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Start the day on the right note 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

  • Domenico Zipoli

    Elevazione for oboe, cello and strings

    Performer: Julia Girdwood. Performer: Robert Truman. Ensemble: Consort of London. Conductor: Robert Haydon Clark.
    • Collins Classics.

  • Helen Leach

    Diary of the Bee: I. Bluebell

    Performer: John Bradbury. Ensemble: Victoria String Quartet.
    • Diary of the Bee: Chamber Works by Helen Leach.
    • Divine Art.
    • 10.

  • William Grant Still

    Wood Notes: III. Moon Dusk: Slowly and expressively

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Still: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 - Wood Notes.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich habe genug (Cantata No 82)

    Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Orchestra of Emmanuel Music. Conductor: Craig Smith.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32: II. Venus, the Bringer of Peace

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jaime Mart铆n.
    • Holst: The Planets 鈥� Deborah Cheetham Fraillon: Earth.
    • Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
    • 2.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons, Op. 37a: I. January. At the Fireside

    Performer: Bruce Liu.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemmink盲inen's Return (Lemmink盲inen Suite, Op.22)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Sony.

  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Il Segreto di Susanna: Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Verismo.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 7.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux Aurumque

    Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Director: Anna Lapwood.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major, RV.572 (Proteus, or The World Turned Upside-Down)

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Signum Records.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Sea Hawk (End titles)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Manchester Chamber Choir. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Trio No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 63: 4th mvt

    Ensemble: Kungsbacka Trio.
    • R. Schumann: Piano Trios, Vol. 1.
    • BIS.
    • 104.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Bacchanale (Samson et Dalila)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Saint-Saens: Orchestral Works: Neeme Jarvi.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.

  • Saverio Mercadante

    Mercadante: Clarinet Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 101: II. Andante con va

    Performer: Joy Farrall. Conductor: Nicholas Daniel. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Mercadante: 2 Clarinet Concertos; Rossini; Donizetti.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Solomon)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Teldec.

  • Bob Chilcott

    O Lord, Thou Hast Searched me, and Known me

    Performer: Simon Johnson. Conductor: Harry Christophers. Choir: The Sixteen.
    • A Meditation.
    • CORO.
    • 12.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky. Music Arranger: Sergey Rachmaninov.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Symphonie concertante in A major Op.9`2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yury Revich. Performer: Libor Je啪ek. Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Michael Hal谩sz.
    • Saint-Georges: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Alan Hovhaness

    Symphony no.2 'Mysterious Mountain' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Delos.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    In the Forest (Live)

    Performer: Daniel Ciobanu.
    • Shostakovich Discoveries: World Premiere Recordings & Rarities.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.

  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de Lune

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.

  • Richard Wagner

    The Flying Dutchman (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Wagner: Overtures and Preludes: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Barenboim.
    • Teldec.
    • 1.

  • James MacMillan

    The Gallant Weaver

    Choir: 蜜芽传媒 Singers. Singer: Margaret Feaviour. Singer: Amanda Morrison. Singer: Michaela Haslam. Conductor: James MacMillan.
    • MacMillan -The Birds of Rhiannon.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Flute Concerto in G Wq.169 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Charles鈥怣arie Widor

    Toccata (Organ Symphony No 5 in F minor)

    Performer: Christopher Herrick.
    • Popular Organ Music from Westminster Abbey: Christopher Herrick.
    • Meridian.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Wed 11 Jun 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3