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Boost your morning 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

  • Benjamin Britten

    4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (No 1 Dawn, No 2 Sunday Morning)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Craig Dhu (An Impression of Nature)

    Choir: Carice Singers. Conductor: George Parris.
    • NAXOS.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Symphony in G major Op.11`1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon.
    • Tafelmusik.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 3, BWV 1009 (Gigue)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
    • Bach: Cello Suites, BWVV 1007-1012.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 206.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 3, BWV 1009 (Bourrées I & II)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
    • Bach: Cello Suites.
    • Pentatone.
    • 111.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly Suite)

    Performer: Katherine Bryan. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
    • Silver Bow.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Trio for Oboe, Bassoon & Piano (2nd mvt, Andante)

    Ensemble: Salzburg Wind Philharmonic.
    • Poulenc: Chamber Music.
    • Salzburg Wind Philharmonic.
    • 102.

  • David Arnold

    City of Lovers (from 'Casino Royale')

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Dodd.
    • Casino Royale.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 20.

  • Jean‐Marie Leclair

    Violin Concerto in C major, Op 7 No 3 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Glossa.

  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise (Sunrise - Suite)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Aulin, Moberg, Andrée: Orchestral Works.
    • Nilento.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Ubi Caritas

    Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Ubi Caritas (Duruflé) & Ubi Caritas (Gjeilo).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Waltz No 1

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • Hyperion.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt's Homecoming (Peer Gynt Suite No 2, Op 55)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • SONY.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quintet No 1 in A major, Op 18 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Timothy Ridout. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Mendelssohn: The String Quintets.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • Clara Schumann

    Scherzo no.2 in C minor Op.14

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Romance.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 English dances - set 2 Op.33 (no.1)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 5.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cum dederit dilectis (Nisi Dominus, RV 608)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Australian Brandenburg Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Dyer.
    • Decca.

  • Nicolas Hotman

    Pieces for Viol and Continuo in D minor (Allemande)

    Ensemble: La Rêveuse.
    • L'Énigme Sainte Colombe.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 124.

  • Nicolas Hotman

    Pieces for Viol and Continuo in D minor (Saranbande)

    Ensemble: La Rêveuse.
    • L'Énigme Sainte Colombe.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 125.

  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon Op.24 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Director: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Khachaturian, Mussorgsky, Shchedrin etc..
    • Onyx.
    • 01.

  • Wilhelm Berger

    Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano, Op 94 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Paul Meyer. Performer: Wen‐Sinn Yang. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
    • Wilhelm Berger: Clarinet Trio op. 94, Cello Sonata op. 28 & Scherzo for Cello an.
    • CPO.
    • 104.

  • William Grant Still

    Africa - Symphonic Poem (Land of Supersition)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony/In Memoriam/Africa (Symphonic Poem).
    • NAXOS.
    • 4.

  • John Rutter

    Suite Lyrique (6th mvt, Rondeau)

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • DG.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 6 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jaime Martín.
    • Dvořák: Symphonies 5 & 6.
    • Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
    • 105.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
    • DIVOX.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major K.525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Mozart: Night music: The English Concert/Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Turkey Trot (Divertimento for Orchestra)

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Naxos.

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