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Kickstart your day with the best 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 [email protected]

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Music Played

  • William Grant Still

    Wood Notes: III. Moon Dusk: Slowly and expressively

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 - Wood Notes.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • James MacMillan

    Nova! Nova! Ave fit ex eva

    Choir: ORA. Director: Suzi Digby.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E major, Op 54 No 3 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets opus 54.
    • Sacconi Records.
    • 9.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ruht wohl, ihr heiligen Gebeine (St. John Passion)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J.S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245.
    • BIS.
    • 139.

  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Clara Schumann

    Impromptu in G major, Op 9, 'Souvenir de Vienne'

    Performer: Jozef de Beenhouwer.
    • CPO.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Concerto in 7 parts no.3 in F major

    Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Scarlatti: 6 Concerti Grossi; Cello Sonatas.
    • Arts.
    • 8-12.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 1.

  • Jessica Curry

    Home

    Author: Warsan Shire. Ensemble: London Voices. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • Shielding Songs.
    • Jessica Curry Ltd.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Melody, Op.20 No.1

    Performer: Han‐na Chang. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Concerto Grosso (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tai Murray. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Chi-Chi Nwanoku. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • Spark Catchers.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 101.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in B major Op.72 no.9

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Nobel Prize Ceremony Music.
    • FINLANDIA.
    • 6.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Trio No. 2. (V. Allegro)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • La Mer - French Piano Trios.
    • Chandos.

  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Toccata arpeggiata for chitarrone [no.2 in Libro 1o .. di chitarrone, 1604]

    Performer: Paul O’Dette.
    • Kapsberger: Lute Works.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood, Op. 3

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia.
    • The Land Of The Mountain And The Flood - Scottish Orchestral Music.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G minor RV.315, Op.8`2 'Summer' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Candida Thompson. Performer: Henk Rubingh. Performer: Julian Rachlin. Performer: Maarten Jansen. Performer: Stacey Watton. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Jan Jansen.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Janine Jansen.
    • Decca.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major Op.73 'Emperor' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Corta Jaca

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami Ensemble.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.

  • Charles Avison

    Concerto Grosso in D major, Op 6 No 6

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
    • Charles Avison: Twelve Concertos, Op.6.
    • Naxos.
    • 19-22.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no.5 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.

  • Arturo Márquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

  • Johann Christian Bach

    Sextet in C major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: The English Concert.
    • J.C. Bach: 3 Quintette; Sextett.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 4.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34: Theme & Fugue

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Classic Experience - 135 of the greatest classical tracks.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.

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