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Ease into the day 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

Music Played

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto grosso (Op.1`8) in F minor; 6th movement; Pastoral - andante

    Performer: Thorsten Rosenbusch. Performer: Christian Trompler. Performer: Karl-Heinz Schröter. Performer: Harald Winkler. Performer: Raphael Alpermann. Performer: Erich Krüger. Performer: Johanna Peters. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen.
    • Christmas Concertos - Kammerochestrer Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Benjamin Britten

    4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Moonlight)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra: Bergen P.O., Neeme Jarvi.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Francisco Guerrero

    Missa Congratulamini Mihi: VI. Agnus Dei I & II

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Choir: The Sixteen.
    • Flight of Angels.
    • CORO.
    • 12.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 6 in C Major, D.589 - "The Little": 2. Andante

    Conductor: Frans Brüggen. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century.
    • Schubert: The Symphonies.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 24.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    2-Part Inventions, BWV 772-786: Invention No. 6 in E Major, BWV 777

    Performer: Andrea Bacchetti.
    • Bach: Two-Part Inventions & Sinfonias and Other Keyboard Works.
    • Dynamic.
    • 6.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 104 in D major, 'London' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: The Hanover Band. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • J. Haydn: 'London' and 'Military' Symphonies; The Hanover Band/Goodman.
    • Nimbus.
    • 4.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 2 in D, Op. 73, 2nd Movement

    Conductor: Seiji Ozawa. Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra.
    • Brahms: Symphony No.2 / Ravel: Shéhérazade; Alborada del Gracioso.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 65: I. Préambule

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Dvořák: Dumky Trio - Saint-Saëns: Le carnaval des animaux.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Frank Bridge

    Autumn

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Olga Pashchenko. Ensemble: Il Gardellino.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 20 & 23.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.
  • Anon.

    Gallyard

    Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI.
    • Ludi Musici - The Spirit of Dance.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 9.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Humoresque in G minor, Op.89 no.3

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Performer: Pekka Kuusisto.
    • Works for Violin and Orchestra.
    • ONDINE.
    • 3.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante defunte

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon, Op 24 (Overture)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Kabalevsky: Piano concerto etc: Kathryn Stott/ѿý Philharmonic/Sinaisky.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Suite from 24 Melodies: I'm Troubled in Mind (America) Op 59'14

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Repper.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Toussaint L’Ouverture, Op. 46 - Ballade Op. 4 - Suites.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 6.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Piano Concerto, FP 146: II. Andante con moto

    Performer: Florian Uhlig. Conductor: Pablo González. Orchestra: German Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Debussy - Poulenc - Ravel & Francaix: Piano Concertos.
    • SWR Classic.
    • 9.
  • William Henry Harris

    Holy Is the True Light

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • This Is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions.
    • Collegium.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Allegretto in B-flat major, WoO 39:

    Ensemble: Amelio Trio.
    • Beethoven – Allegretto.
    • Genuin.
    • 101.
  • Louis Spohr

    Symphony No.9 in B minor "The Seasons" (Prelude to Autumn & Autumn)

    Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Spohr: Symphonies 7 & 9: Introduzione & Festmarsche.
    • Hyperion.
    • 005.
  • Trad.

    New Orleans Stomp

    Composer: Adrian Cox. Performer: Adrian Cox. Performer: Honey Boulton. Performer: Alex Gilson.
  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor, Op 26 (Finale)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur Suite (extract)

    Music Arranger: Alison Balsom. Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D. 759 "Unfinished": I. Allegro moderato

    Conductor: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Schubert: Symphony No. 2 in B-Flat Major, D. 125 & Symphony No. 8 in B Minor, D..
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Nocturne, Op. 165

    Performer: Emmanuel Despax.
    • Signum.
  • John Wilbye

    Sweet hony-sucking bees

    Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • English and Italian Renaissance Madrigals.
    • Virgin.
    • 7-8.
  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas

    Music Arranger: Mikhail Parhamovsky. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Performer: Thomas Carroll.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Mon 1 Sep 2025 06:30