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Launch the 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

Music Played

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in E, K380, Andante commodo

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.
  • Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco

    Guitar Quintet - 2nd mvt

    Performer: Marisa Minder.
    • Hans Haug & Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Chamber Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Children's Intermezzo (Othello)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Fawzi Haimor.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Othello, Op. 79: II. Children's Intermezzo.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern (Cantata no.1)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Director: Ton Koopman.
    • Bach - Complete Cantatas 13.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    Two Pieces, Op. 15: I. Chanson de matin

    Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • American and English Orchestral Music.
    • Claves Records.
    • 15.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Sonata No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 45: II. Allegretto espressivo alla romanza

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • To the Spring.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 10.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Humoresque Op.101 No. 7

    Ensemble: Tokyo Clarinet Ensemble.
    • Clarinet Ensemble.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 4.
  • Isabella Leonarda

    Sonata prima, Op. 16 No. 1

    Ensemble: La Cigale. Director: Madeleine Owen.
    • ANALEKTA.
  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Conductor: Stephanie Gonley. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Molly on the Shore.
    • The Sound Corporation.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata, arr. horn and piano (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: Richard Uttley.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Sonata in C Minor for Keyboard and Violin, Wq78: I. Allegro moderato

    • Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 6.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Serenade FS. 300

    Choir: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Choir: Michael Schønwandt.
    • DACAPO.
  • David Bedford

    Symphony No 1 (Presto)

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Bedford.
    • NMC.
    • 4.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concerto for violin and orch (Op.64) in E minor, 3rd mvt; Allegro molto vivace

    Performer: Sebastian Bohren. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • RCA RED SEAL.
  • Charles Gounod

    Ronde du Veau d'or (Mephistopheles' aria) from Faust

    Singer: Adam Palka. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Conductor: Maurizio Benini.
  • Claude Debussy

    Piano Trio in G Major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou. Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Renaud Capuçon.
    • Debussy: Sonatas and Piano Trio.
    • Erato.
    • 11.
  • Ethel Smyth

    The Boatswain's Mate - Overture

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Dan Godfrey - Encores.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 4.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major Op.18

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20: I. Adagio - Allegro con brio

    Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists. Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.
    • Beethoven and Berwald: Septets.
    • BIS.
    • 101.
  • Leos Janáček

    Moon Waltz (The Excursions of Mr Broucek - Suite)

    Music Arranger: Jaroslav Smolka. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • Janacek: The Eternal Gospel; The Excursions of Mr Broucek.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Clara Schumann

    Gondoliera (3 Part-songs for chorus)

    Choir: North German Radio Choir. Director: Philipp Ahmann.
    • ES-Dur.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major Op.83 ( 4th mvt)

    Performer: Emanuel Ax. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Sony.
  • William Lawes

    Royal Consort Sett no. 6 in D major

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • LINN.
  • Florence Price

    Dances in the Canebrakes (Tropical Noon)

    Music Arranger: William Grant Still. Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    No. 6 in A minor RV356 (from 'L'estro armonico' Op. 3): I. Allegro

    Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Vivaldi - L'Estro Armonico, Op.3.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 108.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Tarentelle Op.6

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Synergy.
    • BIS.
    • 20.

Broadcast

  • Thu 3 Jul 2025 06:30