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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 23 Apr 202606:30
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Music Played

  • Michael Haydn

    Notturno in F major, P.106 (3rd mvt: Adagio)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Claude Debussy

    En Bateau (Petite Suite)

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Hyperion.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E-Flat Major: I. Adagio ma non troppo

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Mendelssohn Felix and Fanny.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 105.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for four harpsichords in A minor, BWV.1065

    Performer: Colin Tilney. Performer: Davitt Moroney. Performer: Christopher Hogwood. Performer: Christophe Rousset. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Decca.

  • Eric Coates

    By the Sleepy Lagoon

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Naxos.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    l'Histoire du Tango; Cafe 1930

    Performer: Bram van Sambeek. Performer: Izhar Elias.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Suite in A major, Op 98b, 'American' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Dvorak:Symphony no. 7 Suite in A major,Budapest Festival Orchestra,Ivan Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 7.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100: II. Andante tranquillo - Vivace

    Performer: Manon Galy. Performer: Jorge González Buajasán.
    • Mendelssohn · Brahms · Grieg: Violin Sonatas.
    • Aparté.
    • 6.

  • Frederick Delius

    La Calinda

    Music Arranger: Eric Fenby. Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • EMI.

  • Pau Casals

    Sardana

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Guy Johnston. Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • DECCA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Complete Piano Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Arnold Bax

    Mediterranean

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Seascapes.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Captain Grant

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet.
    • Ralph Vaughan Williams: Rise, Heart.
    • Albion Records.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in F major (Op 28, No 23)

    Performer: Ruth Slenczynska.
    • My Life in Music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.

  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle styrienne

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Debussy - Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Cello Concerto, Op. 40: III. Rondo. Adagio

    Performer: Paul Watkins. Conductor: Andrew Davis. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Finzi: Cello Concerto, Eclogue, etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 103.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Juliette Hurel. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • WARNER.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in D Major, D. 850: IV. Rondo. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Can Çakmur.
    • Schubert + Schumann.
    • BIS.
    • 4.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64, Act I: No. 13, Dance of the Knights

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No. 3, Op. 44 No. 1, MWV R30: IV. Presto con brio

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn: String Quartets, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 204.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.3 in D Minor (Pt 2 3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 202.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, KV 238: III. Rondeau. Allegro

    Performer: Olga Pashchenko. Ensemble: Il Gardellino.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 6, 8 & 18.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.

  • Robert Johnson

    Where the bee sucks

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.
    • Warner.

Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Apr 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3