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Wake up your senses with classical music

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3鈥檚 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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Music Played

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    In The Bottoms (Barcarolle)

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • MSR Classics.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Bagatelle, Op.47 no.3

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet. Performer: G谩bor Ormai.
    • Dvorak: String Quartets: Takacs Quartet.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • John Ireland

    A Downland Suite: III. Minuet

    Ensemble: London Brass Virtuosi. Conductor: David Honeyball.
    • English Music for Brass: Elgar, Vaughan Williams & Ireland.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Choir: La Chapelle Royale. Orchestra: La Chapelle Royale. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • J.S. Bach: Motets 225-230: Collegium Vocale Gent/Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Egmont Overture

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhausorchester. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

  • Hilary Kleinig

    Great White Bird

    Ensemble: Zephyr Quartet.
    • Navona Records.

  • Ignacy Jan Paderewski

    Menuet c茅l猫bre [6 Humoresques de concert, Op.14 - Book 1 "脌 l'antique"]

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Encores.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Cyclopes (Pieces de Clavecin)

    Music Arranger: Raaf Hekkema. Performer: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • Rameau: Nouvelles Suites: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • MDG.
    • 14.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Happiness (Waltz Suite, Op 110)

    Conductor: Theodore Kuchar. Orchestra: National Orchestra of Ukraine.
    • Prokofiev: The Complete Symphonies And Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.

  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Idillo-concertino in A major, Op.15 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Andrea Tenaglia. Orchestra: Orchestra sinfonica di Roma. Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia.
    • Complete Wind Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Anvil Chorus (Il trovatore)

    Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Famous Opera Choruses: Haitink.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Xaver Scharwenka

    Spanish Serenade

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Spanish Album: Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A major for 2 violins, RV.519

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Arnold Bax

    Mediterranean

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Seascapes.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes (no.1)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Philip Glass

    String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima" (Arr. P. Kuusisto for String Orchestra): I. 1957.

    Director: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Nico Muhly & Philip Glass: Works.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 5.

  • Tielman Susato

    4 Dances from Danserye

    Music Arranger: Crispian Steele鈥怭erkins. Ensemble: London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble.
    • ASV.

  • Le贸 Weiner

    Serenade in F Minor Op.3 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Paternostro.
    • Dohn谩nyi & Weiner: Orchestral Works.
    • CapriccioNR.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Si dolce 猫'l tormento

    Singer: Arianna Savall. Singer: Petter Udland Johansen. Ensemble: Hirundo Maris.
    • Carpe Diem Records: 16307.
    • Carpe Diem Records.
    • 8.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire - overture Op.21

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo in A minor Op.81`2

    Ensemble: Consone Quartet.
    • Ambronay.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Rondo in G minor Op.94

    Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott. Performer: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Sanderling.
    • Orfeo.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn Op.56a

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhausorchester. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise, Op 34 No 14

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Alex Grynyuk.
    • DG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet No. 1 in D major, K285 - III. Rondo

    Performer: Ashley Solomon. Ensemble: Florilegium.
    • Channel.

  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    A John Field Suite (Polka)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Harty: A John Field Suite: Ulster Orchestra/Bryden Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 24 Jul 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3