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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

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 [email protected].

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Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Violin Concerto in A Major "Die Relinge" (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Telemann: Violin Concertos. Overture. Suite. Fantasie.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 13.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in E flat major, Op 9 No 2

    Performer: Nobuyuki Tsujii.
    • Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor, Op. 21; Nocturnes Nos. 1, 2 & 20.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 2 in C major, Op 61 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra Ltd.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 2

    Director: Sigiswald Kuijken. Ensemble: La Petite Bande.
    • Bach, J S: Orchestral Suites.
    • ACCENT.

  • Paul Reade

    Summer (The Victorian Kitchen Garden)

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Skaila Kanga.
    • Emma Johnson - Encores.
    • ASV.
    • 5.

  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried Idyll

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • CHANNEL.

  • Catrin Finch

    Celtic Concerto

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Ensemble: Sinfonia Cymru. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Highland Spirit.
    • Decca.
    • 20-22.

  • Trad.

    The Last Rose Of Summer

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Performer: Zoe Hancock.
    • ObrassoRecords.

  • Giovanni Antonio Guido

    Concerto Op.3`3 (L'Automne) for 3 violins and orchestra

    Performer: Federico Guglielmo. Orchestra: L'Arte dell'Arco. Director: Federico Guglielmo.
    • CPO.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 3 "Eroica" (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Antoine Tamestit.
    • Beethoven for Three: Symphony No. 3 'Eroica' and Leonore Overture No. 3.
    • Masterworks.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 98: Finale

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Haydn: London Symphonies Vol.2 Symphonies No. 94 "Surprise", No. 95, No. 98 & No.
    • Sony Music Labels Inc..
    • 8.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de Nuit

    Performer: Michael Foyle. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • Elgar Adès Walton.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • 18.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Hallelujah (Messiah)

    Conductor: Robert Shaw. Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus.
    • A Christmas Concert with Robert Shaw.
    • Vox.
    • 20.

  • Rachel Portman

    Emma (Main title)

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: David Snell.
    • Emma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Hollywood Records.
    • 1.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Sommernachtskonzert 2024 / Summer Night Concert 2024.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Ernesto Lecuona

    Y la negra bailaba! (Danzas Afro-Cubanas)

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Solatino.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 102.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Kegelstatt Trio.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Clara Schumann

    Abendfeier in Venedig

    Choir: SANSARA. Conductor: Tom Herring.
    • Traces.
    • Platoon.
    • 05.

  • George Antheil

    Spectre of the Rose Waltz

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • Antheil: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6, Spectre of the Rose Waltz, Archipelago & Hot-Tim.
    • Chandos.
    • 110.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides Overture Op.26

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Hyperion.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    From Another World (from Serenade for Strings)

    Ensemble: Guttman Tango Quintet.
    • From Another World.
    • 2026 Avanticlassic.
    • 10.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto

    Performer: Simon Höfele. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Duncan Ward.
    • Standards.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.

  • Franz Schubert

    Marche militaire No 1

    Ensemble: Alexandre Tharaud. Ensemble: Michel Dalberto.
    • Four Hands.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Johann Adolf Hasse

    Roger and Sue a Ballad to a Favourite Air by Sig.r Hasse

    Singer: Nicky Spence. Orchestra: London Early Opera. Conductor: Bridget Cunningham.
    • Handel At Vauxhall, Vol. 2.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1001.

  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No 4 "Autochthonous"

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Still & Bonds - Symphonies & Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

Broadcast

  • Friday 06:30
    BBC Radio 3