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Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of the morning. Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk.

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Music Played

  • Peter Warlock

    Pieds en l'air (Capriol Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clio Gould.
    • English String Classics 2: Vaughan Williams/Warlock/Tippet/Elgar etc.
    • Apex.
    • 11.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Cancion de cuna (Berceuse)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Sound Of Silence.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 12.

  • Dora Bright

    Piano Concerto No 1 in A minor (2nd mvmt, Intermezzo)

    Performer: Samantha Ward. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Somm.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No.65 'Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen'

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Performer: James Gilchrist. Performer: Peter Harvey. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SDG.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op.40 (Praeludium)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Grieg: Complete music with orchestra: Gothenburg SO/Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    L' Adorazione dei Magi (Trittico Botticelliano)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Tam谩s V谩s谩ry.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Franz Schubert

    3 Pieces D.946 (no.3)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Ennio Morricone

    The Ecstasy Of Gold

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Ennio Morricone.
    • Movie Scores.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal Source of Light Divine (Ode for the birthday of Queen Anne)

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Performer: David Blackadder. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • HELIODOR.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Violin Sonata in A major (4th mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Andrew Armstrong.
    • Franck & Strauss Violin Sonatas.
    • ONYX.
    • 4.

  • Jonathan Dove

    The Magic Flute Dances: III. Angry - Desolate - Gently moving

    Performer: Emily Beynon. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Emily Beynon Plays British Flute Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • John Adams

    Hoe-down 'Mad Cow' (Gnarly Buttons)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: London Sinfonietta. Conductor: John Adams.
    • Gnarly Buttons & John's Book Of Alleged Dances.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 13.

  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Violin Concerto in B flat major Op.3 no.1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Zefira Valova. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • Aparte.

  • John Philip Sousa

    Myrrha Gavotte

    Orchestra: Razumovsky Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Brion.
    • Sousa: On Wings of Lightning.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Matin茅es musicales, Op 24 (Waltz)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Rossini/Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque: National Philharmonic Orch/Bonynge.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Piano Concerto in G minor Op.33 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.

  • John Rutter

    Carol of the Magi

    Performer: Tim Gill. Performer: John Birch. Singer: Gabriel Crouch. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • John Rutter: A Song in Season. Cambridge Singers/RPO.
    • Collegium.
    • 4.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in A minor for recorder and viola da gamba (1st and 2nd mvts)

    Performer: Pierre Hamon. Performer: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Le Concert Spirituel: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 14.

  • Edward Elgar

    La capricieuse, Op.17

    Music Arranger: Paul Cassidy. Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Petits-fours Favourite Encores: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.82 in C major H.1.82 'The Bear' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge. Conductor: Julien Chauvin.
    • Haydn: Symphony No. 82 "L'Ours".
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 4.

  • Franz Schubert

    Overture in D major D.590 'in the Italian style'

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Will Todd

    Christ Is the Morning Star

    Performer: Martin Ford. Choir: Vasari Singers. Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse.
    • Heaven Full of Stars.
    • Naxos.
    • 901.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major, Op 73, 'Emperor' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alfred Brendel. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1-5: Alfred Brendel, Simon Rattle.
    • Philips.
    • 3.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony No 8 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Felix Mendelssohn: The Complete String Symphonies.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 204.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turandot, Act 3: "Nessun dorma!"

    Singer: Pene Pati. Choir: Choir of Bordeaux National Opera. Orchestra: National Orchestra of Bordeaux Aquitaine. Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume.
    • Puccini: Turandot: "Nessun dorma".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D major Kk.430

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • D. Scarlatti: Sonatas: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 7.

  • Gian Carlo Menotti

    Amahl And The Night Visitors (Shepherds' Dance)

    Ensemble: Members of the Nashville Symphony Chorus. Ensemble: Members of the Chicago Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alastair Willis.
    • Amahl And The Night Visitors.
    • NAXOS.
    • 18.

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