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Rise and shine 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 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Percy Grainger: In A Nutshell: Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • John Wilbye

    Sweet Honey-Sucking Bees / Yet, Sweet, Take Heed

    Conductor: Robert Hollingworth. Ensemble: I Fagiolini.
    • John Wilbye: Draw On Sweet Night.
    • CORO.
    • 4.

  • Giovanni Paisiello

    Mandolin Concerto in C Major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alon Sariel. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens. Orchestra: Cologne Academy.
    • Vienna Mandolin Stories.
    • Pentatone.
    • 114.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 7 in C sharp minor, Op 131 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Prokofiev: Symphonies Vol.1.
    • Onyx.
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Director: Sir András Schiff.
    • Piano Masterworks The World's Favourite Piano Classics.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Henry Purcell

    Chaconne in G minor, Z 730

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Decca.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto serenata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Gwyneth Wentink. Conductor: Maximiano Valdés. Orchestra: Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias.
    • Rodrigo: Concierto Serenata / Concierto De Aranjuez (Complete Orchestral Works,.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Alexander Campkin

    Missa Brevis: I. Kyrie

    Performer: Colin Spinks. Conductor: David Crown. Choir: Vox Chamber Choir.
    • Alexander Campkin: Choral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Sonata for Orchestra (After Beethoven's Op. 30 No. 2): IV. Finale. Allegro

    Composer: Yaniv Segal. Composer: Garrett Schumann. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Yaniv Segal.
    • Beethoven Reimagined.
    • Naxos.
    • 104.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in D flat major, Op 27 No 2

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes and Impromptus: Angela Hewitt, piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

  • María Grever

    Júrame

    Singer: Juan Diego Flórez. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Rossini: Overtures And Arias / Latin American Favorites (Live From Walt Disney C.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Violin Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Cinnamon Grove (Allegretto)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 19.

  • Charles Gounod

    Ave Maria (meditation on Bach's prelude in C)

    Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Gounod: Ave Maria, CG 89a (After J.S. Bach: Prelude in C Major, BWV 846).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Rebecca Clarke

    Ave Maria

    Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • Ave Maria.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Norma (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Overtures, Preludes and Intermezzi.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 9 "From the New World" (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Manfred Honeck. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
    • Dvořák: Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World" - Simon:.
    • Reference Recordings.
    • 104.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    One Summer's Day (Spirited Away)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • Melodyphony.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 8.

  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary 'The Prince of Denmark's March'

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Orchestra: Berliner Symphoniker. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Brahms: Double Concerto, Viotti: Violin Concerto No. 22; Dvorák: Silent Woods.
    • Ondine.
    • 103.

  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Sonata No 1 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Ramón Ortega Quero. Performer: Ángel Luis Sánchez Moreno. Performer: Marc Trénel. Performer: Wies de Boevé. Performer: Alfonso Sebastián Alegre.
    • Zelenka: 6 Sonatas, ZWV 181.
    • Genuin.
    • 104.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No 1

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: François Leleux.
    • Bizet: Carmen Suite No. 1, Symphony & Gounod: Petite Symphonie.
    • LINN.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Jauchzet dem Herrn, alle Welt

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • Mendelssohn: Sacred Choral Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 101.

  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man (BBC Philharmonic Studio Concerts)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in G Major, Op. 2 No. 1: II. Largo

    Performer: Fumika Mohri. Performer: Michael Halász. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Saint-Georges: Violin Concertos, Opp. 2 & 7.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Olivier Doise. Performer: Laurent Lefèvre.
    • Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

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