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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

  • David Matthews

    Y Deryn Du (The Blackbird)

    Ensemble: The Schubert Ensemble.
    • The Schubert Ensemble - a white room.
    • NMC.
    • 11.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C Major, D. 956: II. Adagio

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Florian Donderer. Performer: Rachel Roberts. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Marie-Elisabeth Hecker.
    • Schubert: Schwanengesang & String Quintet.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 18.

  • John Tavener

    "Mother of God, here I stand", from the Veil of the Temple

    Choir: The Choir of Temple Church. Conductor: Roger Sayer.
    • A Knight's Progress.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich geh und suche mit Verlangen, BWV 49: Sinfonia

    Lyricist: Philipp Nicolai. Lyricist: Anonymous. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 50.
    • BIS.
    • 401.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    13 Préludes, Op. 32: No. 5 in G Major

    Performer: Ikuyo Nakamichi.
    • Debussy: Préludes Book 2 & Rachmaninoff: Préludes.
    • Sony Music Labels Inc..
    • 17.

  • Louis Spohr

    Symphony No.9 in B minor "The Seasons" (Prelude to Autumn & Autumn)

    Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Spohr: Symphonies 7 & 9: Introduzione & Festmarsche.
    • Hyperion.
    • 005.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 9 in C Major, "Razumovsky" (2nd movement)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 59 No. 3, Op. 95 & Op. 133.
    • BIS.
    • 102.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor, Op 22 (2nd mvmt, Allegro scherzando)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5 etc. (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 27).
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

    Donna Diana Overture

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Music Arranger: Howard Lorriman. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • OBRASSO.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G Minor, 4th movement

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • In Her Hands.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo concertante in B flat major K.269

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • Pentatone.

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Introduction and Tarantella, Op. 43

    Performer: Miloš Milivojević.
    • Accord for Life: Classical Accordion.
    • Nimbus.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet No. 1 in E-Flat Major, 2nd movement

    Ensemble: Van Kuijk Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 6.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Sheherazade: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship

    Performer: Sergey Galaktionov. Orchestra: Filarmonica Teatro Regio Torino. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Fone Records.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Ciel e terra di sdegno (Tamerlano)

    Singer: Rolando Villazón. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Rolando Villazon: Tenor.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 15.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, 3rd movement

    Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Ancient Music. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Emilie Mayer: Piano Concerto - Symphony No. 1 - Overtures (Symphonic Works, Vol..
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 8.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Prologue: The Carousel Waltz (from 'Carousel')

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Les Indes galantes: Air pour Les Sauvages

    Performer: Loris Guastella. Ensemble: UnderStories.
    • A French Odyssey - Music for Two Cellos by Rameau, Barriere, Corrette, Boismorti.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 11.

  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Concert Overture Op. 23

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Paterson.

  • Jean Sibelius

    En Saga

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Jean Sibelius: A Classical October.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 141.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto à 5 in B flat major, Op.7`3

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Michele Mariotti.
    • Rossini: Overtures.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 501.

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