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Rise and shine with classical music

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

  • Arvo P盲rt

    Da pacem Domine (Version for String Orchestra)

    Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Haydn2032, Vol. 19: Trauer.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Humming Chorus (Madam Butterfly)

    Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Puccini: Great Opera Arias.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkainen Suite)

    Conductor: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • Winter with Sibelius.
    • ONDINE.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett. Conductor: Howard Griffiths. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg.
    • Bach: Piano Concerto No. 1, BWV 1052: I. Allegro.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Apr猫s un r锚ve

    Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Sony.

  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Trio Sonata No.1 in G minor

    Ensemble: Ensemble Moliere.

  • Josef Strauss

    Friedenspalmen Waltz

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • New Year's Concert 2014 / Neujahrskonzert 2014.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Fancy Free Ballet: Variation III "Danzon"

    Conductor: Louis Lane. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Louis Lane & The Cleveland Orchestra: The Latin America Album (2024 Remastered V.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Flower Duet (Lakm茅)

    Music Arranger: Philip Sparke. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • Classic Brass: Grimethorpe Colliery RJB Band.
    • RCA.
    • 12.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 39 in E Flat Major, K. 543: II. Andante con moto

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 2.

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Piano Quartet in D Minor, Op. 25: III. Minuetto

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77 - I. Le caprice de Nannette

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La cambiale di matrimonio (Overture)

    Orchestra: Prague Sinfonia. Conductor: Christian Benda.
    • Naxos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: I. Chorus. Magnificat anima mea

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • 3 Bach Magnificats: J.S. Bach, J.C. Bach & C.P.E. Bach.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, Op. 73 "Emperor": II. Adagio

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5.
    • Hyperion.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Aleko: Girls' Dance

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Rachmaninoff: Aleko.
    • Chandos.
    • 105.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Major, Op. 100: I. Allegro amabile

    Performer: Manon Galy. Performer: Jorge Gonz谩lez Buajas谩n.
    • Mendelssohn 路 Brahms 路 Grieg: Violin Sonatas.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 5.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four English Dances, Set 1 (No 4)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 4.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Recorder and 2 Violins in A minor RV.108

    Performer: Tabea Debus. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Settecento: Baroque Instrumental Music fromt the Italian States.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 701.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No.1 in G minor, "Winter Dreams" Op.13 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Onyx.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Little Polka (Jazz Suite No.2)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: Jazz Music.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Franz Schubert

    Schubert: Piano Sonata No. 21 In B Flat Major, D.960: IV. Allegro ma non troppo

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonatas D 959 & 960.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Nature, Life and Love: Othello Overture, Op. 93, B. 174

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9.
    • Pentatone.
    • 7.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Panis angelicus (Mass Op.12)

    Music Arranger: Wolfgang Hochstein. Singer: Pablo Strong. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Timothy Ravalde. Performer: Graham Walker. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Hear My Words: Choral Classics from St John's: Choir of St John's College, Cambr.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Maurice Ravel: Ma M猫re L鈥檕ye; Bol茅ro; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales; Pavane Pou.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Anna Lapwood

    An Irish Blessing

    Performer: Sophia Membery. Lyricist: Trad.. Director: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.
    • Arise, Shine.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 14.

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