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Launch the day 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

  • Ruth Gipps

    Oboe Concerto, Op 20 (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Where'er you walk (Semele)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Orchestra of Classical Opera. Conductor: Ian Page.
    • Where'er You Walk.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1402.

  • Claude Debussy

    Passepied (from 'Suite bergamasque')

    Conductor: Jun Märkl. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.
    • Debussy: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    'Moonlight' Sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Beethoven.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich steh mit einem Fuss im Grabe, BWV 156 (arr. Ian Tracey for organ)

    Performer: Ian Tracey.
    • Bach from Liverpool.
    • Priory.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Etude No 3 in E major, 'Tristesse', Op 10

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O vos imitatores

    Music Arranger: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae. Performer: Christian Forshaw. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • When Sleep Comes: Evening Meditations for Voices & Saxophone.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 301.

  • César Franck

    String Quartet (2nd mvt, Scherzo, Vivace)

    Ensemble: Malibran Quartet. Ensemble: Soloists of La Monnaie.
    • César Franck - Complete Chamber Music.
    • Cypres.
    • 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.8 in B minor D.759 'Unfinished' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Schubert: Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished" & Symphony No. 9 in C M.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 501.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.
    • Sibelius & Saraste: The 7 Symphonies.
    • Ondine.
    • 103.

  • Francisco Tárrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra (Live at the BBC Proms)

    Performer: Rafael Aguirre.
    • GBBBC.

  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made in Britain.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 4.

  • John Williams

    Prologue (from 'Hook')

    Conductor: John Williams.
    • Hook (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 95 in C minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 8.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Overture (from 'Pulcinella')

    Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno.
    • Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Le Baiser de la fée (Divertimento).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 106.

  • Sarah Watts

    Everything is Somewhere Else

    Performer: Sarah Watts. Ensemble: Chamber Ensemble of London. Conductor: Peter Fisher.
    • Quiet Summer Evening - British Light Classics.
    • SOMM.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

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

  • Franz Liszt

    La Campanella

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Transcendental.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Richard Rodgers

    South Pacific Overture

    Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • DECCA BROADWAY.

  • Percy Grainger

    Dreamery

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Stanhope.
    • Alchemy.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 6.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV 425 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Giovanni Scaramuzzino. Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti er Mandolini: Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Veritas.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Montgomery Variations (Benediction)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • Linn.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio Espagnol, Op 34 (4th mvt, Scena e canto gitano, Allegretto)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34, Russian Easter Festival Ove.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 4

    Performer: Martin Owen. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 109.

  • Eric Fenby

    Rossini on Ilkla moor

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • RESONANCE.

  • Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

    Donna Diana (Overture)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Panorama: Famous Overtures.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

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