Copland

    Rodeo - 4 Dance Episodes (Hoe-down)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • BĂ©la BartĂłk

    4 Old Hungarian folk songs

    Choir: Male Chorus of the Hungarian People's Army. Conductor: ZoltĂĄn VĂĄsĂĄrhelyi.
    • Bartok: Choral Works.
    • HUNGAROTON.
    • 1.

  • Daniel François Esprit Auber

    The Girl from the Caucasus (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestre National de Cannes. Conductor: Wolfgang Doerner.
    • Auber: Overtures. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto for Harp In B-Flat Major, Op. 4, No 6 HWV 294: I. Andante allegro

    Composer: George Frideric Handel. Performer: Valérie Milot. Conductor: Bernard Labadie. Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy.
    • Harp Concertos: Mozart - Handel - Boieldieu.
    • Groupe Analekta, Inc..
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin Concerto in B Minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Elgar: Violin Concerto, Op. 61.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: James McVinnie. Music Arranger: James McVinnie.
    • Pentatone.

  • Grace Williams

    Calm Sea in Summer (Sea Sketches)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.
    • Grace Williams: Fantasia On Welsh Nursery Tunes, Carillons, Penillion, Trumpet C.
    • Lyrita.
    • 17.

  • Edvard Grieg

    March of the Trolls (Lyric Pieces, Book 5 Op.54)

    Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grieg: Music for String Orchestra: Malmo Symphony Orchestra/Engeset.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.

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