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Start your Sunday the Radio 3 way with Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s classical breakfast show with music that captures the mood of Sunday morning. Email 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

2 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Sun 21 Apr 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major Op.76 no.4 'Sunrise' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • BIS.
  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in C minor transc. for trumpet (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.
  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: KriΕ‘s Russman.
    • BIS.
  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    3 Nocturnes Op.9 (no.2 in E flat major)

    Performer: Maria JoΓ£o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ralph Kirshbaum. Ensemble: TakΓ‘cs Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    I know that my Redeemer liveth

    Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Director: Owen Rees.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No. 1 in D minor, BWV 812

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10-15.
  • Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco

    Guitar Concerto no.1 in D major Op.99 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Kazuhito Yamashita. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • RCA.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet (Le tombeau de Couperin)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus iste

    Choir: St. Albans Cathedral Choir. Director: Andrew Lucas.
    • FIRST HAND RECORDS.
  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 1 in D major

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra.
    • Elgar: Enigma variations/Pomp and circumstance marches: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ SO/Bernstein.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Trio No.2 in C (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Sōra.
    • Brahms - The Piano Trios.
    • La Dolce Volta.
  • Alessandro Striggio

    Mass "Ecco si beato giorno" (Agnus dei)

    Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Director: Geoffrey Webber. Choir: Armonico Consort. Conductor: Christopher Monks.
    • Supersize Polyphony.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 011.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Sonate Champetre

    Ensemble: Tailleferre Ensemble.
    • There are Things to be Said.
    • Ulysses Arts.
  • Ron Goodwin

    The Trap: Main Theme

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Ron Goodwin.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Vangelis

    Chariots Of Fire

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Isles Of Wonder: Music For The Opening Ceremony Of The London 2012 Olympic Games.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 6.
  • Arturo MΓ‘rquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: SimΓ³n BolΓ­var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Clara Schumann

    Die stille Lotosblume, Op 13 No 6

    Performer: Hedayet Djeddikar. Singer: Dorothea Craxton.
    • Clara Schumann: Complete Songs.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.
  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • John Adams: The Chairman Dances/Two Fanfares/Other works: San Francisco Symphony.
    • Elektra.
    • 4.

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