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The best classical music wake-up call

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

  • Johann Stamitz

    Symphony in D major, Op 4 No 2, 'Symphonie pastorale' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen.
    • Christmas Concertos - Kammerochestrer Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 23.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor Op.13 'Pathetique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Beethoven: Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Frank Bridge

    Valse intermezzo

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral works vol.5: ѿý NOW/Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 14.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.4 in G major BWV.1049 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: The Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Koopman.
    • Erato.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chloé Suite no.2 (Lever du jour)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Benjamin Britten, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, James Lancelot, Philip Ledger & Rory Phillips

    Te Deum in C major

    • Decca.
  • Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

    Donna Diana: Overture

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • Overtures: Mozart - Nicolai - Strauss, Jr. - von Weber - Thomas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Franz Liszt

    Am Meer, S. 560/4 (After Schubert, D. 957/12)

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.
    • Alexandre Kantorow plays Brahms and Schubert.
    • BIS.
    • 9.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Danse russe (3 Movements from Petrushka)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • William Herschel

    Symphony No.13 in D major

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Edward Elgar

    Nursery Suite: V. The Wagon (Passes) (Allegretto)

    Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • Elgar Wand of Youth.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 19.
  • Josef Lanner

    Die Mozartisten - waltz Op.196

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • New Years Concert 2006.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Rondeau (Les Biches)

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Signum.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano quartet No 3 in C minor, Op 60 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Performer: Maria Nowak. Performer: Katarzyna Budnik-Gałązka. Performer: Yuya Okamoto.
    • Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 60: III. Andante.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • James MacMillan

    A New Song

    Performer: Christopher Glynn. Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • Great British Choral Works: The Sixteen/Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
    • 14.
  • Charles Gounod

    Jewel Song from Faust

    Singer: Carolina López Moreno. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Maurizio Benini.
  • Fela Sowande

    African Suite: V. Akinla: Allegro non troppo

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Vol. 1.
    • Cedille.
    • 8.
  • Augusta Holmès

    Overture for a Comedy

    Orchestra: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Samuel Friedmann. Conductor: Samuel Friedmann.
    • Augusta Holmès: Orchestral Works.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Bojan Cicic Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in E minor BWV 1023

    Performer: Bojan Čičić. Performer: Bojan Čičić. Performer: Stephen Farr. Performer: Stephen Farr.
  • Trad.

    Danza del Altiplano

    Music Arranger: Leo Brouwer. Performer: Robert Beer.
    • Cuban Landscape.
    • Koch.
    • 19.
  • George Gershwin

    Piano Concerto in F major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Gershwin, Ravel: Piano Concertos: Grimaud, Zinman.
    • Erato.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 13 in D Major, Hob. I:13: I. Allegro Molto

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 17: Per il Luigi.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 11.
  • Antoine Reicha

    Andante No 1 in E flat major

    Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.
    • BIS.
  • John Cage

    All Sides of the Small Stone, for Erik Satie

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 English dances - set 2 Op.33 (no.1)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Tue 1 Jul 2025 06:30