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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

  • Hugo Alfvén

    Elegy (Gustav II Adolf Suite)

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Alfven: The Symphonies and Rhapsodies: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orch/Jarvi.
    • BIS.
    • 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major D.803 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Performer: Danusha Waskiewicz. Performer: Kristin von der Goltz. Performer: James Munro. Performer: Lorenzo Coppola. Performer: Teunis van der Zwart. Performer: Javier Zafra.
    • Schubert: Oktett.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.

  • William Walton

    Touch her soft lips, and part (Henry V Suite)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • DECCA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Allemande & Courante from English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Bach, English Suites nos. 2, 4 and 5.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 2.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique, M. 7a

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.
    • Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 28.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 82 in C Major, Hob.I/82, "L'ours": II. Allegretto

    Composer: Joseph Haydn. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Orchestra: Handel and Haydn Society.
    • Haydn: The Creation & The Paris Symphonies (Digital Collection).
    • CORO.
    • 34.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Les Plaisirs De L'Ile Enchantee (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orfeo Orchestra. Conductor: György Vashegyi.
    • Un Opéra pour trois rois.
    • Glossa.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major K.581 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart & Weber Quintets.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 5.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Lake Isle

    Choir: Tenebrae. Performer: Ola Gjeilo. Performer: Kristian Kvalvaag. Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Ciaran McCabe. Performer: Jon Thorne. Performer: Matthew Sharp.
    • Decca.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op 27 No 2, 'Moonlight' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33: II. March: Tempo di Marcia

    Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.
    • Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in D major, Wq 176 (H. 651)

    Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori. Director: Marcin Świątkiewicz.
    • BIS.

  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana: Fortuna Imperatorix Mundi: O fortuna

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Choir: Zürcher Sing-Akademie.
    • Orff: Carmina Burana.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Harp Concerto in B-Flat Major, HWV 294, Op. 4 No. 6: I. Andante - Allegro

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • Händel.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14: 1. Rêveries. Passions.

    Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Fruhlingslied (Spring Song) in A major, Op 62 No 6

    Performer: Lucy Parham.
    • I, Clara: Clara Schumann, A Life In Music.
    • Deux-Elles Limited.
    • 15.

  • Léon Boëllmann

    Suite gothique in C minor, Op.25 (Toccata)

    Performer: Ian Tracey.
    • Bombarde! French Organ Classics - Ian Tracey.
    • Chandos.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Méditation, Op 72 No 5

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto: Joshua Bell.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Les allemandes, Op. 16: No. 2, Air de Weigl

    Performer: Maria Stratigou.
    • Grand Piano.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Le Dernier Sorcier: Chanson de la pluie

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Casta Diva.
    • Chandos.

  • Richard Addinsell

    Warsaw Concerto

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto: Jean-Yves Thibaudet, BBCSO, Hugh Wolff.
    • Decca.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in D Major RV 589: iii) Laudamus te

    Singer: Julia Lezhneva. Singer: Franco Fagioli. Orchestra: I Barocchisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.
    • Decca.

  • Florence Price

    String Quartet No 1 in G major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Viano Quartet.
    • Portraits.
    • Curtis Studio.
    • 3.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.

Broadcast

  • Wed 10 Jun 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3