Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong
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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Miguel Llobet Sol茅s
La filadora
Performer: John Williams.- Iberia.
- Masterworks.
- 5.
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Felix Mendelssohn
A Midsummer night's dream (Scherzo)
Performer: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Thomas Dausgaard.- BIS.
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Josquin des Prez
Absalon fili mi
Director: Owain Park. Choir: Gesualdo Six.- Josquin's Legacy: Motets of the 15th & 16th Centuries.
- Hyperion.
- 11.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 24 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Elizabeth Sombart. Conductor: Mihaela Ce葯a-Goje. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.- Mozart: Piano Concertos 10 & 24.
- Rubicon.
- 102.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata for Solo Violin No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: II. Fuga
Performer: Augustin Hadelich.- Bach: Sonatas & Partitas, BWV 1001 - 1006.
- Warner Classics.
- 14.
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Gabriel Faur茅
Pavane
Performer: Huw Wiggin. Performer: Leander Kippenberg. Performer: Oliver Wass. -
Billy Mayerl
Praying Mantis
Performer: Leslie De鈥橝th.- Billy Mayerl: a Miscellany for Solo Piano.
- Dutton Epoch.
- 8.
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George Frideric Handel
Organ concerto in F, Op. 7 No. 13 "The Cuckoo and the nightingale"
Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Handel: Organ Concertos: Simon Preston.
- Archiv Produktion.
- 17-20.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No. 104 in D Major, Hob. I:104 "London": III. Menuet - Allegro (
Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy. Orchestra: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra.- Portraits of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra (Vol. 1 / Live).
- Verbier Festival Gold.
- 3.
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Claude Debussy
Arabesque no.1 in E major
Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.- Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
- Decca.
- 16.
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Trad.
Waltzing Matilda
Performer: Ray Chen. Ensemble: Made in Berlin.- The Golden Age.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 11.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Quintet in B flat major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.- Warner.
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Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville - overture
Orchestra: English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriele Bellini.- The Barber of Seville.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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Lili Boulanger
Nocturne
Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Nicola Eimer. -
Giuseppe Verdi
Simon Boccanegra (1857 Version): Preludio
Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.- Simon Boccanegra (1857 Version).
- Opera Rara.
- 1.
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Anne Dudley
Jeeves and Wooster (Theme)
Ensemble: Dover Street Jazzomaniacs.- The World of Jeeves and Wooster.
- EMI.
- 001.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata K. 380
Performer: Judy Loman.- The Baroque Harp - Judy Loman Performs Bach And Scarlatti.
- Marquis Classics.
- 17.
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George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.- DECCA.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Gloria (Mass in B minor)
Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.- J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor: Dunedin Consort and Players.
- Linn.
- 4.
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Zolt谩n Kod谩ly
Hary Janos Suite (Version for Orchestra): V. Intermezzo
Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.- Kod谩ly: H谩ry J谩nos Suite, Summer Evening & Symphony in C Major.
- Naxos.
- 105.
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Stephen Sondheim
Anyone can whistle (from Anyone can Whistle)
Performer: Lee Remick. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert Greene.- COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS.
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Charles Gounod
Waltz (Faust, Act 2)
Music Arranger: Leopold Weninger. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.- Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra - Great Recordings.
- UME - Global Clearing House.
- 31.
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Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Variations on a Rococo Theme
Performer: Gabriel Schwabe. Orchestra: Aachen Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Ward.- Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, TH 57 & Works for Cello & Orc.
- Naxos.
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Thomas Arne
Where the bee sucks (The Tempest)
Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- HELIODOR.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Study in G flat major, Op 25 No 9 (Butterfly)
Performer: Beatrice Rana.- Chopin: 12 脡tudes, Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi.
- Warner Classics.
- 9.
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Benjamin Britten
Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)
Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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Geminiano Giacomelli
Cesare in Egitto: Sinfonia
Conductor: Ottavio Dantone. Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina.- Giacomelli: Cesare in Egitto.
- Alpha Classics.
- 1.
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Elizabeth Poston
The Water of Tyne
Choir: The Blossom Street Singers. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.- This Day.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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- Thu 7 May 2026 06:30麻豆社 Radio 3