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Live from The Pump Room, Bath

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Bath Pump Room as part of Radio 3's journey towards Bristol. With birdsong, Jane Austen and the very best of live music.

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from the cultural and social heart of Bath for over 200 years, the Pump Room, as part of Radio 3's tour of Gloucestershire and Somerset. With birdsong, Bach Before 7, Jane Austen read by Gloria Obianyo ('Rosalind' in As You Like It at Theatre Royal Bath, directed by Ralph Fiennes) and the very best of live music. Tom also visits the house of composer and astronomer William Herschel where he not only put on concerts but discovered the planet Uranus. You can contact the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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3 hours

Music Played

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in A Major, Op. 5: II. Largo

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter’s Virtuosi.
    • Bach, Bologne, Previn, Vivaldi, Williams.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.
  • Frank Martin

    Songs of Ariel (Full fathom five)

    Singer: Lauritz Jakob Thomsen. Ensemble: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Marcus Creed.
    • The Secret Mass.
    • OUR RECORDINGS.
    • 11.
  • Svend S. Schultz

    Midsommersang

    Performer: Danish National Vocal Ensemble. Conductor: Bo Holten.
    • OUR.
  • Claude Debussy

    Reverie

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Nightfall.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.6 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • Six Brandenburg Concertos - Johann Sebastian Bach.
    • Linn Records.
    • 7.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Alleluja (Exsultate, jubilate, K 165)

    Singer: Danielle de Niese. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Mozart Album: Danielle de Niese.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Trad. Irish

    Robin Adair

    Performer: Jonathan Delbridge. Singer: Penelope Appleyard.
    • Voces8 Records.
  • Anon.

    Song from Burns (Their Groves of Sweet Myrtle)

    Lyricist: Robert Burns. Singer: Penelope Appleyard. Performer: Jonathan Delbridge.
    • Voces8 Records.
  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Composer: John Tavener. Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir. Choir: Wells Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Matthew Owens. Conductor: Matthew Owens.
    • John Tavener: Missa Wellensis.
    • Signum Records.
    • 12.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 1 in C Major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Teresa Carreño

    Elegia No 2, Op 18, 'Partie'

    Performer: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Teresa Carreno: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Nimbus.
    • 8.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major Op.55 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Tadaaki Otaka.
    • Glazunov: Symphonies Nos. 5 and 7.
    • BIS.
    • 2.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major Op.20 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Beethoven/Mendelssohn: Nash Ensemble.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 6.
  • John Lanchbery

    The Tales of Beatrix Potter (film ballet): The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • John Lanchbery

    The Tales of Beatrix Potter (film ballet): The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Respighi: Antiche danze ed arie per liuto & Gli uccelli.
    • CPO.
    • 204.
  • William Herschel

    Symphony No 12 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Herschel: Symphonies: London Mozart Players, Bamert.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op. 32 (No.4 Uranus, the Magician)

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jaime Martín.
    • Holst: The Planets – Deborah Cheetham Fraillon: Earth.
    • Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.
    • 6.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Andante spianato, Op. 22

    • Classical Lazy Sunday - Chopin.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 71.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.59 in A major 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Signum.
  • Franz Schubert

    Trio in B flat major, D.898

    Performer: Rafael Todes. Performer: Jenny Janse. Performer: Simon Philips.
  • Roger Quilter

    As You Like It - suite: No. 3; Merry Pranks

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • British Light Music: Roger Quilter.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 9.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Orchestral Suite in D major HWV.341

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Performer: Alison Balsom. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Purcell, Handel: Sound the Trumpet: Alison Balsom, Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Carnival Overture

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Trio in G major, K.564 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Rafael Todes. Performer: Jenny Janse. Performer: Simon Philips.
  • Anthony Holborne

    Noel's Galliard (Fitzwilliam Virginal Book)

    Performer: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.
  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic Dances, Op. 64 (No.3 Allegro giocoso)

    Conductor: Paavo Järvi. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Grieg: Norwegian Dances.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 Aug 2025 06:30