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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 12 May 2024 06:30

Music Played

  • Anton Bruckner

    Pange lingua

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Bruckner: Mass in E minor/Motets: Polyphony/Britten Sinfonia/Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Maurice Ravel

    La Vall茅e des Cloches (Miroirs)

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.
    • Ravel, The Piano Concertos: Aimard/Cleveland Orchestra/Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Pastoral Symphony [Symphony No. 3] (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Vaughan Williams: The Nine Symphonies.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Lauren Scott

    Adventures for Lever Harp: Crepuscule (Book Two)

    Performer: Lauren Scott.
    • Beyond the Horizon: New Music for Lever Harp.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 13.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bream. Performer: Peter Walden. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Henri毛tte Bosmans

    Piano Trio (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leonore Piano Trio.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in Alium

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • Thomas Tallis: Spem in Alium: The Tallis Scholars.
    • Gimell.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Maurice Andr茅. Orchestra: Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra. Director: J谩nos Rolla.
    • Haydn/Hertel/Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Andre/Rolla.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No.2 in B minor, BWV.1067 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
    • RCA.
    • 3.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Deux Serenades (No. 1 Serenade pour mon amour)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Mikko Franck.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Leo Brouwer

    The Black Decameron (Balada de la concella enamorada)

    Performer: Sharon Isbin.
    • Road to the Sun: Latin Romances for Guitar: Sharon Isbin.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 10.
  • Henry Purcell

    Thanks To These Lonesome Vales (Dido and Aeneas)

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Choir: Chorus of Academy of Ancient Music. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Purcell: Dido & Aeneas.
    • Decca.
    • 19.
  • Mel Bonis

    Scenes de la Foret: i. Nocturne; ii. A l'Aube

    Performer: Tatjana Ruhland. Performer: Florian Wiek. Ensemble: Stuttgart Soloists.
    • Hanssler.
  • Randall Thompson

    Alleluia

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Rachel Portman

    The Duchess (Main Title)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Snell.
    • The Duchess (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Lakeshore Records.
    • 1.
  • Rachel Portman

    The Duchess (Six Years Later)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Snell.
    • The Duchess (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Lakeshore Records.
    • 12.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.2, 'Moonlight'

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon Septimi Toni A 8 (Ii)

    Ensemble: Royal Academy of Music. Ensemble: Juilliard School Brass. Conductor: Reinhold Friedrich.
    • Linn Records.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets, Op.32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
    • 4.

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