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Birdsong and Bach to banish those morning blues

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

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Symphony No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in B-Flat Major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ran Jia.
    • Mozart: Piano Sonatas K. 281, K. 284, K. 310 & Fantasia K. 475.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 2.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony No 1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 08.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herzlich tut mich verlangen, BWV 727

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • Bach to Notre-Dame.
    • La Dolce Volta.
    • 7.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Nocturne (King Christian II - incidental music)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu‐Matias Rouvali.
    • ALPHA.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

    Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Performer: Phillip McCann. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • The World's Most Beautiful Melodies.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    5 Fantasiestucke Op.5 (Humorseque)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • HYPERION.

  • Josef Myslivecek

    Flute Concerto in D Major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Ana de la Vega. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart & Myslivecek Flute Concertos.
    • Pentatone.
    • 107.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.5 in C sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 5.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.

  • Anna Meredith

    Blackfriars

    Music Arranger: Richard Jones. Performer: Anna Meredith. Ensemble: Ligeti Quartet.
    • Nuc.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 9.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 88 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Haydn: Symphonies Nos 88-92 & Sinfonia Concertante.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Iberia Book 2 for piano (Triana)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's Spanish Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 Scottish dances Op.59 (Scottish Waltz)

    Performer: Hugh Bean. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio (Overture)

    Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 101.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio in G minor (version for violin)

    Composer: Remo Giazotto. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Kateřina Chroboková. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.
    • Hope.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Waltz of the Cornflowers and Poppies [Summer] (The Seasons, Op.67)

    Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Wilfred Lehmann.
    • Colours of Spring.
    • ABC Classics.
    • 6.

  • Elmer Bernstein

    The Great Escape (main theme)

    Music Arranger: James Langley. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • Film Music Gala: A Celebration of the Greatest Film Music Ever Written.
    • RPO.

  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 in D minor, Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Litolff Concertos Symphoniques Nos 2 & 4.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
    • DIVOX.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in C minor for violin and oboe, BWV.1060 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Alexandra Bellamy. Orchestra: Brecon Baroque.
    • JS Bach: Double & Triple Concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 8.

  • Arnold Bax

    Dance in Sunlight (3 Pieces for small orchestra)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • The Banks of Green Willow.
    • EMI.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Fountains of Rome

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

  • Eric Whitacre

    A Boy and a Girl

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Eric Whitacre - Cloudburst.
    • Hyperion.

  • Airat Ichmouratov

    Viola concerto No.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Elvira Misbakhova. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Airat Ichmouratov.
    • Ichmouratov: Piano Concerto, Viola Concerto No. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.

  • Charles Gounod

    "Ah, je veux vivre dans cette reve!" (Romeo & Juliette)

    Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.
    • Destination Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

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