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Brighten your day 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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3 hours

Last on

Wed 25 Jun 2025 06:30

Music Played

  • Henriette Renié

    Harp Concerto in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Belle Epoque.
    • Naive.
    • 2.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Alla spagnuola (5 Novelettes for string quartet, Op 15)

    Ensemble: The Lyric Quartet.
    • Glazunov: Five Novelettes Op. 15, Quintet No. 5 Op. 70: Lyric Quartet.
    • Meridian.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K 191: II. Andante ma Adagio

    Performer: Bram van Sambeek. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Alexei Ogrintchouk.
    • Mozart, Weber & Du Puy: Bassoon Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 102.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No. 4 in D Major, BWV 828: V. Sarabande

    • Bach, J.S.: The Solo Keyboard Works.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 154.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Belle nuit, o nuit d'amour (The Tales of Hoffmann)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 2: Philharmonia/Groves.
    • Denon.
    • 16.
  • Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Sonata No 4 for violin, viol and continuo in G minor

    Ensemble: La Rêveuse. Director: Benjamin Perrot.
    • MIRARE.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op. 40: III. Gavotte

    • Karajan A-Z: Grieg - Handel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Beata Barbara

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the Dance Op.65

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough In Recital.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    West Side Story: Maria and Tonight

    Music Arranger: Jack Gale. Ensemble: Connaught Brass.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Heimkehr Aus Der Fremde Overture, Op. 89

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Martin Yates.
    • Felix Mendelssohn & Frederic Chopin: Piano Concertos.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major, Op.76`3 'Emperor' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet. Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • COLBURN.
  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite Op 29`2 (Finale; The Dargason)

    Orchestra: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Jonathan Rees.
    • Wilson: St Kentigern Suite: Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Rees.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 23.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor Op.22 - II: Allegro scherzando

    Performer: Louis Schwizgebel. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabien Gabel.
    • Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos 2 & 5.
    • ʴÉ.
    • 2.
  • James Oswald

    Variations on 'Polwart on the Green' (A Sonata of Scots Tunes)

    Performer: Ingrid Seifert. Performer: Richard Gwilt. Performer: Charles Medlam. Performer: John Toll.
    • LINN.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Demande et réponse (Petite suite de concert, Op 77, 2nd mvmt)

    Conductor: Adrian Leaper. Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Hiawatha Overture, Petite Suite, & Other Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 202.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in F Minor Op.120 no.1 (3rd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Stephan Koncz.
    • Brahms/Koncz: Sonatas for Clarinet and Orchestra.
    • Pentatone.
    • 103.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major D.667 'Trout' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Performer: Pamela Frank. Performer: Rebecca Young. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer.
    • Schubert: Trout Quintet/Arpeggione Sonata:Ax/Frank/Ma/Meyer/Bonney.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Khovanshchina (Prelude [Dawn over the Moscow River])

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhausorchester. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Accentus Music.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Recorder Concerto in F major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Peter Holtslag. Performer: Mark Caudle. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Peter Holman.
    • Telemann: Recorder Concertos: Peter Holtslag, The Parley of Instruments.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony no. 1 in C minor Op.32: III. Minuetto. Moderato

    Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • ERATO.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Má vlast)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • B. Smetana; Ma Vlast: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Belohlavek.
    • Supraphon.
    • 2.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Barcarolle No. 2 in G Major, Op. 41

    • Fauré: The Complete Music for Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no.2 in C major Op.61 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: National Arts Centre Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Shelley.
    • Clara Robert Johannes.
    • Analekta.
    • 2.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite Op.11 (Alla marcia)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No.5/Karelia Suite etc: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • Erato.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Wed 25 Jun 2025 06:30