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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 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Max Richter

    On the Nature of Daylight

    Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Luna.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Franz Schubert

    Nachtstück D.672

    Performer: Ian Tindale. Singer: Santiago Sánchez.

  • Heikki Aaltoila

    Wedding Waltz of Akseli and Elina

    Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jorma Panula.
    • FINNISH ORCHESTRAL FAVOURITES.
    • NAXOS.
    • 006.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 5, BWV 1050 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Amandine Beyer. Orchestra: Gli Incogniti.
    • Bach from Italy: The Vivaldi & Marcello Influences.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 8.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony (2nd mvt. Playful Pizzicato)

    Ensemble: Britten Quartet.
    • Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony & String Quartets.
    • 2014 Ameritz Music Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Teresa Carreño

    Mi Teresita [Little Waltz]

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • WARNER.

  • Luigi Cherubini

    Symphony in D major - finale

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Cherubini Discoveries.
    • Decca.

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite suite (Ballet)

    Music Arranger: Henri Büsser. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Debussy; Ravel.
    • Naive.
    • 10.

  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Viola Sonata in B flat major Op.36 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Bel Canto: The Voice of the Viola.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.

  • 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.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo Op 117 No 1

    Performer: Lukas Sternath.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 1 in C Major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Marc Perrone

    Esperanza

    Performer: Ballaké Sissoko. Performer: Vincent Ségal. Performer: Vincent Peirani. Performer: Émile Parisien.
    • Les Égarés.
    • ACT Music.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Galop from Suite for viola and small orchestra

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (Hungarian Dance)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Florence Price

    Clouds

    Performer: Beatrice Nicholas.
    • Beatrice Nicholas (Bandcamp).

  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini: William Tell: Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita no.2 in C minor BWV.826 (Capriccio)

    Music Arranger: Bram van Sambeek. Performer: Bram van Sambeek.
    • Bram van Sambeek Plays Bach on the Bassoon.
    • BIS.
    • 106.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No 2 in D Major, (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Erato.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 25 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski. Director: Piotr Anderszewski. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 25 & 27.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 101.

  • Louis Spohr

    Nonet in F major, Op.31 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Spohr: Nonet and Octet: Nash Ensemble.
    • CRD.

  • Gang Chen

    Butterfly Lovers Violin concerto (7th mvt)

    Composer: Zhanhao He. Performer: Chloe Chua. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rodolfo Barráez.
    • Butterfly Lovers Concerto & Paganini.
    • Pentatone.
    • 7.

  • Fannie Charles Dillon

    Birds at dawn, Op 20 No 2

    Performer: Sarah Cahill.
    • The Future is Female, Vol. 1: In Nature.
    • First Hand.
    • 8.

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