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Start your weekend the Radio 3 way, with Saturday Breakfast

Join Tom McKinney to wake up the day with a selection of the finest classical music.

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Stabat mater, RV 621

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Ensemble 415. Director: Chiara Banchini.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • George Butterworth

    A Shropshire Lad - Rhapsody

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Halle.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio in D major Op. 11- 2nd movement

    Performer: Rödberg Trio.
    • Alba Records.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Saint Nicolas: VIII. His piety and marvellous works

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Ensemble: The Ensemble of King's College Cambridge. Choir: Sawston Village College Choir. Ensemble: Sawston Village College Ensemble.
    • Britten: Saint Nicolas, Hymn to St Cecilia & Rejoice in the Lamb.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 108.
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta Diva

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Music Arranger: Yvar Mikhashoff.
    • DECCA.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in F sharp major, Op 15 No 2

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Chopin: The Complete Nocturnes and Impromptus: Angela Hewitt, piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Chôro No 3, 'Picapau'

    Performer: Carlos Rato. Performer: Jose Botelho. Performer: Paulo Moura. Performer: Noël Devos. Performer: Jessé Sadoc. Performer: Sdenek Svab. Performer: Thomas Tritle. Performer: Carlos Gomes de Oliveira. Choir: Rio Choral Association.
    • Villa-Lobos: Choros.
    • Le Chant du Monde.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in C major for flute and harp, K.299 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: William Bennett. Performer: Claire Jones. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Watkins.
    • Claire Jones plays Glière, Debussy and Mozart.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 7.
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    Vidi speciosam

    Choir: Nordic Voices.
    • CHANDOS CHACONNE.
  • William Grant Still

    Summerland (Visions)

    Performer: Itamar Zorman. Performer: Ieva Jokubaviciutė.
    • First Hand Records.
  • Amy Beach

    Summer Dreams, Op. 47: No. 1, The Brownies

    Ensemble: Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov.
    • Beach: Complete Works for Piano Duo.
    • CPO.
    • 401.
  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur (Chaconne)

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • ERATO.
  • Vincent Youmans

    Tahiti Trot, Op. 16 (Tea for Two)

    Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites.
    • BIS.
    • 501.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major, BWV 1048

    Music Arranger: Mark Eden. Ensemble: VIDA Guitar Quartet.
    • Bachianas.
    • BGS Records.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Seasons, Hob.XXI 3 Summer: No. 10, The Wakeful Herdsman (Song)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Andrew Foster-Williams. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh. Orchestra: Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • Haydn: The Seasons, 1801.
    • Signum Records.
    • 10.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Behold the Sun! (The Seasons: Summer)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Jeremy Ovenden. Singer: Andrew Foster-Williams. Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Choir: Chór NFM. Ensemble: Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • HAYDN The Seasons CD1.
    • Signum.
    • 011.
  • Fergus McCreadie

    Stony Gate

    Performer: Fergus McCreadie.
    • Stony Gate.
    • Edition Records.
    • 1.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    O sacrum convivium

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.
    • BIS.
  • Hugo Alfvén

    Swedish Rhapsody no.1 'Midsummer Vigil'

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
    • SONY.
    • 1.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Trio in E minor Op.45 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Streicher Trio.
    • Music & Arts.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Music Arranger: Luis Bacalov. Performer: Luis Bacalov. Performer: Héctor Ulises Passarella. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Bacalov: Misa Tango: Domingo, Martinez, Bacalov, Chung.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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