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The best classical music wake-up call

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

  • Gerald Finzi

    Introit, Op 6

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Seal Lullaby

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Seal Lullaby.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Loquebantur variis linguis

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Keyboard Concerto in E Major, BWV 1053: III. Allegro

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Bach: The Complete Keyboard Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Georges Bizet

    L'arlésienne Suite No. 1, Op. 23bis, WD 40: II. Menuet

    Conductor: Pablo González. Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya.
    • Bizet: Carmen & L'arlésienne Suites.
    • Naxos.
    • 14.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness (The Yellow Cake Revue)

    Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • Peter Maxwell Davies: A Celebration of Scotland: Scottish Chamber Orch & Choir.
    • Unicorn-Kanchana.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ode for St Cecilia's Day HWV.76 (Overture)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • LINN.

  • Robert Schumann

    Marchenerzahlungen, Op.132 (Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell)

    Performer: Jörg Widmann. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Dénes Várjon.
    • MYRIOS CLASSICS.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88, B. 163: III. Allegretto grazioso

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9.
    • Pentatone.
    • 7.

  • Mel Bonis

    Allegretto non troppo, Op. 84

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Simax.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Piano Trio in C Major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • In Her Hands.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta: II. Molto vivace

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Francis Poulenc: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces, Op. 54 no 2 & 3

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Chandos.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Concertino for flute and orchestra, Op.107

    Performer: Magali Mosnier. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Marco Armiliato.
    • Fantaisie.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • David Bednall

    Assumpta est Maria

    Choir: ORA.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    A John Field Suite (Polka)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Harty: A John Field Suite: Ulster Orchestra/Bryden Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Franz Liszt

    Rigoletto Paraphrase [after Verdi]

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in F major RV.293 'Autumn'

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 7.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C, Op 20 No 2 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • BIS.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Concerto in C Sharp Minor Op.45 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Hyperion.

  • Martin Simpson, Andy Cutting & Nancy Kerr

    Lads of Alnwick

    • Murmurs (Deluxe Edition).
    • Topic.
    • 10.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

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