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Wake up 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

Last on

Fri 15 Aug 2025 06:30

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Pagodes (Estampes)

    Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Cala Records.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenata notturna in D major K.239 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. Conductor: Roberto González-Monjas.
    • Mozart: Serenades.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 3.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Masques et bergamasques Suite, Op. 112: IV. Pastorale

    Conductor: John Georgiadis. Orchestra: RTÉ Sinfonietta.
    • Naxos.
  • Johannes Brahms

    21 Hungarian Dances (nos 4 and 5)

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande

    Performer: Anastasia Kobekina.
    • Bach: Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, BWV 1011: IV. Sarabande.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Mazurek in E minor Op.49

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Dvorak: Violin Concerto; Romance; Mazurek; Humoresque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz In F, Op. 34 No. 3

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • The Art of Daniel Barenboim.
    • UMG.
  • Brian Eno

    An Ending (Ascent) [Arr. for Violin, Harp & Orchestra by David le Page]

    Performer: Eleanor Turner. Performer: David Le Page. Conductor: Daniele Rosina. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan.
    • Entranced.
    • Signum Records.
    • 12.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major, RV 558, 'con molti strumenti'

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Conductor: Fabio Biondi.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti Per Mandolini: Europa Galante.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 1.
  • George Gershwin

    Summertime

    Performer: Oscar Peterson. Lyricist: Ira Gershwin. Lyricist: DuBose Heyward.
    • Oscar Peterson Plays The George Gershwin Song Book.
    • Verve.
    • 10.
  • Claude Debussy

    Petite Suite

    Music Arranger: Henri Büsser. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Debussy: Orchestral works vol.6: Orchestre National de Lyon/Jun Markl.
    • Naxos.
    • 5-8.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op.65 No.6

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Simon Jeffes

    Perpetuum Mobile

    Performer: Arthur Jeffes. Performer: Andy Waterworth. Performer: Avvon Chambers.
  • Eric Coates

    London (London every day) - suite (Knightsbridge)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Symphonic Eric Coates.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Anon.

    Sumer is icumen in

    Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • En Albion: Medieval Polyphony in England.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.
  • Rachel Portman

    Dolomites, pale mountains: IV. Saslonch

    Conductor: Alexander Gilman.
    • Dolomites, pale mountains/IV. Saslonch.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rachmaninoff: Preghiera (Arr. by Fritz Kreisler from Piano Concerto No. 2 in C M

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler.
    • Preghiera - Rachmaninov Piano Trios.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425 \"Linz\": IV. Finale. Presto

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Tarmo Peltokoski.
    • Mozart Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Johann Strauss II

    The Blue Danube

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • SONY.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor Op.10 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Quintet, Clarinet Quintet.
    • HYPERION.
    • 8.
  • Charles Gounod

    Gounod: Faust, Ballet Music

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Chabrier: España - Rhapsody For Orchestra / Gounod: Faust, Ballet Music / Thomas.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Frederick Delius

    Summer night on the river RT.6.19

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint: II. Slow

    Performer: Pat Metheny.
    • NONESUCH.

Broadcast

  • Fri 15 Aug 2025 06:30