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Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong

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

  • Thomas Tallis

    In ieiunio et fletu

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Lux aeterna: A Sequence for the Souls of the Departed.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Johan Svendsen

    Romance in G major, Op 26

    Performer: Ragnhild Hemsing. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Eivind Aadland.
    • Bruch + Tveitt.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 4.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne Op. 15 No. 1

    Music Arranger: Auguste Franchomme. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Sol Gabetta Cello.
    • Sony.
    • 9.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Musical Offering, BWV 1079, Sonata sopr'il Soggetto Reale à Traversa, Violin

    Performer: Stanislav Gres. Performer: Jan De Winne. Performer: Maren Ries. Performer: Nazar Kozhukhar. Ensemble: NeoBarock.
    • Spiegelungen: Bach's Musical Offering in dialogue with Viktor Kalabis and Isang.
    • Passacaille.
    • 22.

  • Ferdinand Hérold

    Clog Dance; Dance of the Cock and Hens (La Fille Mal Gardée)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • EMI.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Aubade

    Performer: Elisabeth Remy.
    • Quest.
    • Albany Records.
    • 2.

  • Julie Cooper

    Contemplation Suite; I. Dawn

    Performer: Clio Gould. Performer: Julie Cooper.
    • Julie Cooper: Continuum.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 201.

  • Carl Stamitz

    Clarinet Concerto No 7 in E flat major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Decca.

  • Artur Lemba

    Piano Quintet: III. Allegro

    Performer: Sten Lassmann. Ensemble: M4GNET Quartet.
    • Lemba: Chamber Music, Vol. 2.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 303.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Tu del Ciel ministro eletto (Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno)

    Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
    • ERATO.

  • Friedrich Gernsheim

    String Quartet No. 4 in E Minor, Op. 66: II. Allegretto scherzando

    Ensemble: Diogenes Quartett.
    • Gernsheim: String Quartets, Vol. 3.
    • CPO.
    • 102.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1; Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Jean Sibelius

    At the Castle Gate (Pelléas et Mélisande)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • EMI.

  • Charles Gounod

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • European Light Music Classics: New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.

  • Josephine Lang

    Mazurka, Op.49 No.2

    Performer: Ian Tindale.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in G Major, Wq. 173: I. Allegro assai

    Conductor: Marcin Świątkiewicz. Ensemble: Arte dei Suonatori.
    • C.P.E. Bach: Berlin Symphonies I.
    • BIS.
    • 113.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in G Major, Wq. 173: II. Andante

    Conductor: Marcin Świątkiewicz. Ensemble: Arte dei Suonatori.
    • C.P.E. Bach: Berlin Symphonies I.
    • BIS.
    • 114.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in G Major, Wq. 173: III. Allegretto

    Conductor: Marcin Świątkiewicz. Ensemble: Arte dei Suonatori.
    • C.P.E. Bach: Berlin Symphonies I.
    • BIS.
    • 115.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Una voce poco fa (Il barbiere di Siviglia)

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Orchestra: Orchestra La Scintilla. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.
    • Sospiri: Cecilia Bartoli.
    • Decca.
    • 10.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.1 in C major H.7b.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Pentatone.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata for Piano 4-Hands in F Major, K. 497: III. Allegro (Live)

    Performer: Cristina Marton. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Martha Argerich and Friends Live at the Lugano Festival 2011.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    Two Scottish Pieces for orchestra Op 54

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.1 in D major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 1.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45: II. Allegretto espressivo alla Romanza

    Performer: Vineta Sareika. Performer: Amandine Savary.
    • Grieg: Violin Sonatas.
    • MUSO.
    • 8.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Quartet No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Korngold: The String Quartets.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Levko Kolodub

    Solemn Overture

    Conductor: Dalia Stasevska. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra.
    • Ukrainian Mixtape.
    • Platoon.
    • 1.

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