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Ease into the 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

  • Frederick Delius

    A Song before Sunrise

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The World of Delius.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simon Mulligan.
    • Shostakovich/Penderecki/Part: Violin Sonata: Daniel Hope.
    • Nimbus.
    • 005.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Andante

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

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Unaccompanied Cello Suite No.4 in E Flat Major, BWV 1010: Gigue

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Six Evolutions.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Jules Massenet

    Meditation from "Thais"

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Escales.
    • Chandos.

  • Henriette Renié

    Danse des Lutins

    Performer: Magdalena Hoffmann.
    • Nightscapes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 6.

  • César Franck

    Panis angelicus

    Orchestrator: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Stokowski Encores.
    • Chandos.
    • 08.

  • Bernhard Crusell

    Introduction and Variations on a Swedish Song

    Performer: Martin Fröst. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Roots.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Trad.

    Star of the County Down

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Star of the County Down (Arr. for Solo Cello).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Te Deum (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Guerre et Paix.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 22.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Quartet in A flat major, Op 55

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.

  • José Pablo Moncayo

    Huapango

    Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. Conductor: Alondra de la Parra.
    • My Mexican Soul: Alondra de la Parra.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    "Ombra mai fu" (Serse)

    Performer: Michal Biel. Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński.
    • Handel: Largo de Serse. "Ombra mai fu".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • John Walter Bratton

    The Teddy Bears' Picnic

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • American Light Music Classics.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 4 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Brahms: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Bill Frisell

    Pretty Stars

    Performer: Bill Frisell.
    • Music IS.
    • OKEH.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto no.5 in F major Op.103 'Egyptian' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine.
    • Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos 2, 5 & Piano Works.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No 1 in C minor (3rd mvt)

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

  • Ignatius Sancho

    Gavotta in A Major

    Ensemble: The Raritan Players. Director: Rebecca Cypess.
    • Ignatius Sancho: Music of an Eighteenth-Century Black Englishman.
    • Centaur Records.
    • 28.

  • Ignatius Sancho

    Lord Dalkeith's Reel

    Ensemble: The Raritan Players. Director: Rebecca Cypess.
    • Ignatius Sancho: Music of an Eighteenth-Century Black Englishman.
    • Centaur Records.

  • Ignatius Sancho

    Richmond Hill

    Ensemble: The Raritan Players. Director: Rebecca Cypess.
    • Ignatius Sancho: Music of an Eighteenth-Century Black Englishman.
    • Centaur Records.
    • 38.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 41 "Jupiter" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Music of the Spheres.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Ruaidri Dáll Ó Catháin

    Tabhair dom do Lámh

    Performer: Chris Thile. Performer: Brad Mehldau.
    • Chris Thile & Brad Mehldau.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 11.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Maid of Pskov (Overture)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol: Seattle Symphony/Schwarz.
    • NAXOS.
    • 009.

  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana (Dance)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Orff: Carmina burana.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 106.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides (Fingal's Cave) - Overture Op.26

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Violin Concertos Collection.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas

    Music Arranger: Mikhail Parhamovsky. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Performer: Thomas Carroll.
    • Decca.

  • Louis Spohr

    Fantasia and Variations on a Theme by Danzi

    Performer: Christoffer Sundqvist. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Gaudenz.
    • Spohr: The Complete Works for Clarinet & Orchestra.
    • CPO.
    • 201.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Credo: I Believe

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Love at Last.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 104.

  • Trad.

    O waly waly

    Music Arranger: John Rutter. Conductor: Ralph Allwood. Ensemble: The Rodolfus Choir.
    • Among The Leaves So Green: English & Scottish Folk Songs.
    • Signum Records.
    • 5.

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