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Birdsong and Bach to banish those morning blues

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 2 Jul 2025 06:30

Music Played

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    The Year (December & Epilogue)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • SONY.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 3 in C major, Op 52 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • Sibelius: Complete Symphonies/Three Late Fragments.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata in D Minor, BWV 964: III. Andante

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The French Suites, BWV 812-817.
    • Hyperion.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin Concerto in G Minor, Op. 80 - III. Allegro molto

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Robert Schumann

    Traumerei (Kinderszenen, Op 15) arr. for guitar

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • The Moon and the Forest.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Johannes Brahms

    5 Lieder, Op. 41: No. 1. Ich schwing mein Horn

    Choir: MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig. Conductor: Wolf-Dieter Hauschild.
    • Brahms: Complete Choral Works.
    • Orfeo.
    • 501.
  • Jean Françaix

    Clarinet Concerto: III. Andantino

    Performer: Elizabeth Jordan. Conductor: Stephen Barlow. Orchestra: Northern Chamber Orchestra.
    • Kaleidoscope.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 103.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: IV. Finale. Allegro assai

    Orchestra: Il Pomo d’Oro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29 & 40 - Oboe Concerto.
    • 貹é.
    • 11.
  • Rachel Portman

    Tipping Point - VI. Epilogue

    Performer: Niklas Liepe. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Erina Yashima.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp major, Op.60

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin - Late Masterpieces.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: No. 9, Finale

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Bernstein: West Side Story's Symphonic Dances - Divertimento & Facsimile.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini Overtures.
    • WARNER.
    • 3.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Gloria in excelsis Deo (Gloria)

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20: V. Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace

    Performer: Sebastian Manz. Performer: Theo Plath. Performer: Felix Klieser. Performer: Franziska Hölscher. Performer: Haesue Lee. Performer: Andrei Ioniţă. Performer: Dominik Wagner.
    • Beethoven - C. Kreutzer: Septets.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 5.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 cellos in G minor, RV 531

    Performer: Vladimir Waltham. Performer: Carina Drury. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Vivaldi X2².
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No.1, Karelia etc: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Saraste.
    • RCA.
    • 6.
  • Henry Walford Davies

    Psalm 121

    Performer: Christopher Eastwood. Conductor: David Price. Conductor: David Price. Ensemble: Portsmouth Cathedral Choir. Ensemble: Portsmouth Cathedral Choir.
    • Portsmouth Remembers - Choral Music.
    • Guild GmbH.
    • 18.
  • Robert Fuchs

    Piano Concerto in B-Flat Minor, Op. 27: III. Allegro con fuoco ma non troppo

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins. Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra.
    • Fuchs & Kiel: Piano Concertos (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 31).
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Bachianas Brasileiras No.1, Introduction. Embolada

    Ensemble: Rondo Violoncello.
    • Rondo Violincello / Peter Buck.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider.
    • Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G major Op.77`1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Decca.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Euphonium concerto (2nd mvt - Romanza)

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Bramwell Tovey.
    • Chandos.
  • Edward Elgar

    Moths and Butterflies (The Wand of Youth Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites No.1 & 2: New Zealand SO/Judd.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)

    Singer: Freddie De Tommaso. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paolo Arrivabeni.
    • Il Tenore.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Wed 2 Jul 2025 06:30