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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 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Karl Goldmark

    Violin Concerto, Op. 28: II. Air. Andante

    Performer: Sueye Park. Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Valentin Egel.
    • Goldmark: Violin Concerto, Op. 28: II. Air. Andante.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    12 Romances, Op. 21: V. Lilacs

    Performer: Alexander Malofeev.
    • Forgotten Melodies.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in F Minor, Op.120 No.1: II. Andante un poco adagio

    Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Stephan Koncz.
    • Brahms/Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 25: II. Andante

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.
    • Mendelssohn.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in G Major, BWV577 "A La Gigue"

    Performer: Michael Bártek.
    • Dancing Organ.
    • Aeolus.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271: III. Rondeau. Presto

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 22.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11, Suite: IV. Intermezzo \"Garden Scene\"

    Performer: Bomsori. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • Bruch & Korngold.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 5, No. 2; III. Rondeau

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter’s Virtuosi.
    • DG.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Piano Quartet in D Minor, Op. 25: IV. Rondo. Allegro

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 4.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, 'Pathetique': II. Allegro con grazia

    Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Symphony No. 6 in B Minor, Op. 74, "Pathetique": II. Allegro con grazia.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    3 Minuetti, SC 61: No. 1

    Orchestrator: John Wilson. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Puccini: Orchestral Music.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.
    • 10.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "Trout": V. Allegro guisto

    Performer: Christoph Eschenbach. Performer: Yann Dubost. Ensemble: Thymos Quartet.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet • Waltzes • Ländler.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 5.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Czech Suite, Op.39 (Furiant)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Linn.

  • Charlotte Sohy

    Histoire sentimentale, Op. 34: IV. Oubli

    Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Debora Waldman.
    • Sohy: Compositrice de la Belle Epoque.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.
    • 10.

  • Elmer Bernstein

    The Magnificent Seven (Main theme)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.
    • Epics.
    • Telarc.
    • 14.

  • Trad.

    Newcastle (From Playford's "The English Dancing Master")

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • Terra Mater.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.

  • Ernest Tomlinson

    Comedy Overture

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • British Light Music: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 001.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz; Gavotte; Dance; (Ballet Suite No 3)

    Composer: Levon Atovmyan. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Shostakovich: Ballet Suites: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: III. Menuetto

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 No. 2: I. Moderato

    Ensemble: Isidore String Quartet.
    • Adorations.
    • Delos.
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasiestücke, Op. 73: II. Lebhaft leicht

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Clara & Robert Schumann: Music for Clarinet and Piano.
    • Signum Records.
    • 6.

  • Franz Berwald

    Symphony No. 4 in E flat major - 4. Finale. Allegro vivace

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • The World's Greatest Orchestras - Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 70.

  • Johann Strauss II

    An der schönen blauen Donau, Op. 314

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.
    • Strauss II - Favorite Waltzes.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Dolly, Op. 56: No. 3, Le Jardin de Dolly. Andantino

    Music Arranger: Henri Rabaud. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Faure: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 9.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 26: III. Finale. Allegro energico

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gemma New.
    • Johan Dalene plays Mendelssohn, Bruch and Vaughan Williams.
    • BIS Records.
    • 6.

  • Claude Debussy

    L'isle joyeuse

    Orchestrator: Bernardino Molinari. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Debussy - Engulfed Cathedral.
    • Cala.
    • 2.

  • Johann Ludwig Krebs

    Lute Concerto in F Major; Krebs-WV 203: I. Allegro

    Performer: Evangelina Mascardi. Ensemble: Estrovagante. Conductor: Riccardo Doni.
    • Beyond Vivaldi: Lute Concertos.
    • Arcana.
    • 1.

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