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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

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Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    The Swan of Tuonela (Lemminkäinen Suite, Op.22)

    Orchestra: ±«Óătv National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas SøndergĂĄrd.
    • Sibelius.
    • Linn Records.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Danusha Waskiewicz. Performer: Simone Jandl. Performer: Rainer Zipperling. Performer: Sabina Colonna-Preti. Performer: Enrico Bronzi. Performer: Alois Posch. Performer: Ottavio Dantone. Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestra Mozart, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Jacobus Gallus

    Confirma hoc Deus

    Choir: Pro Musica. Conductor: Szabo Denes.
    • Pro Voce Humana.

  • Jacobus Gallus

    O sacrum convivium

    Choir: Pro Musica. Conductor: Szabo Denes.
    • Pro Voce Humana.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in B minor, Op.32 No.10

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.

  • Charles Gounod

    Ave Maria

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune

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

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in E flat major, Op 81a, 'Les Adieux' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Éric Heidsieck.
    • Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No. 1 in C minor (2nd mvmt, Adagio cantabile)

    Orchestra: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Conductor: Christoph Koenig.
    • NAXOS.

  • AntonĂ­n Dvořák

    String Quartet No 12 'American' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet for Piano and Winds, K 452 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Performer: Heinz Holliger. Performer: Elmar Schmid. Performer: Klaus Thunemann. Performer: Radovan Vlatković.
    • Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 26 "Coronation"; Piano And Wind Quintet.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Wanderer D489

    Performer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • Schubert Lieder.
    • Delphian.
    • 002.

  • Max Bruch

    Kol nidrei Op.47

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Decca.

  • Dorothy Howell

    2 Pieces for Muted Strings

    Orchestra: ±«Óătv Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Teresa Riveiro Böhm.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 3 in D minor, Op 30 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Rachmaninov piano concertos 2 & 3 : Simon Trpceski, RLPO, Vasily Petrenko.
    • Avie.
    • 4.

  • Johann Strauss II

    The Blue Danube

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
    • RCA.

  • Hilary Tann

    Paradise

    Choir: ±«Óătv Singers. Conductor: Ellie Slorach.

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