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Breakfast with the best 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

  • Charles Stanley Causley

    Dancing Tree: No. 2, In My Garden

    Composer: John Rutter. Performer: Catrin Finch. Conductor: John Rutter. Choir: The Cambridge Singers.
    • In the Poet's Garden.
    • John Milford Rutter.
    • 9.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No 3 in G minor, Op 36 (2nd mvmt, Adagio cantabile)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Metz. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • Bru Zane.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Nocturne (Pan Voyevoda - Suite Op.59)

    Orchestra: Russian State Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • Russian Adagios.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 - Variatio 13 a 2 Clav.

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani.
    • Bach: Goldberg Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • The Grainger Edition, Vol.2 - Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Barbara York

    Tuba Concerto "Wars and Rumors of War" (Version for Tuba, Brass & Percussion): I

    Performer: Velvet Brown. Performer: Brass for Uncommon Times. Conductor: Brian Kaufman.
    • Brass for Uncommon Times.
    • Naxos.
    • 104.

  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation: With verdure clad the fields appear delightful

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Director: Paul McCreesh. Orchestra: Gabrieli Players.
    • Haydn: The Creation.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 9.

  • Max Bruch

    String Quintet in E-Flat Major, 4th movement

    Ensemble: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne Chamber Players.
    • Bruch: String Quintets & Octet.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.

  • Trevor Duncan

    Little suite for orchestra: March

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 9.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 6.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 5 in F sharp minor

    Ensemble: Duo Scaramouche. Ensemble: Malvina Renault-Vieville. Ensemble: Filippo Antonelli.
    • Duo Scaramouche - Grieg, Moszkowski, Brahms.
    • Scar.
    • 16.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major RV.558

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Vivaldi "Il Proteo".
    • TELDEC.
    • 13-15.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Matinées musicales, Op 24 (Waltz)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Rossini/Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque: National Philharmonic Orch/Bonynge.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Emilie Mayer

    String Quartet in G Major: I. Allegro moderato

    Ensemble: Constanze Quartet.
    • Emilie Mayer: String Quartets Vol. 1.
    • CPO.
    • 101.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 9 in E Flat Major, "Jeunehomme" (Mvt.3 Rondeau. Presto)

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Ensemble: Orchestre de chambre de Paris.
    • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 "Jeunehomme" & Piano Concer.
    • Ondine.
    • 103.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Antigone, Op. 55, No. 6, Vielnamiger! Wonn' und Stolz der Kadmosjungfra

    Performer: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Lyricist: Sophocles. Conductor: Stefan Soltész. Choir: Berlin Radio Choir. Choir: Carl Maria von Weber Men's Choir.
    • Mendelssohn: Antigone.
    • Capriccio.
    • 7.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Charlie Harmon. Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Bernstein: Marin Alsop's Complete Naxos Recordings.
    • Naxos.
    • 22.

  • Lili Boulanger

    2 Pieces for Violin and Piano: No. 1, Nocturne

    Performer: Anna Agafia. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 1.

  • Lili Boulanger

    2 Pieces for Violin and Piano: No. 2, Cortège

    Performer: Anna Agafia. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 2.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection": 4th movement (Urlicht)

    Lyricist: Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock. Singer: Birgit Remmert. Conductor: Iván Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 2.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.

  • Richard Strauss

    Capriccio (Sc 13: Introduction)

    Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • The Art of Barry Tuckwell.
    • Decca.

  • Roman Hoffstetter

    String Quartet in F major Op.3`5 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Director: Robert Salter.
    • Pachelbel/Vivaldi/Handel/Haydn: Strings: Guildhall String Ensemble.
    • RCA.
    • 7.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Symphony no.3 in C minor Op.78 'Organ' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Roth. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Samuel Coleridge‐Taylor

    Petite suite de concert Op.77 (No.1 La Caprice de Nanette)

    Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Se giunge un dispetto (Agrippina)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Ensemble: La Nuova Musica. Director: David Bates.
    • Handel's Unsung Heroes.
    • Pentatone.
    • 17.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in A major, Op 2 No 2 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.

  • Eric Coates

    Summer Days Suite: III. At the Dance

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Eric Coates: London Again.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 12.

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