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Brighten your 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

  • Olivia Belli

    Mirando

    Performer: Olivia Belli. Performer: Louisa Fuller. Performer: John Metcalfe. Performer: Chris Worsey.
    • Intermundia.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
    • 7.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning (Peer Gynt Suite no.1, Op.46)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Berglund.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D Major, Op. 76 No. 5, Hob. III:79: II. Largo cantabile

    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 22.

  • Franz Lehár

    The Merry Widow (Entracte Act 2)

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Opera House and Museum Orchestra. Conductor: Joana Mallwitz.
    • Lehár: Die lustige Witwe (Live).
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 210.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: French Suite No. 2 in C Minor, BWV 813: Sarabande and Courante

    Performer: Keith Jarrett.
    • J. S. Bach: The French Suites.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 9, 'Nimrod')

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 15.

  • Orazio Benevoli

    Missa Angelus Domini: I. Kyrie

    Conductor: Robert Hollingworth. Ensemble: I Fagiolini.
    • Benevoli: Missae Angelus Domini & Dum complerentur.
    • CORO.
    • 2.

  • Beòlach

    Prayerful Hymn

    • All hands.
    • artist release.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 17 in G major, K 453 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Mozart Piano Concertos No.17, K453 & No. 25, K503.
    • Decca.
    • 003.

  • Amanda Röntgen-Maier

    Piano Trio in E-Flat Major: IV. Allegro con fuoco

    Ensemble: Trio Ernest.
    • The Wonderful Adventures of Amanda Maier.
    • Aparté.
    • 107.

  • 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.

  • Aaron Copland

    Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in D major Op.28 'Pastorale' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Jonathan Biss: Beethoven.
    • Onyx.
    • 4.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • DG.

  • Urban Folk Quartet

    Jaleo Bus / Up in the Air

    Ensemble: Urban Folk Quartet.

  • Christoph Graupner

    Sinfonia in G major GWV 597: 1. Allegro

    Ensemble: Il Gardellino. Director: Florian Heyerick.
    • Christoph Graupner: Sinfonias.
    • CPO.
    • 801.

  • Erland Cooper

    Folded Landscapes - Movement 2 (instrumental)

    Performer: Erland Cooper. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Folded Landscapes.
    • Mercury Classics.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Teldec.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op. 42 - melodie

    Performer: Christina Lawrie. Performer: Harriet Mackenzie.
    • Nimbus.

  • Asha Bhosle

    Aaj Koi Pyar Se

    • Nascente.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

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