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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

    Spring Idyll

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: David Lloyd‐Jones.
    • Naxos.

  • Nadia Boulanger

    3 Pieces for Cello and Piano, INB 11; No. 1 and 2

    Performer: Johannes Moser. Performer: Andrei Korobeinikov.
    • The French Album.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in F major, Op 74 No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: TakĂĄcs Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op.74.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV 1051: III. Allegro

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 9.

  • Malcolm Arnold

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

    Performer: Hugh Bean. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Kynance Cove

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • Regent Records.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano trio in E flat, D 929 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Schubert: Chamber Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 8.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Suite pastorale: II. Danse Villageoise

    Conductor: Neeme JĂ€rvi. Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande.
    • Chabrier: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 108.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 \"Sonata facile\": I. Allegro

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Mozart & Contemporaries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 \"Sonata facile\": II. Andante

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Mozart & Contemporaries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K. 545 \"Sonata facile\": III. Rondo. Al

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Mozart & Contemporaries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto Ă  5 in F major Op.7`9

    Performer: Anthony Robson. Ensemble: Collegium Musicum 90. Director: Simon Standage.
    • Albinoni: The Collected Concertos for Oboes and Strings.
    • Chaconne.
    • 24-26.

  • John Lennon

    Fool on the Hill

    Composer: Paul McCartney. Performer: John Williams. Music Arranger: Leo Brouwer.
    • Portrait of John Williams.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The 49th Parallel (Prelude. Opening Titles)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák

    Serenade for Strings, Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Conrad van Alphen.
    • Grieg/Dvorak/Elgar: Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra/van Alphen.
    • Telarc.
    • 8.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C Major RV 425: I. Allegro

    Performer: Raffaele La Ragione. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Francesco Corti.
    • Mandolin on Stage.
    • Arcana.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.2 in D major Op.43 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Klaus MÀkelÀ.
    • DECCA.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Le Berger fidele; Air Plaintif Faut-il qu'Amarillis périsse

    Singer: Hannah De Priest. Ensemble: Les DĂ©lices. Director: Debra Nagy.
    • Arcadian Dreams.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Serenade in D Major: II. Scherzo

    Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • American and English Orchestral Music.
    • Claves Records.
    • 11.

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Grainger: Works for Wind Orchestra Vol.4: Royal Northern College of Music Wind O.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Preludio sinfonico

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Puccini: Orchestral Music.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    O Holy Lord

    Choir: Nathaniel Dett Chorale.
    • Marquis Classics.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Trois novelettes, FP 47: I. Modéré mais sans lenteur

    Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • Poulenc - Piano Music, Vol. 1.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 28.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Trois novelettes, FP 47: II. TrÚs rapide et rythmé

    Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • Poulenc - Piano Music, Vol. 1.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 29.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Trois novelettes, FP 47: III. Andantino tranquillo sur un thĂšme de Manuel de Fal

    Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • Poulenc - Piano Music, Vol. 1.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 30.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite - Falla: El Retablo de Maese Pedro & Harpsichord Co.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV.881 (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Valse Caprice

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 10.

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