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Rise and shine 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

  • Jenny McLeod

    At the Bay (3 Celebrations)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Uwe Grodd.
    • NAXOS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • The Music of King's: Choral Favourites from Cambridge.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 6.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major Op.55 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • Glazunov: Symphony no.5/The Seasons.
    • WARNER.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Oboe d'amore Concerto (from BWV.54)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Trinity Baroque. Ensemble: The English Concert.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin Op.15`2

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Pierre de Bréville

    Maneh, chant sans paroles de Caïckji sur le Bosphore: Vocalise-Étude

    Performer: Juri Vallentin. Performer: Philipp Heiß.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quintet, Op 97 (2nd mvt, Allegro vivo)

    Performer: Hartmut Rohde. Ensemble: Leipziger Streichquartett.
    • Dvorak: Piano Quintet & String Quintet No. 3.
    • MDG.

  • James P. Johnson

    Subway Journey (Harlem Symphony)

    Orchestra: The Concordia Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Nimbus Records.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvt, Andante con moto)

    Performer: Mark Bebbington. Conductor: Jan Latham-Koenig. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Francis Poulenc: Piano Concerto & Concert Champêtre.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle styrienne

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

  • Miles Davis

    Générique (from 'Lift to the Scaffold')

    • Ascenseur pour l'échafaud.
    • Supreme Media.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto No 1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Zuill Bailey. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Robin O’Neill.
    • Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Steinway and Sons.
    • 101.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Ruy Blas Op.95

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 5.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Carl Czerny

    Grande Serenade Concertante (4th mvt, Finale)

    Performer: Christine Croshaw. Performer: Nicholas Bucknall. Performer: Christina Shillito. Performer: Stephen Stirling.
    • Czerny: Chamber Music.
    • Meridian Records.
    • 25.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: VII. Fugue. Allegro molto - A

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Britten: Spring Symphony, Sinfonia da Requiem, The Young Person's Guide to the O.
    • LSO Live.
    • 22.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Sussex Landscape (1st mvt, Largo)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 5.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suite in A minor, TWV 55:A2 'Air a l'Italien'

    Ensemble: Ensemble Hesperi. Ensemble: The Buskaid Soweto String Project.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Neujahrskonzert 2025 / New Year's Concert 2025 / Concert du Nouvel An 2025.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Havanaise Op 83

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Anthony Holborne

    The Fairie-round - galliard (courante)

    Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.
    • Instruments Of The Middle Ages.
    • ERATO.
    • 10.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude No 1 in C major, BWV 870 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • Glenn Gould plays Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Books I & II, BWV 846-893.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue No 1 in C major, BWV 870 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • Glenn Gould plays Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier Books I & II, BWV 846-893.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Petite Messe Solennelle (Kyrie)

    Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Performer: Daniele Rossi. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle.
    • EMI.
    • 1-2.

  • Leoš Janáček

    Sokol Fanfare (Sinfonietta)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.
    • Janacek: Sinfonietta: Bamberger Symphoniker/Nott.
    • Tudor.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Susanna Mälkki.
    • Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Rakastava & Lemminkäinen.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Moments musicaux (No 3 in F minor)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Schubert: 4 Impromptus, D. 899 & 6 Moments musicaux.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Symphony in D minor (2nd mvt, Vivo)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia. Conductor: Ian Hobson.
    • Moritz Moszkowski: Orchestra Music, Vol. 4.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 102.

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