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Start your 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 [email protected].

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Music Played

  • Max Bruch

    In der Nacht

    Performer: Eldbjorg Hemsing. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Gergely Madaras.
    • In der Nacht, Op. 72 (Arr. for Violin & Orchestra by Jan-Peter Klöpfel).
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Georg Melchior Hoffmann

    Horn Concerto in E-flat major

    Performer: Clemens Röger. Performer: Amanda Tauriņa. Performer: Susanne Wettemann. Ensemble: Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • The Leipzig Collegium Musicum Vol. 1: Music before Bach.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 114.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne Op.78

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Mariko Anraku.
    • Beau Soir, French and Japanese melodies: Pahud/Anraku.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 6, BWV 1012 (2nd mvt, Allemande) - arr Sabbah for viola

    Performer: Marc Sabbah. Music Arranger: Marc Sabbah.
    • J.S. Bach: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV 1007-1012 (Arr. for Viola by Marc Sabbah).
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 32.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Dance of the Reed Flutes (The Nutcracker)

    Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14 (Live).
    • PENTATONE.
    • 307.

  • Marianna Martines

    Keyboard Concerto in G major (1st mvt)

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

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Major, Op. 34: III. Minuetto Capriccio - Presto

    Performer: Mark van de Wiel. Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Strange Loops: Clarinet Quintets.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 105.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in Alium

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Valse Caprice

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 10.

  • Robert Schumann

    Träumerei (Kinderszenen)

    Performer: Aurélien Pontier.
    • My Piano Library.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Nathaniel Gow

    Master Francis Sitwell; The Marquis of Tullibardine; Miss Cameron of Balvenie

    Composer: Niel Gow. Composer: William Marshall. Music Arranger: Maxwell String Quartet. Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet.
    • Joseph Haydn: String Quartets Op. 77 & Folk Music from Scotland.
    • Linn Records.
    • 6.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Scherzo in D minor

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Dances from Aleko & Scherzo in D Mi.
    • Telarc.
    • 5.

  • Robert Fuchs

    Serenade No 1 (5th mvt, Finale)

    Orchestra: Kölner Kammerorchester. Conductor: Christian Ludwig.
    • Fuchs: Serenades Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 23 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 23.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • John Williams

    Nimbus 2000 (from 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone')

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: John Williams.
    • John Williams: The Berlin Concert.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Jane Grey

    Performer: Alex Mitchell. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Resound: Music by British Composers.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    12 German dances WoO.13 (Nos.11 and 12)

    Orchestra: L’Orfeo Barockorchester. Conductor: Michi Gaigg.
    • CPO.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.4 in D major BWV.1069 (Overture)

    Ensemble: La Petite Bande. Director: Sigiswald Kuijken.
    • Bach: The Orchestral Suites.
    • Accent.
    • 20.

  • Vicente Lusitano

    Sancta mater, istud agas

    Choir: Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • Vicente Lusitano: Motets - 2.
    • Linn Records.
    • 9.

  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • My American Story: North.
    • DG.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G minor Op.74`3 'Rider' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op.74: Takacs Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio espagnol

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Lorenzo Viotti.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov / Rachmaninoff / Dvořák.
    • Platoon.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 Trumpets in C major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Peter Leiner. Performer: Uwe Zaiser. Ensemble: Camerata Europeana. Conductor: Klaus‐Peter Hahn.
    • Bayer Records.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Königskinder - Concert Overture

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher.
    • Humperdinck: Fairy-Tale Music: Bamberger Symphoniker/Rickenbacher.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.

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