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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

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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3 hours

Music Played

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne Op.78

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Mariko Anraku.
    • Beau Soir, French and Japanese melodies: Pahud/Anraku.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Viola Concerto in G major, TWV 51:G9

    Performer: Nils Mönkemeyer. Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Sony.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860

    • J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (Live in Troy, NY / 1987).
    • ECM New Series.
    • 29.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 15 in G Major, BWV 860/2

    • J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (Live in Troy, NY / 1987).
    • ECM New Series.
    • 30.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861

    • J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (Live in Troy, NY / 1987).
    • ECM New Series.
    • 31.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Fugue No. 16 in G Minor, BWV 861/2

    • J.S. Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (Live in Troy, NY / 1987).
    • ECM New Series.
    • 32.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Charles Gounod

    Petite Symphonie for Wind Instruments - 3rd movt: Scherzo

    Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Decca.
  • Scott Joplin

    Treemonisha: A Real Slow Drag (Version for Piano)

    • Joplin: Rags, Marches, Waltzes & Other Piano Works.
    • OnClassical.
    • 19.
  • Scott Joplin

    The Entertainer

    • Joplin: Rags, Marches, Waltzes & Other Piano Works.
    • OnClassical.
    • 15.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet in D major K.285 (1st mvt.)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Christoph Poppen. Performer: Hariolf Schlichtig. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
  • Thomas Campion

    Never weather-beaten sail more willing bent to shore [1st book of ayres, 1613]

    Ensemble: Passamezzo.
    • They that in Ships to the Sea down go: Music for the Mayflower.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 123.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: II. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Symphonic Dances.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 106.
  • Federico Moreno Torroba

    Sonatina (1st mvt)

    Performer: Andrés Segovia. Music Arranger: Andrés Segovia.
    • Segovia, Andres: Guitar of Andres Segovia (The) - Hermann Hauser 1937 (Maker).
    • Dynamic.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso played live on In Tune last night

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Peter and the wolf, Op. 67 Pt.1

    Lyricist: Gabrielle Hilton. Conductor: Antal Doráti. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Lieutenant Kijé / Britten: The Young Person's Gui.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Ilse Weber

    Wiegala (Arr. for Violin and String Quintet by Esther Abrami)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Lyricist: Esther Abrami.
    • Women.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    ... and at the hour of death

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Music Arranger: Christian Badzura.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse macabre

    • Mélodies françaises, vol. 2: Saint-Saëns, Massenet & Gounod.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Peter and the wolf, Op. 67 - Narrative revised by Gabrielle Hilton -

    Lyricist: Gabrielle Hilton. Conductor: Antal Doráti. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Lieutenant Kijé / Britten: The Young Person's Gui.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92: II. Allegretto

    Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington. Orchestra: London Classical Players.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies & Concertos..
    • Warner Classics.
    • 21.
  • Franz Liszt

    Années de pèlerinage II, 'Italie'; Canzonetta del Salvator Rosa

    Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • Liszt: Annees de Pelerinage.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Prokofiev: Peter and the wolf, Op. 67 Part 3

    Lyricist: Gabrielle Hilton. Conductor: Antal Doráti. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Lieutenant Kijé / Britten: The Young Person's Gui.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Gustav Holst

    Neptune, the Mystic (The Planets, Op 32)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Manchester Chamber Choir. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Holst: Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Trio in E flat major, Op 3 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Gérard Jarry. Performer: Serge Collot. Performer: Michel Tournus. Orchestra: Trio à cordes français.
    • Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.
  • Trad.

    Shenandoah

    Performer: Keith Jarrett.
    • The Melody At Night, With You.
    • ECM Records.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Fri 16 May 2025 06:30