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Start the day strong 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

  • Jules Massenet

    Suite No. 7 "Scènes alsaciennes": I. Dimanche matin

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Yves Ossonce.
    • Massenet: Orchestral Suites Nos. 4 - 7.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern Lights

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • TWENTY.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 21.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Oboe Concerto in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: James MacMillan.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066: Movements 5-7

    Orchestra: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Linn Records.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.5 in E minor Op.64 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Beethoven · Tchaikovsky · Schmidt · Stephan.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 3.

  • Peter Heise

    String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor: II. Andante tranquillo

    Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet.
    • Heise: Complete String Quartets.
    • Dacapo.
    • 206.

  • Frederick Delius

    Florida Suite (1st mvt: Daybreak)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Delius: Paris, Florida Suite, Brigg Fair.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz, Op 64 No 1, 'Minute'

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Chopin: Waltzes: Tharaud.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.

  • Dolly Parton

    My Tennessee Mountain Home

    Singer: Dolly Parton.
    • My Tennessee Mountain Home.
    • RLG/Legacy.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major, K. 581: III. Menuetto

    Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.
    • Mozart & Birchall: Clarinet Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 203.

  • Mel Bonis

    Trois femmes de légende: No. 1, Ophélie

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Sally Beamish

    Pavan

    Performer: Elisabeth Remy.
    • Quest.
    • Albany Records.
    • 14.

  • Claude Debussy

    Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire orch. composer [orig. pf]

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

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 in F Major "Pastoral": I. "Awakening of cheerful feelings...

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 6 'Pastoral'.
    • Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • 1.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in D major Op.6 No.4: IV. Vivace

    Ensemble: Concerto Köln. Conductor: Evgeny Sviridov.
    • Pantheon - Corelli's Orbit.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Theme and Variations Op.42

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • John Barry

    On Her Majesty's Secret Service

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser.

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne Suite No. 1 IV Carillon

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
    • Bizet, Fauré & Gounod.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 36 in E-Flat Major: I. Vivace

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 17: Per il Luigi.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Carl Reinecke

    Flute Concerto in D Major: I. Allegro molto moderato

    Performer: Jeehee Han. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Carl Reinecke: Flute Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Giovanni Benedetto Platti

    Cello Sonata No. 7 in D Major, I. 84: IV. Presto

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Fred Thomas. Performer: Kadialy Kouyate.
    • Where is Home / Hae ke Kae.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Edward Elgar

    Violin concerto in B minor, Op 61 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    The Wind Forest (From My Neighbour Totoro)

    Performer: Nobuyuki Tsujii.

  • Nicola Matteis (Sen)

    Ayres for the Violin, Book III: Gavotta con divisioni

    Ensemble: Duo Dorado.
    • Spice of Italy.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 13.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No 7 in F minor (3rd mvmt, Scherzo)

    Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7.
    • CPO.
    • 107.

  • Frank Bridge

    Cherry Ripe

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

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