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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

Music Played

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep for chorus

    Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Choir: VOCES8 Foundation Choir. Orchestra: VOCES8 Foundation Orchestra. Conductor: Barnaby Smith.
    • To Sing of Love.
    • VOCES8 RECORDS.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for violin and string orch no. 1 (BWV.1041) in A minor

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • J.S.Bach, Solo & Double Violin Concertos.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.
  • Margaret Hubicki

    From the Isles of the sea

    Performer: Daniel Pailthorpe. Performer: James Kirby.
    • CHANDOS.
    • CHAN 10322.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Cinnamon Grove (Allegretto)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 19.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante Festivo

    Ensemble: Tempera Quartet.
    • Sibelius: String Quartets 1890 - 1922.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Hear my prayer; O for the wings of a dove

    Performer: Mark Williams. Singer: Rachel Bennett. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Richard Marlow.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in A minor K.310 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Fazil Say.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 105.
  • William Byrd

    Upon a Summer's day

    Performer: Jacob Heringman. Performer: Lynda Sayce. Choir: Alamire.
    • Inventa.
  • Joe Hisaishi

    One Summer's Day (From 'Spirited Away')

    Orchestra: New Japan Philharmonic. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • Decca.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Etude Romantique Op.132

    Performer: Johann Blanchard.
    • MDG.
  • Francesco Barsanti

    Lochaber (A Collection of Old Scots Tunes)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • The Muses Restor'd.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 23.
  • James Oswald

    A Curious Collection of Scots Tunes: Alloway House

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • The Muses Restor'd.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 25.
  • Henry Purcell

    A New Irish Tune, Z. 646: "Lilliburlero"

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • The Muses Restor'd.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 24.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Orchestra: Orquestra Simf貌nica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Eije Oue.
    • Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Credo - Et Incarnatus Est (Mass no. 6 in E flat major D.950)

    Singer: Susan Gritton. Singer: Mark Padmore. Singer: James Gilchrist. Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Within a Dream. A Celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade in E minor, Op 20

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Elgar: Orchestral Works.
    • Decca London.
    • 2-4.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 32: III. Allegro moderato

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Pascal Devoyon.
    • Steven Isserlis: The Complete RCA Recordings.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    Che si puo fare?

    Performer: Simone Kermes. Orchestra: La magnifica comunit脿. Conductor: Enrico Casazza.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 88875111382.
  • Anonymous

    Italiana for lute [no.1 in Respighi's 3rd suite of Ancient airs and dances]

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • HELIOS.
    • CDH55146.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major Op.76`4 'Sunrise' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, op. 76 4-6.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Under the Linden Tree (Unter der Linden)

    Performer: Hinrich Alpers. Lyricist: Karl Pannier. Singer: Christina Landshamer.
    • Erinnerung 鈥 Homage to Humperdinck.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 36.
  • William Walton

    Crown Imperial

    Ensemble: Chetham's School of Music Symphonic Brass Ensemble. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • An English Coronation, 1902-1953.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 2501.

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