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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

  • Grace Williams

    Severn Bridge Variations (Variation 5)

    Orchestra: 91福利社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
    • Themes And Variations.
    • NMC.
    • 12.

  • George Gershwin

    Lullaby for Strings

    Ensemble: Schumann Quartett.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles, Op 23 (No 3 Carol and No 4 Forlana)

    Performer: Amy Dickson. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 18-19.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Partita No 3 in E major, BWV1006 (3rd mvt, Gavotte en rondeau)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff.
    • Bach: Violin Sonatas & Partitas.
    • Ondine.
    • 303.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Partita No 3 in E major, BWV1006 (4th mvt, Menuet 1)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff.
    • Bach: Violin Sonatas & Partitas.
    • Ondine.
    • 304.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Partita No 3 in E major, BWV1006 (5th mvt, Menuet 2)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff.
    • Bach: Violin Sonatas & Partitas.
    • Ondine.
    • 305.

  • Florence Price

    The Moon Bridge

    Choir: VocalEssence Chorus. Performer: Paul Shaw. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • Got the Saint Louis Blues.
    • Clarion.
    • 004.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto for Flute and Harp (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Fran莽ois Leleux.
    • Mozart & Flute in Paris - Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299: II. Andantino.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Moments Musicaux, D.780 (no.2)

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Schubert 3: Imogen Cooper.
    • Ottavo.
    • 3.

  • Eric Coates

    The Three Elizabeths: I. Halcyon Days (Elizabeth Tudor)

    Orchestra: 91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 19.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Chanson napolitaine

    Performer: Raffaele La Ragione. Performer: Fran莽ois Dumont. Music Arranger: Joseph Ange Carboni.
    • Mandoline. Dans les salons fin-de-si猫cle.
    • Arcana.
    • 9.

  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony in G minor Z.730

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Vincent Youmans

    Tahiti trot [Tea for two] (No, no, Nanette)

    Orchestrator: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 16.

  • Max Reger

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 146: II. Vivace

    Performer: Thorsten Johanns. Ensemble: Diogenes Quartett.
    • Reger: Clarinet Quintet in A Major, Op. 146 & String Sextet in F Major, Op. 118.
    • CPO.
    • 102.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A Street in Windsor (Fat Knight)

    Music Arranger: Martin Yates. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.
    • Dutton.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sinfonia 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' (Solomon)

    Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Director: Simon Standage.
    • Handel and the Oratorio for Concerts.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 29.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony No. 7 in F Major, Op. 77 "Pastora'nayal": I. Allegro moderato

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
    • Glazunov: The Symphonies.
    • Orfeo.
    • 24.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto no.1 in F minor Op.73 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Collins.
    • Weber: Clarinet Concertos etc.: Stirling/CLS/Collins.
    • Chandos.

  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade in G major WW XV / 3

    Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade For Strings / Elgar: Introduction & Allegro / Wolf: Italia.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise No.6 in A flat major, Op.53 'Heroic'

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • EMI.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer night's dream (Scherzo)

    Performer: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 64 No. 3, Hob. III:67: I. Vivace assai

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 64.
    • Chandos.
    • 109.

  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Symphony in B minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Anna Skryleva.
    • Kashperova: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 2 & Symphony in B Minor, Op. 4.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 105.

  • Gregorio Allegri

    Miserere mei Deus

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Singer: Gerald Finley. Singer: Timothy Beasley-Murray. Director: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Allegri: Miserere; Choir of King's College, Cleobury.
    • EMI.
    • 2.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez: I. Allegro con spirito

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Conductor: Ben Glassberg. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse.
    • Aranjuez.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    Where were you last night so late?

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Last Leaf.
    • ECM.
    • 14.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cinderella's Waltz; Midnight (Cinderella Suite No 1)

    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Temirkanov.
    • St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra - Prokofiev: Cinderella; Romeo and Juliet.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 8.

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