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Ease into the day with classical music

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 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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Music Played

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Orford Ness (Suffolk Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Healey Willan

    How they so softly rest

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Beyond All Mortal Dreams: American A Capella: The Choir of Trinity College, Camb.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin concerto no.10 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2.
    • NAXOS.
    • 6.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Improvisation in C sharp minor, Op 84 No 5

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • hyperion.
    • 004.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata 'Non sa che sia dolore' BWV 209; Sinfonia

    Ensemble: Die Freitagsakademie. Director: Katharina Suske.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Les filles de Cadix

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Eivind Aadland.
    • Storyteller: Tine Thing Helseth.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    La Ritirata di Madrid (Quintet for guitar and strings, G.453)

    Performer: Zolt谩n Tokos. Performer: Gy枚rgy 脡der. Ensemble: Danubius Quartet.
    • Music - Goya.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no. 83 in G minor 'The Hen' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne No.1

    Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.
    • BIS.

  • George Gershwin

    Strike up the Band (Overture)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Gershwin: An American in Paris: Shelley/蜜芽传媒 Phil./Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    Heidenr枚slein, Op. 3-3, D 257

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • An die Musik.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.

  • Richard Strauss

    R. Strauss: Concerto for Oboe and Small Orchestra in D Major, AV 144, TrV 292 (R

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.
    • Longing for Paradise.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Romance In A Major Op.69 (arr. cello and piano)

    Performer: Andrei Ioni牛膬. Performer: Alim Beisembayev.

  • Trad.

    Old Reinlender (Sonndala)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • dacapo.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Lazarev.
    • Excertps from Spartacus, Gayaneh, Masquerade.
    • APEX.
    • 5.

  • Stellenbosch University Choir

    Indodana

    Choir: Stellenbosch University Choir. Conductor: Andr茅 van der Merwe.
    • Stellenbosch University Choir.

  • Eric Coates

    The Selfish Giant

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Christian Sinding

    The Rustle of Spring (6 Pieces Op.32)

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Sinding, C.: Violin and Piano Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Alexandre Tansman

    Cavatina (Danza pomposa)

    Performer: Finbarr Malafronte.
    • DUX.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus: Overture

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Johann Strauss II Waltzes, Polkas & Overtures.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 207.

  • Franz Schubert

    Quartet in C minor, D 703 'Quartettsatz'. Allegro assai

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.

  • George Frideric Handel

    As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)

    Singer: Gillian Webster. Singer: Jeremy Ovenden. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Signum.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 \"Jupiter\": IV. Molto allegro

    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41 \"Jupiter\".
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.

  • Grace Williams

    Sea Sketches No.1 - High wind

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.
    • Grace Williams - Sea Sketches etc..
    • Lyrita.
    • 13.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata in A major, Op 12 No 2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Beethoven, The Complete Sonatas For Violin And Piano: Capucon, Braley.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV.881 (Book 2, The Well-Tempered Clavier)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • John Williams

    Theme from Jurassic Park

    • MCA Records.

Broadcast

  • Fri 6 Jun 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3