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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 the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Thu 22 May 2025 06:30
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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Duo in C Major for Violin & Viola, JS 66

    Performer: Jaakko Kuusisto. Performer: Anna Kreetta Gribajcevic.
    • The Sibelius Edition, Vol. 9: Chamber Music II.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Amy Beach

    Summer Dreams: V. Elfin tarantelle

    Performer: Derek Kealii Polischuk. Performer: Chang Li.
    • Many Hands.
    • Blue Griffin Recording.
    • 14.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacrée et danse profane

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Works by Ravel/Debussy.
    • NAIVE.
    • 11-12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ BWV 177: Chorus "Ich ruf zu dir"

    Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 21.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 8.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Marriner.
    • HMV Classics.
    • 8.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Colour Suite (1. Pink Minor; 4. Blue Air)

    Performer: Paul Guinery.
    • Dicky Bird Hop.
    • EM RECORDS.
    • 16.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in E major, Wq 182 No 6

    Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. Director: Wolfram Christ.
    • C.P.E. Bach - Hamburger Sinfonien WQ.182.
    • Hanssler Classic.
    • 16-18.

  • Zoltán Kodály

    Romance lyrique

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Zoltan Kodaly, Sonata for solo cello: Clein / Drake.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 5 in E minor, Op 64 (3rd mvt, Valse)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • ORFEO.

  • Trad.

    I will give my love an apple

    Performer: Edin Karamazov. Performer: Stacey Shames. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Wayfaring Stranger.
    • DECCA.
    • 7.

  • Pauline Viardot

    Hai Luli!, VWV 1106 (Arr. for Violin, Harp and String Quintet)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Music Arranger: Jan-Peter Klöpfel. Ensemble: Esther Abrami.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat, K.271 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • Chandos.

  • Peter Warlock

    Sleep

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Ensemble: Coull Quartet.
    • On This Shining Night.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 901.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo (Toccata)

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Naive.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846

    Performer: Tatiana Nikolayeva.
    • OLYMPIA.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Red (A Colour Symphony)

    Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Prokofiev Symphonies Vol.II.
    • Onyx.
    • 14.

  • Robert Schumann

    String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 41 No. 2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Dover Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia, Op 26

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • The Sound of Sibelius: Lahti SO, Vanska.
    • Bis.
    • 10.

  • Jean‐Féry Rebel

    Les caracteres de la danse

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rebel/Les Elemens/Les Caracteres de la Danse.
    • Musi.
    • 12-25.

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance of the Hours (La Gioconda)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Decca.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor Op.30 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Yunchan Lim. Orchestra: Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon à 12 in double echo

    Conductor: Eric Crees.
    • NAXOS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in F major, H.15.6 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Haydn: Complete Piano Trios: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Philips.

  • Richard Strauss

    Four Last Songs - 2. September

    Performer: Lise Davidsen. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Thu 22 May 2025 06:30
    BBC Radio 3