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The best classical music wake-up call

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s classical breakfast show, including this week's 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century piece. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford, including ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3’s 25 for 25: Sounds of the Century – a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far. This week, in a new work for the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Philharmonic British-Armenian composer Kristina Arakelyan celebrates ‘the year of the aurora’, with the Northern Lights being visible unusually far south more often in 2024 than in any other year of the century so far.

You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

To listen on most smart speakers, just say 'Ask ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds to play 3 Breakfast’

Release date:

3 hours

On radio

Mon 14 Jul 2025 06:30

Broadcast

  • Mon 14 Jul 2025 06:30