
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
To listen on most smart speakers, just say 'Ask ѿý Sounds to play 3 Breakfast’
Last on
More episodes
Music Played
-
Rihards Dubra
Ave Maria
Choir: VOCES8.- Decca.
-
Johann Sebastian Bach
Partita No 3 in A minor for keyboard, BWV 827 (Scherzo)
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- J.S. Bach: 6 Partitas, BWV 825-830, Vladimir Ashkenazy.
- Decca.
- 19.
-
Johann Sebastian Bach
Keyboard Partita No 6 in E Minor, BWV830 (3rd mvt, Corrente)
Music Arranger: Thomas Oehler. Ensemble: Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble. Ensemble: The Glenn Gould School. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- LINN.
-
Johann Sebastian Bach
Allemande from Partita No 5 in G major, BWV 829
Music Arranger: Thomas Oehler. Ensemble: Royal Academy of Music Soloists Ensemble. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- Bach Partitas.
- Linn.
- 16.
-
Giuseppe Verdi
Otello / Act 3: Ballet Music
Lyricist: Arrigo Boito. Lyricist: William Shakespeare.- Verdi: Ballet Music.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
-
Erik Satie
Gymnopedie no.1
Music Arranger: Olivia Belli. Performer: Olivia Belli.- XXIM.
- AWD385546.
-
Antonio Vivaldi
L'Incoronazione di Dario (Sinfonia)
Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.- A Tale of Two Seasons.
- Avie.
- 1-3.
-
George Gershwin
Prelude No 3
Performer: Richard Rodney Bennett.- Gershwin/Kern etc: That certain feeling: Richard Rodney Bennett.
- CLASSICS FOR PLEASURE.
-
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21: III. Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Emanuel Ax. Music Arranger: Shai Wosner.- Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21/III. Menuetto. Allegro molto e vivace.
- Masterworks.
- 1.
-
George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso "Alexander's Feast"
- Handel: Ombra mai fu.
- harmonia mundi.
- 21.
-
Lili Boulanger
D'un matin de printemps
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.- Boulanger: Faust Et Helene Etc. - Soloists/CBSC/ѿý Phil./Tortelier.
- Chandos.
- 4.
-
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata No. 13 in E-Flat Major, Op. 27 No. 1: II. Allegro molto e vivace
- 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould: The Sound of Genius (Original Motion Picture S.
- Sony Classical.
- 5.
-
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
Totus Tuus
Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.- Universal.
-
Richard Rodgers
Prologue: The Carousel Waltz (from 'Carousel')
Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
-
Franz Schubert
Piano Trio in B flat D.28
Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Frank Braley.- Schubert Piano Trios.
- Warner Classics.
- 5.
-
Francisco Tárrega
Adelita
Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.- The Guitar: Milos Karadaglic.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 6.
-
Pietro Mascagni
Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)
Performer: Nicholas McCarthy. Music Arranger: Nicholas McCarthy.- Solo.
- Warner Classics.
- 2.
-
Maurice Ravel
Valses nobles et sentimentales
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
-
John Rutter
Suite Lyrique (4th mvt, Waltz)
Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Catrin Finch. Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru. Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru. Conductor: John Rutter. Conductor: John Rutter.- DG.
-
Robert Schumann
Liederkreis, Op. 39 - V. Mondnacht
Performer: Jörg Demus. Singer: Elly Ameling.- Eloquence.
-
Julie Cooper
Firedove
Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Anna Lapwood. Choir: Pembroke College Chapel Choir.- Firedove.
- Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
Broadcast
- Wed 16 Jul 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3