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Roll out of bed into 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

Mon 30 Jun 2025 06:30

Music Played

  • Ethel Smyth

    Piano Piece in E major

    Performer: Liana Șerbescu.
    • Ethel Smyth - Complete Piano Works.
    • CPO.
    • 004.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61 (Scherzo)

    Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs‐Élysées. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream: Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.
  • Anonymous

    Sumer is icumen in

    Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor, BWV 1056

    Performer: Christophe Rousset. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Bach: Harpsichord Concertos: Rousset/AAM/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 7.
  • Franz Liszt

    Liebesträume S.541 (no.3 in A flat major)

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Liszt: Piano Works: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Sony.
    • 1.
  • Erkki Melartin

    Symphony No. 5 in A Minor, Op. 90 "Sinfonia brevis": III. Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • CPO.
  • Franz Schubert

    Divertissement sur des motifs originaux français in E Minor, D 823: II.Andantino

    Ensemble: Piano Duo Soós-Haag.
    • Schubert: Divertissement sur des motifs originaux français in E Minor, D 823.
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 2.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Palladio (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • Karl Jenkins: Quirk, Sarikiz & Over the Stone.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 114.
  • Hubert Parry

    Songs of Farewell: I. My Soul, There is a Country

    Composer: Henry Vaughan. Conductor: Ben Parry. Choir: National Youth Choir.
    • My Soul, There Is a Country.
    • NYCGB.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets, Op.32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
    • 4.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    String Quartet No 1 in B minor, Op 50 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Prokofiev String Quartets: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.
    • 1.
  • Helena Munktell

    Violin Sonata in E flat major, Op 21: III. Andante quasi adagio

    Performer: Tobias Ringborg. Performer: Peter Friis Johansson.
    • Munktell: Violin Sonata, Op. 21, 10 Mélodies & Kleines Trio.
    • BIS.
    • 103.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony no.1 in C minor Op.32 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • ERATO.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315, 'Summer' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.
  • Frederick Delius

    Irmelin - Prelude

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • English Rhapsody:Butterworth, Delius & Grainger.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 5.
  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Performer: Katia & Marielle Labèque.
    • Gladrags - Works by Joplin, Mayerl etc.: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Va, pensiero (Nabucco, Act 3) [Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves]

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Giovanni Benedetto Platti

    Cello Sonata No 7 in D major

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Performer: Kadialy Kouyate. Performer: Fred Thomas.
    • Warner.
  • Robert Schumann

    Kreisleriana No.3 (Op. 16)

    Performer: Daniel Lebhardt.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.3 in E flat major, 'Eroica': I. Allegro con brio

    Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DECCA.
  • Claude Debussy

    Fêtes (Nocturnes)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Debussy: Nocturnes/La Mer/Jeux: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Rest

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat major Op.71`3 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op 71: Takacs Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Lezghinka (Gayane)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus; Gayaneh.
    • Onyx.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Mon 30 Jun 2025 06:30