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The best classical music wake-up call

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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Tue 10 Jun 2025 06:30
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Music Played

  • Dorothy Howell

    Two Pieces for Muted Strings

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Collins.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G major, Op 32 No 5

    Performer: Ivana Gavri膰.
    • Ivana Gavri膰: In The Mists.
    • CHAMPS HILL.
    • 12.

  • Alun Hoddinott

    Love Song (Folk-Song Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Welsh Classical Favourites: Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Penny.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 7.

  • Edward Elgar

    String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 83: II. Piacevole

    Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: 3. Gavotte I-II

    Conductor: Karl M眉nchinger. Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.
    • Karl M眉nchinger 鈥� The Baroque Legacy.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 79.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Agnus Dei (Requiem, Op 48)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra Chamber Ensemble. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Faure: Requiem, Bach: Partita, Chorales & Ciaconna.
    • LSO Live.
    • 14.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet Antique

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works.
    • BIS.
    • 701.

  • Franz Liszt

    Am Meer, S. 560/4 (After Schubert, D. 957/12)

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.
    • Alexandre Kantorow plays Brahms and Schubert.
    • BIS.
    • 9.

  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in A minor (3rd mvt: Juba)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin. Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Sonata in G Minor, B.g5 "Il trillo del diavolo": I. Larghetto affettuoso

    Performer: Laura Lootens.
    • naive, a label of Believe Group.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Semiramide (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 3 in E-Flat Major, K. 447: III. Allegro

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 9.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Spring (3 Botticelli Pictures)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    The Roots of Heaven - Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Resonance.

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Shepherd girl's dance (The Mountain King, Op.37)

    Orchestra: Stockholm Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jan鈥怬lav Wedin.
    • A Swedish Pastorale.
    • BIS.
    • 015.

  • Judith Bailey

    Havas - a period of summer, Op. 44, Mvt I. Lanyon Quoit

    Orchestra: Bath Philharmonia. Conductor: Jason Thornton.
    • EM Records.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Summer Night: Dreams (Nocturne)

    Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Mikhail Pletnev.
    • DG.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Esther Hoppe. Performer: B茅atrice Muthelet. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Florent Jodelet. Performer: Frank Braley. Performer: Michel Dalberto.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Le carnaval des animaux.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    Piano Concerto: II. Andante

    Performer: Peter Jablonski. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Grazyna Bacewicz: Piano Concerto; Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra; Overtur.
    • Ondine.
    • 3.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto 脿 5 in D major, Op 9 No 7

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Albinoni: 12 concertos, op.9: Academy of Ancient Music, Hogwood.
    • Decca.
    • 1-3.

  • Franz Schubert

    Litanei Auf Das Fest Aller Seelen, D 343

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • An die Musik.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Petite Suite (Nocturne)

    Orchestrator: Alexander Glazunov. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Borodin: Requiem: Philharmonia Orchestra/蜜芽传媒 Symphony Chorus/Simon.
    • Cala.
    • 14.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D major Op.61 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mar铆a Due帽as. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Ubi Caritas

    Choir: VOCES8. Choir: VOCES8. Performer: Ola Gjeilo.
    • DECCA.

  • Richard Strauss

    Im Abendrot (Four Last Songs)

    Singer: Nina Stemme. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Strauss: 4 Last Songs; Final Scenes: Nina Stemme.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Kri拧s Russman.
    • BIS.

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Jun 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3