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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, in Echoing Souls performed by the 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra Los-Angeles based Japanese composer Karen Tanaka commemorates the victims of the T艒hoku earthquake and tsunami which caused the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster and was the most powerful earthquake in the country鈥檚 history.

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Music Played

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Wood (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire. Performer: Eduard Brunner.
    • Saint-Saens: Carnaval des Animaux: Argerich/Frerie/Kremer.
    • Philips.
    • 9.

  • Roman Hoffstetter

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt, Serenade)

    Ensemble: Modigliani Quartet.
    • Portraits.
    • Mirare.
    • 111.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in C major for flute and harp, K.299 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jacques Zoon. Performer: Letizia Belmondo. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • William Henry Harris

    Bring us, O Lord God

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue No. 5 in D Major, BWV 874 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2)

    Performer: Anton Mejias.
    • J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 鈥� Lasser: 12 Preludes for Solo Pian.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri (Op.70) vers. for str, harp & org

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla.
    • DG.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 25 in G Major, "Cuckoo" (1st mvt)

    • Beethoven 32, Vol. 7: Piano Sonatas Nos. 23-26.
    • Naxos.
    • 301.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Violin Concerto in A, Op.3 No.11 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Act 3 Polonaise)

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Pau Casals

    El Cant dels ocells [The song of the birds]

    Performer: Gemma Rosefield. Performer: Tim Horton.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.59 in A major 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Signum.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Classical Tranquillity.
    • Collegium.
    • 3.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Danses espagnoles 'La vida breve'

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que. Music Arranger: Gustave Samazeuilh.
    • Piano Fantasy/Music for two pianos: Katia and Marielle Labeque.
    • Philips.
    • 1-2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the priest - coronation anthem no. 1 (HWV.258)

    Performer: Simon Johnson. Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Choir: The Cathedral Choristers of Britain. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.
    • Decca.

  • J贸runn Vi冒ar

    Slatta - Piano Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Steinunn Birna Ragnarsd贸ttir. Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petter Sundkvist.
    • Smekkleysa.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 2 in G Major "London" (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 2 "London" & Symphony No. 8 in D Minor.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 2.

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arl茅sienne Suite No 1 (Carillon)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • The Best of Bizet.
    • Philips.
    • 4.

  • Karen Tanaka

    Echoing Souls

    Performer: 蜜芽传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: George Morton.

  • Franz Schubert

    Moment musicaux in F minor, D.780 no.3

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Charles鈥怣arie Widor

    Toccata (Organ Symphony No 5 in F minor)

    Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • Toccata and Fugue: Great Organ Works: Peter Hurford.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Baby Serenade (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bruckner Orchester Linz. Conductor: Caspar Richter.
    • Korngold Essentials.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 301.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Harpsichord Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056 (arr. for flute)

    Performer: William Bennett. Music Arranger: Christopher Hogwood. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Flute Concertos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne Op. 9, No.3 in B major

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki.
    • Chopin: Complete Nocturnes.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Danse macabre Op.40

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Le Boeuf sur le toit.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No 1 in B flat major, Op 38 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Teldec.

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