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Birdsong and Bach to banish those morning blues

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 Breakfast show live from Salford, including 麻豆社 Radio 3鈥檚 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century 鈥� a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, The Signs Still Point The Way by Karl Jenkins is written in memory of the thousands of victims of the global Covid pandemic. With a text by Grahame Davies its performed by the 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra and 麻豆社 Singers.

You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in G major, Op 49 No 2

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • EMI.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Weber : Clarinet Concertos 1 & 2/Concertino in E flat/Clarinet Quintet.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Allemande, Suite for Solo Cello no.3

    Performer: Alice Neary.

  • Manuel de Falla

    The Miller's Dance (The Three-Cornered Hat)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Fr眉hbeck de Burgos.
    • Falla: Spanish Songs etc.: De Los Angeles/Giulini/Fruhbeck de Burgos.
    • EMI.
    • 6.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Veni,veni me sequere fida (Juditha Triumphans)

    Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis. Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi.
    • OPUS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Sonata Sopra Sancta Maria (Vespro della beata Vergine (1610))

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Linn.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Octet in E flat major Op.20 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Australian Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in C major HWV.318 'Alexander's Feast'

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Concerto Grosso 'Alexander's Feast'.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 1-4.

  • Eric Coates

    London (London every day) - suite (Knightsbridge)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Symphonic Eric Coates.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Adi贸s Nonino

    • Tangos from Buenos Aires. Piazzolla, Gardel, Salg谩n, Ginastera & Resta.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Gavotte with 6 variations (Gavotte) [Nouvelles suites de pieces de clavecin, 2eme livre]

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • WAVES: Music by Rameau, Ravel, Alkan.
    • DG.
    • 1.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Amor (Lamento della Ninfa)

    Singer: Haitham Hadar.
    • Athene.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major, RV 208 'Il Grosso Mogul' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.
    • DECCA.

  • Johann Hermann Schein

    Allemande in D minor (Banchetto musicale No 2)

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • EMI.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    贰蝉辫补帽补

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ata煤lfo Argenta.
    • Espana: Argenta, The London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Decca.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Bagatelles Nos 1, 2 and 3

    Performer: Panochovo kvarteto. Performer: Pavel Nejtek. Performer: Jaroslav T暖ma.
    • Bagatelles nos.1-3.
    • Supraphon.
    • 07.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in C minor, BWV 999 (keyboard version)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.
    • Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence (Arr. for Orchestra by David Le Page).
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Dolly Suite, Op. 56

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Faur茅: Requiem op.48 路 Pavane op.50 路 El茅gie op.24 路 Apr猫s un R锚ve op.7.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Leroy Anderson

    The Waltzing Cat

    Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Fennell Conducts Leroy Anderson.
    • Mercury.
    • 03.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G minor, Kk.30 'Cat's Fugue'

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G major Op.77`1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • EMI.

  • William Walton

    Agincourt Song (from music for the film Henry V)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Mon 16 Jun 2025 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3