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Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 Breakfast show live from Salford, including 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3鈥檚 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century 鈥� a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, film composer Natalie Holt, who has scored Loki, Obi-Wan Kenobi and Rivals, reflects on the eruption of Eyjafjallaj枚kull, the Icelandic volcano which grounded international air travel in April 2010. Her piece for piano quintet is a co-commission with the London Soundtrack Festival.

You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    His Song (In the Bottoms)

    Performer: Monica Gaylord.
    • Black Piano, A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers.
    • MUSIC & ARTS.
    • 6.

  • Ina Boyle

    String Quartet in E Minor (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Piatti Quartet.
    • Boyle, Vaughan Williams, Moeran & Ireland.
    • Rubicon.
    • 4.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D 485 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8: OAE, Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto, BWV 971 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Christophe Rousset.
    • J.S. Bach: Italian Concerto/French Overture/Chromatic Fantasy & Fugue: Rousset.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Waltz (Coppelia)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Delibes: Coppelia: Orchestre de l'opera de Lyon/Nagano.
    • Erato.
    • 2.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Danse russe (3 Movements from Petrushka)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Giulio Regondi

    10 Etudes: VIII. Etude No. 8: Allegretto con moto ben marcato la melodia

    Performer: John Holmquist.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin (Pr茅lude)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works.
    • BIS.
    • 101.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Norfolk Rhapsody no. 1 in E minor

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • English Landscapes.
    • HALLE.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in G major, H XV 25, 'Gypsy' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on.
    • Live from the Lugano Festival 2003, Martha Argerich and friends, Chamber Music.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

  • Michael Head

    Limehouse Reach (from 'Six Sea Songs')

    Performer: Peter Edge. Performer: Ella O'Neill.

  • Michael Head

    Vagabond Song

    Performer: Peter Edge. Performer: Ella O'Neill.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Rondo in F major

    Performer: Gemma Rosefield. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Stanford - The Complete Works for Cello and Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Guitar Concerto, Op. 67 (1st mvt. Allegro)

    Performer: Craig Ogden. Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Chandos Records.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No 2 (La garde montante)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Bizet: Carmen Suites/Ponchielli: Cance of the Hours - PO, Ormandy.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (Scherzo)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Isabella Leonarda

    Sonata in A minor Op.16 no.7

    Performer: Emanuele Breda. Performer: Barbara Mauch-Heinke. Performer: Daniela Wartenberg. Performer: Toshinori Ozaki. Performer: Sofya Gandilyan.
    • Isabella Leonarda: Motets & Sonatas.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 701.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No. 1 in D Major, Op. 11 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms: Serenades.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    贰蝉辫补帽补

    Ensemble: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Musicales Actes Sud.

  • Natalie Holt

    Partita No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Richard Harwood.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in G major H.16.27 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Haydn: Piano Sonatas vol.3: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Prince Igor, Act II (Polovtsian Dances)

    Choir: Bolshoi Chorus. Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Lazarev.
    • Bolschoi - Russische Opernch枚re (Inspiration).
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 14.

  • Claude Debussy

    L'isle joyeuse

    Performer: Simon Trpceski.
    • Debussy: Images; Children's Corner etc..
    • EMI Classics.
    • 16.

  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Ensemble: Guarneri Quartet.
    • Italian Album.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 9.

  • Fergus McCreadie

    Stony Gate

    Performer: Fergus McCreadie. Performer: David Bowden. Performer: Steve Henderson.

Broadcast

  • Fri 11 Apr 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3