Main content

Launch the day 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

To listen on most smart speakers, just say 'Ask 蜜芽传媒 Sounds to play 3 Breakfast鈥�

3 days left to listen

3 hours

Last on

Mon 21 Jul 2025 06:30
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

Birdsong to banish those morning blues

Next

Boost your morning with classical music

See all episodes from Breakfast

Music Played

  • William Grant Still

    Land of romance (Africa)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony/In Memoriam/Africa (Symphonic Poem).
    • NAXOS.

  • Charles Gounod

    Mors et Vita (Judex)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Adagio.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Messe basse: II. Sanctus

    Performer: John Scott. Lyricist: Anonymous. Choir: Corydon Singers. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • Faur茅: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine; Messe basse; 2 Motets, Op. 65.
    • Hyperion.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Trio in D Minor (2nd Version): II. Adagio

    Performer: Katharina Sellheim. Performer: 艁ucja Madziar. Performer: Johannes Krebs. Ensemble: Klaviertrio Hannover.
    • Missing Link.
    • Genuin.
    • 102.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor BWV.1043

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Bernhard Forck. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 33.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Sunday Morning (4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra; Bournemouth Symph, Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 35.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Viola Concerto in G Major, TWV 51:G9

    Performer: Kathleen Kajioka. Performer: Sophie Gent. Orchestra: Ensemble Masques. Director: Olivier Fortin.
    • Alpha.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 17, "Little Russian": III. Scherzo and Trio: Alle

    Conductor: Yuri Simonov. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Symphonie Dramatique.
    • 2014 Ameritz Music Ltd.
    • 30.

  • George Gershwin

    Gershwin Songbook: No. 5, I Got Rhythm

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • Rhapsody.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 32.

  • Roger Quilter

    A Children's Overture Op.17

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overtures From The British Isles Vol. 2.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 9.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, H.I.105 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Marieke Blankestijn. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Douglas Boyd. Performer: Matthew Wilkie. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Haydn: Cello Concertos: Isserlis/Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Norrington.
    • RCA.
    • 10.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Sonata (F.A.E.) for violin and piano; 3rd mvt Scherzo

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Brahms: Sonaten Fur Klavier Und Violine.
    • EMI.
    • 011.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Harpsichord Suite No. 5 in E Major, HWV 430 "The Harmonious Blacksmith"

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Mozart: Piano Sonata No.14; Fantasia in C Minor / Handel: Suite No. 5 / J.S.Bach.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • Louis Vierne

    Naiades

    Performer: Anna Lapwood.
    • Firedove.
    • Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    The Ruler of the Spirits Op.27

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • Weber: Overtures.
    • Bis.
    • 1.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Seascape Op.53 for wind ensemble

    Performer: Alex Jakeman. Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Performer: Meyrick Alexander. Performer: Alyson Frazier. Performer: Elise Campbell. Performer: Mark van de Wiel. Performer: Jonathan Parkin. Performer: Graham Hobbs.
    • Winds of Change.
    • Three Worlds Records.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 6 in D minor, Op 104 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.
    • Sibelius: Complete Symphonies/Three Late Fragments.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in A Minor, WoO 59 驶F眉r Elise始

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Beethoven: Fur Elise, Bagatelles Opp. 33, 119 & 126.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 25.

  • Carlo Gesualdo

    Miserere

    Lyricist: Carlo Gesualdo. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • A very short guide to Carlo Gesualdo.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 10.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons: Summer; iii Presto (Tempo impetuoso d'estate)

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Cello Concerto in B Minor, Op. 104, B. 191: I. Allegro

    Performer: Christian Polt茅ra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin.
    • Dvo艡谩k & Martin暖: Cello Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man (蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Studio Concerts)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in D, K.250 "Haffner": 8b. Allegro assai

    Performer: Iona Brown. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Mozart for the Morning Commute.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

  • Georges Bizet

    Les Pecheurs de perles - opera in 3 acts: Act 1 no.2b; Au fond du temple saint

    Lyricist: Eug猫ne Cormon. Lyricist: Michel Carr茅. Singer: Rolando Villaz贸n. Singer: Ildar Abdrazakov. Orchestra: Orchestre M茅tropolitain. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Duets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Mon 21 Jul 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3