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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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Music Played

  • Hildur Guðnadóttir

    Folk faer andlit

    Music Arranger: Peter Martin. Singer: Anna Semple. Choir: SANSARA. Ensemble: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Tom Herring.
    • in the midst.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (2nd mvt, Larghetto)

    Performer: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.
    • Linn.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring": II. Larghetto

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Schumann: The Symphonies.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in A minor BWV.1044 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach Cantatas: Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 18.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Pizzicato-Polka

    Composer: Josef Strauss. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Johann Strauss II Waltzes, Polkas and Marches.
    • Apex.
    • 7.

  • Granville Bantock

    English Scenes: IV. Benedictus. In Church

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Bantock: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos Rercords Ltd.
    • 11.

  • Lili Boulanger

    2 Pieces for violin and piano

    Performer: Hana Chang. Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Zauberharfe, D 644 (Overture)

    Conductor: Christian Benda. Orchestra: Prague Sinfonia.
    • Schubert: Complete Overtures 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars

    Performer: Jeremy Filsell. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Richard Strauss

    Schlagobers Suite (In der Konditorküche)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.
    • Strauss, Debussy & Ligeti: Orchestral Works.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 101.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 6 in D flat major

    Performer: Alessio Bax. Music Arranger: Georges Cziffra.
    • Forgotten Dances.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 19.

  • John Stanley

    Trumpet Voluntary

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Newman.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 119: 1st movement

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Saint-Saëns: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 etc. (Hyperion Romantic Cello Concer.
    • Hyperion.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    The Willow Song (Othello - suite Op.79)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Trad.

    The Road Home

    Choir: Phoenix Chorale. Singer: Lies'l Hill. Conductor: Christopher Gabbitas.
    • Promised Land.
    • Signum Records.
    • 18.

  • Francisco Tárrega

    Lagrima (Preludes)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Milos - The Guitar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 004.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin concerto no.1 in G minor Op.26 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Decca.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C major Op.2 No.3 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emil Grigoryevich Gilels.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Ayo Bankole

    Òrìşà bí òfun kò sí

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Graham Ross.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    The Magi

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Graham Ross.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Robertson.
    • The Gershwin Moment (Live).
    • Myrios Classics.
    • 1.

  • Henry Purcell

    How happy the lover (King Arthur)

    Choir: VOCES8. Ensemble: Les Inventions.
    • A Purcell Collection.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.95 in C minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Haydn: The London Symphonies: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Richard Wagner

    The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walkure)

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Wagner - Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

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