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Start the day on the right note with classical music

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 Breakfast show live from Salford, including 蜜芽传媒 Radio 3鈥檚 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century 鈥� a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, composer and saxophonist Cassie Kinoshi鈥檚 new work for New Generation Artists the Kleio Quartet is a homage to the remarkable resurgence of the humpback whale which came back from near extinction to record sightings in 2021. It seeks to echo the whales' hauntingly beautiful melodies, celebrating their survival and the enduring mystery of their song.

You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • John Rutter

    Waltz (Suite Lyrique)

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Blessing.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 13.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio No. 44 in E Major, Hob. XV:28: I. Allegro moderato

    Ensemble: Trio Gaspard.
    • Trio Gaspard Live in Berlin.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 101.

  • Trad.

    St Kilda's Wedding & A St. Kilda's Dance

    Performer: Aidan O鈥橰ourke. Performer: Tony McManus. Performer: James Mackintosh. Singer: Calum Malcolm.
    • Notes From A Hebridean Island.
    • Linn.
    • 1.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Danse de f锚te; Danse des heures (Copp茅lia Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Famous Ballet Music.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016: III. Adagio ma non tanto

    • Bach, JS: Violin Sonatas, BWV 1016 - 1019.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major, D 803 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Octet.
    • Schubert: Octet.
    • Nimbus.
    • 3.

  • Jerome Kern

    The Girl from Utah: Overture

    Conductor: John McGlinn. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Gershwin/Porter/Kern Overtures and Film Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    C.P.E. Bach: Double Concerto in E-Flat Major for Harpsichord and Fortpiano, W.67

    Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz. Ensemble: Freiburger BarockConsort.
    • Die Bach-S枚hne.
    • Carus.
    • 10.

  • Erik Satie

    2 Pr茅ludes posthumes et une Gnossienne, FP 104: No. 3, Troisi猫me gnossienne

    Conductor: Michel Plasson. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse.
    • Satie: Parade, Rel芒che, En habit de cheval, Gymnop茅dies, La belle excentrique鈥�.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 18.

  • Erik Satie

    Satie: Le piccadilly

    • Satie: Piano Music (Classic FM: The Full Works).
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 38.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D major K.136

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • Chandos.

  • Eug猫ne Ysa每e

    R锚ve d'enfant, Op. 14

    Performer: Marianne Piketty. Orchestra: Le Concert Id茅al.
    • Sous l'茅toile.
    • Evidence (LTR).
    • 11.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.6`2 (1st & 2nd mvts)

    Performer: Georg Kallweit. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Corelli: Concerti grossi Op. 6, 1-6.
    • Pentatone.
    • 106.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    4 Mazurkas Op.24 (no.3 in A flat major)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Chopin: Mazurkas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 014.

  • Lalo Schifrin

    End Title (From \"Cool Hand Luke\" Soundtrack)

    Lyricist: Lalo Schifrin.
    • Cool Hand Luke - Original Soundtrack Recording.
    • Geffen.
    • 13.

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    La Gioconda, Act III: Dance of the Hours

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Verismo.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Eight Short Pieces, Op. 99, No. 3: III. Souvenir

    Lyricist: Paul Struck. Orchestra: LGT Young Soloists. Conductor: Alexander Gilman.
    • Nordic Dream.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trumpet Concerto in D major TWV.51:D7

    Performer: Friedemann Immer. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Percy Grainger

    Green Bushes

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Brion.
    • Grainger: Power of Love (The).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Cassie Kinoshi

    Whalesong

    Singer: Elizabeth Llewellyn. Ensemble: Kleio Quartet.

  • Erik Satie

    Satie: Gnossienne No. 4

    • Satie: 3 Gymnop茅dies; 6 Gnossiennes etc..
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Erik Satie

    Satie: Petite ouverture 脿 danser

    • Satie: Sports et Divertissements/Le Pi猫ge de M茅duse etc..
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 59.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.6 in B flat major

    Orchestrator: Albert Parlow. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 10: I. Allegro brioso - Poco pi霉 mosso

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-5.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Music Arranger: David Le Page. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.
    • Light and Shadow.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 107.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 6 in D major, BWV 1012 (Courante)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Semele - 'Where 'er you walk'

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • DG.

Broadcast

  • Fri 27 Jun 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3