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Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong

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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Thu 9 Apr 202606:30
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Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Venetian Gondola Song (Songs Without Words - book 2 Op.30)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Chandos.

  • George Gershwin

    Lullaby for Strings

    Ensemble: Schumann Quartett.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Joachim Raff

    Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 208 "Im Sommer": III. Ekloge. Larghetto

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Hungarica. Conductor: Werner Andreas Albert.
    • Raff: Symphonies Nos. 8-11 "Four Seasons".
    • CPO.
    • 203.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Double Violin Concerto BWV 1043: II. Largo ma non tanto

    Performer: Arabella Steinbacher. Performer: Christoph Koncz. Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.
    • Bach & Pärt.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 9.

  • Dag Wirén

    Serenade (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Henryk Górecki

    Symphony No 3, Op 36 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' (2nd mvt)

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Gorecki: Symphony No. 3: Dawn Upshaw.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto à due cori No 1 in B flat major, HWV 332 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nigel Shore. Performer: Gerald Fröhlich. Performer: Ingo Reuter. Performer: Martin Letz. Performer: Dieter Wagner. Performer: Ottfried Bienert. Performer: Klaus Kirbach. Performer: Dietmar Hiller. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen.
    • Christmas Concertos - Kammerochestrer Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Rapsodie d'Auvergne for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 73

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 etc. (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 27).
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Edward Elgar

    La Capricieuse Op 17 for violin and piano

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Enrico Pace.
    • DECCA.

  • Anna Lapwood

    Arise, Shine

    Performer: Sophia Membery. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Arise, Shine.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 8 in C Major, K. 246 "Lützow": III. Rondeau. Tempo di menuett

    Performer: Christian Zacharias. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk. Orchestra: Polish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 8 "Lützow", 9 "Jeunehomme", 12 & 14.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in A major, Op.5`2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Miroslav Vilímec. Orchestra: Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: František Preisler.
    • Saint-George: Complete violin concertos, Vol.3.
    • AVENIRA.
    • 6.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise in A flat major, Op 53, 'Heroic'

    Performer: Rafał Blechacz.
    • Chopin: Polonaises.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Nico Muhly

    Prosperitie

    Lyricist: The Bible. Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Nico Muhly: No Resting Place.
    • Linn Records.
    • 4.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro in G flat major

    Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Soloists.
    • IndéSens.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.59 in A major 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Signum.

  • Christian Sinding

    Piano Concerto in D-Flat Major, Op. 6: II. Andante

    Performer: Piers Lane. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Alnæs & Sinding: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 42).
    • Hyperion.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle, D. 550 (Arr. for Voice & Orchestra by Benjamin Britten)

    Lyricist: Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart. Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Benjamin Appl. Conductor: Oscar Jockel. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra.
    • Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 12.

  • John Ireland

    Amberley Wild Brooks

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: I. Adagio molto - Allegro con brio

    Conductor: Antonello Manacorda. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly)

    Singer: Ermonela Jaho. Orchestra: Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. Conductor: Andrea Battistoni.
    • Opera Rara.

  • Claude Debussy

    Cello Sonata in D Minor, CD 144: III. Finale. Animé. Léger et nerveux

    Performer: Lidy Blijdorp. Performer: Tobias Borsboom.
    • Franck, Boulanger, Debussy & Vermeulen: Works for Cello and Piano.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 10.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Dardanus: Chaconne

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Director: Raphaël Pichon.
    • Les grandes eaux musicales de Versailles.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 27.

  • Franz von Suppé

    Light Cavalry (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Suppe: Overtures and marches: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 9 Apr 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3