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Brighten your day 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

  • Edward MacDowell

    The Joy of Autumn (New England Idyls)

    Performer: Donna Amato.
    • Edward MacDowell: Essential Works.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 24.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Romance Op 28

    Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • The Secret Fauré 2.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 2.

  • Alexandre Guilmant

    Prayer in F Major

    Performer: Miloš Milivojević. Performer: Simon Callaghan.
    • Saint-Saëns: Duos for Harmonium and Piano (Arr. for Classical Accordion & Piano.
    • Nimbus Records.
    • 6.

  • Johann Stamitz

    Clarinet Concerto in B-Flat Major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Agrémens. Conductor: Guy Van Waas.
    • La symphonie parisienne.
    • Ricercar.
    • 50.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Trio Sonata in G Major

    Performer: Juliette Hurel. Ensemble: Ensemble Les Surprises.
    • Bach Inspiration.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Performer: Melina Mandozzi. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Grieg/Liszt: Piano Concertos: Stephen Hough, BPO, Litton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

  • Catharina Pratten

    Carnival de Venice

    Performer: Jamie Akers.
    • Le Donne E La Chitarra.
    • Tratore.
    • 14.

  • William Alwyn

    Blackdown: A Tone Poem from the Surrey Hills

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sull' aria... Che soave zeffiretto (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Patrizia Ciofi. Singer: Véronique Gens. Orchestra: Concerto Köln. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Spell Songs

    Nest Builder

    Performer: Spell Songs.
    • In Thin Air.

  • Spell Songs

    Feathers

    Performer: Spell Songs.
    • In Thin Air.

  • Charles Ives

    Symphony No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Charles Ives: Complete Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Ensemble: Amy Harman. Ensemble: Anyssa Neumann.

  • John Taverner

    Gloria (Missa Corona spinea)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMMELL RECORDS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 3 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Yefim Bronfman. Conductor: David Zinman. Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos 3 & 4.
    • ARTE NOVA Classics.
    • 3.

  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint: II. Slow

    Performer: Pat Metheny.
    • Steve Reich: Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint.
    • Elektra/Nonesuch.
    • 5.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Clair de lune (Debussy).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel Und Gretel (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Robert Schumann

    Marche des Davidsbündler contre les Philistins (Carnaval)

    Composer: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Tableaux.
    • ALPHA.
    • 12.

  • Shande Ding

    Children Suite

    Performer: Jie Chen.
    • Chen, Jie: Chinese Piano Favourites.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Gazza ladra (The thieving magpie): Overture

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini OverturesThe Chamber Orchestra Of Europe.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 7.

  • Reinhold Moritzevich Glière

    Ballad, Op 4

    Performer: Peter Dixon. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Gliere: Overtures & Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 22 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Louis Schwizgebel. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabien Gabel.
    • Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos 2 & 5.
    • APARTÉ.
    • 2.

  • Jean Françaix

    Divertissement for oboe, clarinet and bassoon

    Ensemble: Chicago Chamber Musicians.
    • CEDILLE.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trumpet Concerto in D Major

    Performer: Maurice André. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic.
    • Hummel, L. Mozart, Telemann & Vivaldi: Trumpet Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op 47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • AVIE.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite in D major, HWV 349, 'Water Music' (Bourrée)

    Performer: Simon Standage. Performer: Elizabeth Wilcock. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • Handel: Water Music: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 15.

  • Amy Beach

    Valse Amoureuse (Les Rêves de Colombine)

    Performer: Tim Horton.
    • Pierrot Portraits.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Wednesday06:30
    BBC Radio 3