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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

  • Grace Williams

    Rondo for Dancing

    Performer: Madeleine Mitchell. Performer: Gordon MacKay. Performer: Joseph Spooner.
    • Grace Williams: Chamber Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo, HWV 7a / Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga"

    Lyricist: Giacomo Rossi. Lyricist: Aaron Hill. Lyricist: Torquato Tasso. Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Eternal Light.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 11.

  • Carl Reinecke

    Flute Sonata in E Minor "Undine" (1st mvt)

    Performer: Brandon Patrick George. Performer: Bryan Wagorn.
    • The Deep Has Always Known Me.
    • Pentatone.
    • 102.

  • Marianna Martines

    Keyboard Concerto in E Major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Idith Meshulam Korman. Orchestra: Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Cayenna Ponchione-Bailey.
    • Martines: The Complete Keyboard Works.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 112.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata No 3 in C Major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova.
    • Bach: Sonatas & Partitas for Solo Violin, BWV 1001-1006.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • Reynaldo Hahn

    A Chloris

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Mathias Mönius.
    • Bonjour Paris.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 17.

  • Erika Hammarberg

    En sadan kvall

    Director: Maria Goundorina. Choir: Allmänna Sången.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Violin Caprice No 24

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich.
    • Paganini: 24 Caprices, Op. 1.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 124.

  • François‐Adrien Boïeldieu

    Harp Concerto in C major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Marisa Robles. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Iona Brown.
    • DECCA.

  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat mater dolorosa (Stabat mater in F minor)

    Singer: Anna Prohaska. Singer: Bernarda Fink. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Pergolesi - Stabat Mater.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 6.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Suite on English Folk Tunes: The bitter whey

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: James MacMillan.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.

  • Angela Morley

    Kehaar's Theme (Watership Down)

    Performer: Angela Morley.
    • Watership Down (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Masterworks.
    • 12.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Armide, Act I: Overture

    Composer: Louis-Joseph Francoeur. Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Lully: Armide 1778.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Arturo Márquez

    Danzón no.2

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

  • Teresa Carreño

    Mi Teresita [Little Waltz]

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • WARNER.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Sabre Dance (Gayane)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Aram Khachaturian.
    • Decca.

  • Michael Praetorius

    Dances from Terpsichore

    Ensemble: Triton Trombone Quartet.
    • French Music for Trombones.
    • BIS.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 2 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste. Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Sibelius & Saraste: The 7 Symphonies.
    • Ondine.
    • 201.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun dorma (Turandot)

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Choir: The John Alldis Choir. Choir: Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • DECCA.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Capriccio in G major H.17.1

    Performer: Shai Wosner.
    • ONYX.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    The Padstow Lifeboat

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Arnold on Brass.
    • Conifer.
    • 24.

  • Leo Fall

    Die Straßensängerin: Act I, Introduction

    Singer: Mirjam Neururer. Singer: Nora Lentner. Singer: Shin Taniguchi. Singer: Andreas Rainer. Choir: Chorus of Leipzig Musical Comedy. Orchestra: Orchestra of Leipzig Musical Comedy. Conductor: Tobias Engeli.
    • Leo Fall: Die Straßensängerin.
    • CPO.
    • 101.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A Major K.622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto - W.A. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 401.

  • Frederick Delius

    Summer Night on the River

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Sony.

  • Jerome Moross

    The Big Country (main theme)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • The Big Country.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 1.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta diva (Norma)

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • デッカ・ベスト50.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Monday 06:30
    BBC Radio 3