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Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 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

  • William Grant Still

    3 Visions (Summerland)

    Performer: Monica Gaylord.
    • Black Piano, A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers.
    • MUSIC & ARTS.
    • 2.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony No 6 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Felix Mendelssohn: The Complete String Symphonies.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 603.

  • Paul Mealor

    Ubi caritas

    Choir: Tenebrae. Director: Nigel Short.
    • Paul Mealor: A Tender Light.
    • Decca.
    • 14.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: I. Ouverture

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069.
    • Linn Records.
    • 13.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (Ein Deutsches Requiem)

    Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Le Dernier Sorcier: Chanson de la pluie

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

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • AVI MUSIC.

  • Catrin Finch

    M么r Arianrhod

    Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • Notes To Self.
    • bendigedig.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Song of Praise (Swanwhite, Op 54)

    Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • Sibelius: Incidental Music.
    • FINLANDIA.
    • 11.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor, Op 64 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jennifer Pike. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio in C major Op.87 (4th mvt)

    Music Arranger: John P. Newhill. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • Beethoven: Chamber Music for Winds.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Introduttione teatrale in D major Op.4 No.1

    Orchestra: Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.
    • Naive.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Sarao (Concierto serenata)

    Performer: Isabelle Moretti. Orchestra: Real Orquesta Sinf贸nica de Sevilla. Conductor: Edmon Colomer.
    • Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Concierto Serenata.
    • Auvdis Valois.
    • 8.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Humoresque in G flat major, Op 101 No 7

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Performer: Charles Owen. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler.
    • Bohemian Tales.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.

  • Josef Myslivecek

    Overture in A major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln.
    • Archiv.

  • Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld

    Study for the left hand, Op 36

    Performer: Nicholas McCarthy.
    • Solo.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence, Op.70 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Camerata de Lausanne.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Souvenir de Florence.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • Charles鈥怣arie Widor

    Organ Symphony No 5 (Toccata)

    Performer: Iveta Apkalna.
    • OEHMS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Rodelinda (Overture and Minuet)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • Handel: Rodelinda.
    • Linn.

  • Howard Hanson

    Symphony No.2 in D flat major, Op.30 'Romantic' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Howard Hanson.
    • Delos.
    • 7.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 in D Major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No.1 / Borodin: String Quartet No.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No.31 in D, "Paris"

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Mozart: Paris & Haffner Symphonies & Oboe Concerto.
    • Pentatone.
    • 109.

  • Grace Williams

    Mari Lwyd

    Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Ellie Slorach.

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Festspel

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Alfven & Rautavaara: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • Traditional Scottish

    Cill Mhuire

    Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet.
    • Gather.
    • Linn Records.
    • 4.

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