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Ease into 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

  • Agostino Steffani

    Sfere amiche (Niobe, regina di Tebe)

    Performer: Paul O’Dette. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra. Director: Stephen Stubbs.
    • ERATO.
  • Josef Rheinberger

    Nonet in E flat major, Op 139 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Zoltán Gyöngyössy. Performer: Ica Csizmadia. Performer: Csaba Klenyán. Performer: György Lakatos. Performer: Gabor Bizjak. Performer: Péter Somogyi. Performer: Marta Melis. Performer: Marcell Vamos. Performer: István Lukácsházi.
    • Hungaroton.
  • Trad.

    Danny Boy (Arr. for Wind Ensemble by Karl Jenkins)

    Music Arranger: Karl Jenkins. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Virtuoso: Music for Euphonium & Brass Band.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1042: I. Allegro

    Performer: Frank Peter Zimmermann. Ensemble: Berlin Baroque. Ensemble: Berlin Baroque.
    • Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 201.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite (Overture; Serenata; Scherzino)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 82 in C major, 'The Bear' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Bruno Weil.
    • Haydn: Paris Symphonies Nos. 82, 83 & 84: Tafelmusik/Weil.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Légende Op.17

    Performer: María Dueñas. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the Tumblers (The Snow Maiden)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 15.
  • Jaakko Mäntyjärvi

    Pseudo-yoik

    Choir: Kantos Chamber Choir. Conductor: Ellie Slorach.
    • In Your Dreams.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No. 15 in G Major, D. 887 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Artemis Quartet.
    • Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 13 "Rosamunde", 14 "Death and the Maiden" & 15.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    God is our refuge, K. 20

    Choir: Wiener Kammerchor. Conductor: Johannes Prinz.
    • Johann Michael Haydn: Deutsche Messe.
    • Carus.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mass in C Minor, K. 427, "Great Mass" (Qui tollis)

    Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.
    • Mozart: Requiem & Mass in C minor.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Toy Soldier's March

    Performer: Jack Liebeck. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
    • Kreisler: Violin Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Franz Lehár

    Sirens of the Ball

    Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No. 3 "Pastoral Symphony" (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3, "A Pastoral Symphony" & Symphony No. 7, "Sinfo.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • Heraclio Fernández

    El Diablo Suelto

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Sony.
  • Jules Massenet

    Meditation (Thaïs)

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Nigel Kennedy's Greatest Hits.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Marianna Martines

    Harpsichord Concerto in E major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Ensemble: La Floridiana.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
  • Eric Coates

    The Three Men (1st mvt. The Man from the Country)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.4 in D minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Florence Price: Symphony No. 4 – William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • William Walton

    'Spitfire' Prelude and Fugue

    Orchestra: ѿý Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.
  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Eight Concert Studies for Piano, Op. 40 (III. Toccatina)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • The Berlin Recital – Encores.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 3 in G major, BWV 1048 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 1-6: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 7.
  • Howard Ferguson

    Concerto Op.12 for piano and strings (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • Ferguson/Gerhard: Piano Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.
  • Max Bruch

    String Quintet in A minor (4th mvt)

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Performer: Sandis Šteinbergs. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Ilze Kļava. Performer: Reinis Birznieks.
    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 etc..
    • BIS.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Thu 10 Jul 2025 06:30