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Boost your morning 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 the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    She's like the swallow that flies so high (8 Folksongs)

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Benjamin Britten, Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: Gerald Finley and Julius.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in Bb major 'Sunrise' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: London Haydn Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque No.1 in E major

    Orchestrator: Hubert Mouton. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • CALA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schmucke dich, o liebe Seele - chorale-prelude BWV 654

    Performer: Marie‐Claire Alain.
    • Bach, JS : Complete Organ Works [1980].
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 148.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622: II. Adagio

    Performer: Martin Fröst. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto in A Major, K. 622 & Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 5.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Elsa Barraine

    Symphony No. 2 "Voïna": III. Finale

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Elena Schwarz.
    • Elsa Barraine: Symphonies 1 & 2.
    • O.

  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur Suite (extract)

    Music Arranger: Alison Balsom. Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI.

  • Cyril Scott

    Lotus land

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.
    • James Ehnes - Homage.
    • Onyx.
    • 9.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    España

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Memento Capriccioso

    Performer: Thomas Kelly.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphonie concertante in A major Op.9`2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Ježek. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Halász.
    • Saint-Georges: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasiestücke, Op. 73

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Jean-Sélim Abdelmoula.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 (La réjouissance; Minuets)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto in C Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet No. 14 in A flat, Op. 105 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
    • Dvorák: String Quartets Nos. 10 & 14.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 6.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major Op.18

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Chopin: Complete Waltzes.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
    • DIVOX.
    • 3.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Befiehl dem Engel, dass er komm BuxWV.10

    Ensemble: Ottawa Bach Choir. Ensemble: Ottawa Bach Choir. Director: Lisette Canton. Director: Lisette Canton.
    • CANTO.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: Czech Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michaela Rózsa Růžičková.
    • Etymology Classics.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yeol Eum Son. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier.
    • Ravel Concertos - Bach/Wittgenstein.
    • Naive.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: John Butt. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • Six Brandenburg Concertos - Johann Sebastian Bach.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Trio for flute, oboe and piano. (2nd mvt. Andante semplice)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Antonio Oyarzabal.
    • Madeleine Dring: Complete Works for Oboe.
    • Chandos.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini: Overtures: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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  • Tue 13 May 2025 06:30
    BBC Radio 3