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Start the day on the right note 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

  • Helen Leach

    Bluebell (Diary of the Bee)

    Performer: John Bradbury. Ensemble: Victoria String Quartet.
    • Diary of the Bee: Chamber Works by Helen Leach.
    • Divine Art.
    • 10.

  • Claude Debussy

    L'isle joyeuse

    Performer: Emmanuelle Stephan.
    • Arion.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.4 in F minor Op.36 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • ONYX.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 3, BWV 1009 (Gigue)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
    • Bach: Cello Suites, BWVV 1007-1012.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 206.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 3, BWV 1009 (Bourrées 1 and 2)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
    • Bach: Cello Suites.
    • Pentatone.
    • 111.

  • Arnold Bax

    Winter Legends (3rd & 4th mvts)

    Performer: Ashley Wass. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Bax: Winter Legends: Ashley Wass, Bournemouth SO, James Judd.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite No 1 (Air)

    Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco. Conductor: Giovanni Guglielmo.
    • Handel - Water Music & Music For The Royal Fireworks.
    • CPO.
    • 6.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No 2 (3rd mvt, Juba)

    Ensemble: ConTempus Quartet.
    • Strings Intertwined.
    • Blue Griffin Recording.
    • 3.

  • Paul Wranitzky

    Symphony in G major, Op 35 No 2 (3rd mvt, Menuetto, Allegro)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Paul Wranitzky: Symphonies op. 35 Nos. 1–3.
    • CPO.
    • 107.

  • Herman Severin Løvenskiold

    La Sylphide (Pas de Deux [Reel])

    Orchestra: Royal Danish Orchestra. Conductor: David Garforth.
    • Chandos.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Dargason (St Paul's Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Gustav Holst.
    • Documents.
    • 11.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat major K.271 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 18: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Leif Ove Andsn.
    • EMI.

  • Harry Burleigh

    Southland sketches (Nos 3 & 4) arr. for wind quintet

    Performer: Calefax Reed Quintet. Music Arranger: Jelte Althuis.
    • An American Rhapsody.
    • Pentatone.
    • 6-7.

  • Louis Couperin

    Suite in F major (3rd mvt, Courante)

    Performer: Jean Rondeau.
    • Louis Couperin: The Complete Works, Vol. I.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 19.

  • Träd

    Star of the County Down

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Star of the County Down (Arr. for Solo Cello).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the tumblers (Snow maiden - suite)

    Music Arranger: WIlfred Heaton. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Pirates of Penzance (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Sullivan: Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Flute Concerto in G Wq.169 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Warner Classics.

  • William Grant Still

    The Sentimental One (Lyric Quartet)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered, Vol 3.
    • Azica.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No 8 'Pathétique' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Klára Würtz.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.3, Piano Sonatas.
    • Piano Classics.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Foxtrot (Jazz Suite No 1)

    Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites.
    • BIS.
    • 103.

  • Orlande de Lassus

    Kyrie eleison (Missa pro defunctis quinque vocum)

    Choir: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.
    • Roland de Lassus: Requiem.
    • Outhere Music.
    • 2.

  • Elfrida Andrée

    Fritiof's Voyage on the Sea (Fritiof Suite)

    Orchestra: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Hermann Bäumer.
    • Andrée: Symphony No. 1 in C Major & Fritiof Suite.
    • CPO.
    • 105.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto No 1 in A minor, BWV 1041 (3rd mvt, Allegro assai)

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Orchestra: COmpass REsonance. Conductor: Zachary Carrettin.
    • J.S. Bach & Silvestrov.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 3.

  • François‐Joseph Gossec

    Tambourin

    Performer: Jean‐Claude Gérard. Performer: Christian Ostertag. Performer: Verena Sommer. Performer: Enrique Santiago. Performer: Martin Ostertag. Performer: Wolfgang Güttler. Performer: Andreas Kersten.
    • Standchen: Famous Melodies For Flute.
    • Christophorus.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 5 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karina Canellakis.
    • Karina Canellakis conducts Tchaikovsky.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 102.

  • Richard Strauss

    Sonatina No. 2 in E-Flat Major, "Fröhliche Werkstatt": III. Menuet

    Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Gregori Witt.
    • Richard Strauss Wind Music.
    • Capriccio.
    • 12.

  • Wilhelm Berger

    Scherzo for Cello and Piano

    Performer: Wen‐Sinn Yang. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
    • Wilhelm Berger: Clarinet Trio op. 94, Cello Sonata op. 28 & Scherzo for Cello an.
    • CPO.
    • 108.

  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Symphony No 2 (4th mvt, Finale)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Bacewicz: Orchestral Works Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 401.

  • Herman Bellstedt

    Napoli

    Music Arranger: Donald Hunsberger. Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble.
    • Sony Classical.

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