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Start the day on the right note with classical music

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong, Bach Before 7 and the best in classical music. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Thu 17 Apr 2025 06:30
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Music Played

  • Elfrida Andrée

    Piano Trio in G minor: ii. Andante con espressione

    Ensemble: Nordica Trio.
    • INTIM MUSIK.

  • John Barry

    Out of Africa (Main Theme)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: John McNeely.
    • VARESE SARABANDE.

  • Fela Sowande

    K'A Mura (Prelude on a Yoruba Sacred Folk Melody)

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • African Pianism, Vol. 2.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 13.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O Mensch, bewein' dein' Sunde gross - chorale-prelude BWV.622 for organ

    Performer: Cameron Carpenter.
    • All You Need is Bach.
    • Sony.
    • 17.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Franz Schubert

    Entr'acte in B flat major (Rosamunde)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Vivace in D major, WK 190

    Performer: Lucile Boulanger.
    • ALPHA.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F Minor, Op. 120 No. 1: IV. Vivace

    Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Music Arranger: Luciano Berio. Orchestra: Symphony Orchestra Basel. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • Luciano Berio - Transformation.
    • Sony.
    • 21.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major for 2 trumpets RV.537

    Performer: HÃ¥kan Hardenberger. Performer: Reinhold Friedrich. Orchestra: I Musici.
    • Philips.

  • Thomas Tallis

    Lamentations of Jeremiah (1st lesson)

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Philip Ledger.
    • Music for Holy Week.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet in F minor Op.2 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Piano Trio, Piano Quintet.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Ethel Smyth

    The Boatswain's Mate (Overture)

    Ensemble: Lontano. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • The Boatswain's Mate.
    • Retrospect Opera.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no. 2 in D major H.7b.2 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Natalie Clein. Orchestra: recreation – Grosses Orchester Graz. Conductor: Michael Hofstetter.
    • Haydn: Cello Concertos Nos. 1-2 & Symphony No. 13 in D Major, Hob. I:13 (Live).
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Mandolin Sonatina in C Major, WoO 44a, Hess 43

    Performer: Alon Sariel.
    • Beethoven: Music for Mandolin & Fortepiano.
    • Naxos.
    • 201.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major Kk.159 'The Hunt'

    Music Arranger: Béla Fleck. Music Arranger: Chris Thile. Performer: Béla Fleck. Performer: Chris Thile.
    • Sony.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Preludio Sinfonico

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor, Op. 66

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • EMI.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 6.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride)

    Ensemble: Zemlinsky Quartet.
    • Smetana: String Quartets.
    • Evil Penguin Classic.
    • 9.

  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Trio sonata no.4 in G minor (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Collegium 1704. Performer: Václav Luks.
    • Accent.

  • Roger Quilter

    Where the Rainbow Ends - Suite (1a. Rainbow Land)

    Orchestra: Northern Sinfonia of England. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • British Composers: Best of British.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Richard Wagner

    Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (Prelude to Act 1)

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • DG.

  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Étude no.41 in E flat major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • Hélène de Montgeroult: Études.
    • BIS.
    • 108.

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Baïlèro (Chants d'Auvergne)

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Erato.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Sonata in A major (La Pastorella) for violin and continuo [MS A-Wm]

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: Nigel North. Performer: John Toll.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Carlos Gardel

    Volver

    Performer: Ophélie Gaillard. Performer: Juanjo Mosalini.
    • Aparte.

Broadcast

  • Thu 17 Apr 2025 06:30
    ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3