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Sunday - Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British music Playlist and listener requests. Plus requests for works by neglected composers.

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3's classical breakfast show, featuring the Best of British music Playlist, compiled from listener requests. Also, including your requests for works by neglected composers, amateur music-making groups and Bach Before Seven.

Email 3Breakfast@bbc.co.uk with your music requests.

2 hours

Last on

Sun 22 Jun 2014 07:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Suite no. 2 in D minor BWV.1008 for cello solo

    Performer: Torleif ThedΓ©en.
    • BIS.
    • BIS-CD-803/4.
  • Herbert Howells

    Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (St Paul's)

    Conductor: John (u.k.) Scott. Performer: Christopher Dearnley. Performer: Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral.
    • HYPERION.
    • CDA-66260.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Le Boeuf sur le toit - pantomime-ballet Op.58

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 50999 440737 2 5.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Nabucco - opera in 4 parts

    Conductor: Riccardo Muti. Performer: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Performer: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • VTDCD 417.
  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Norwegian dances Op.35, orch. misc. [orig. piano duet]

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Performer: Gothenburg S O..
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 478 5182.
  • John Dowland

    In darknesse let mee dwell [pub. in 'A musical banquet', 1610]

    Performer: Julian Bream. Performer: Peter Pears.
    • DECCA.
    • 444-524 2.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 English dances - set 2 Op.33 for orchestra

    Conductor: Bryden Thomson. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
    • CHAN-8867.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet - ballet Op.64

    Conductor: Lorin Maazel. Performer: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
    • 478 1853.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg variations BWV.988

    Performer: Andrei Gavrilov.
    • DECCA.
    • 478 9478.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Water music - suite in D major HWV.349

    Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner. Performer: English Baroque Soloists.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 434-122-2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflote - singspiel in 2 acts K.620

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Performer: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 477 5789.
  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ΅k

    Slavonic dances - series 2 Op.72 for piano duet

    Performer: Karin Lechner. Performer: Lily Maisky.
    • EMI.
    • 50999 2 67051-2.
  • Edward Elgar

    2 Choral songs Op.73

    Conductor: Paul Spicer. Performer: Finzi Singers.
    • CHANDOS.
    • CHAN 9269-.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    8 Partsongs Op.119

    Conductor: John Rutter. Performer: The Cambridge Singers.
    • COLLEGIUM.
    • CSCD-505.
  • George Gershwin

    _Summertime [from 'Porgy and Bess']

    Performer: Joe Pass. Performer: Oscar Peterson.
    • PABLO.
    • J33J-20052.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Folksong arrangements - volume 3 [British Isles] for voice and piano

    Performer: Benjamin Britten. Performer: Peter Pears.
    • DECCA.
    • 476-1973.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Folksong arrangements - volume 5 [British Isles] for voice and piano

    Performer: Benjamin Britten. Performer: Peter Pears.
    • DECCA.
    • 476-1973.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping beauty - ballet Op.66

    Conductor: Richard Bonynge. Performer: National Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
    • 478 1860.

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