Brighten your 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
To listen on most smart speakers, just say 'Ask ѿý Sounds to play 3 Breakfast’
Last on
More episodes
Music Played
-
Frederick Delius
Florida Suite (1st mvt: Daybreak)
Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Delius: Paris, Florida Suite, Brigg Fair.
- Warner Classics.
- 1.
-
Emilie Mayer
Piano Trio in A Minor: III. Scherzo. Allegro
Ensemble: Klaviertrio Hannover.- Missing Link.
- Genuin.
- 403.
-
Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Mandolin Concerto in G Major: III. Rondo
Performer: André Saint-Clivier. Conductor: Jean‐François Paillard. Orchestra: Orchestre de Chambre Jean-François Paillard.- Hummel: Concerto pour mandoline, Introduction et variations pour hautbois et orc.
- Warner Classics.
- 3.
-
Franz Schubert
Piano Quintet in A major 'Trout': 4th mvt; theme and variations
Performer: Christoph Eschenbach. Performer: Yann Dubost. Ensemble: Thymos Quartet.- Avie.
-
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
Un sonnet d'amour (Petite suite de concert)
Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.- Decca.
-
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave verum corpus, K 618
Choir: Tenebrae. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nigel Short.- Mozart: Requiem.
- Warner Classics.
- 15.
-
Lili Boulanger
D'un matin de printemps
Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon. Conductor: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider.- Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems.
- Bru Zane.
- 3.
-
Pietro Locatelli
Introduttione teatrale in G major Op.4 No.4
Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.- Naive.
-
Fritz Kreisler
Schön Rosmarin
Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.- The Lyrical Clarinet, Vol. 3.
- Chandos.
- 106.
-
Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: I. Allegro vivace e con brio
Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.- Beethoven: Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
-
Edvard Grieg
Melody (Lyric pieces - book 4)
Performer: Shani Diluka.- MIRARE.
-
Edward Elgar
Nimrod (Enigma Variations, Op. 36)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- Simon Rattle on EMI Classics.
- EMI Classics.
-
Carl Nielsen
Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)
Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.- Carl Nielsen: Orchestral Music.
- Da Capo.
- 2.
-
Johann Sebastian Bach
Suite for cello solo no. 1 (BWV.1007) in G major: Prelude; Allemande
Performer: Anastasia Kobekina.- Bach.
- SONY CLASSICAL.
-
Astor Piazzolla
Histoire du tango (Bordel 1900)
Music Arranger: ESCUALO5. Ensemble: ESCUALO5.- Piazzolla: Tango Works.
- BIS.
- 109.
-
Louise Farrenc
Symphony no. 1 in C minor Op.32: III. Minuetto. Moderato
Orchestra: Insula Orchestra. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.- ERATO.
-
Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269 "La primavera": I. Allegro
Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.- Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons).
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
- 2.
-
Margaret Bonds
Troubled Water
- Fantasie.
- Sony Classical.
- 8.
-
Michael Haydn
Se non m'inganni (Endimione, Act I duet)
Singer: Aleksandra Zamojska. Singer: Nicholas Spanos. Ensemble: Salzburger Hofmusik. Conductor: Wolfgang Brunner.- M. Haydn: Endimione.
- CPO.
- 212.
-
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in E major, Kk.380
Performer: Craig Ogden. Music Arranger: Owen Bunting.- CHANDOS.
-
Sergey Rachmaninov
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto (
Performer: Yunchan Lim. Orchestra: Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Live from the 2022 Cliburn Competition).
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
-
Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Les Boréades: Gavotte I & II pour les heures et les Zephirs; Contredanse
Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.- Rameau: L'Orchestre de Louis XV.
- Alia Vox.
-
Claude Debussy
Cortège (Petite Suite)
Orchestrator: Henri Büsser. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- Debussy: Night in Granada.
- Cala.
- 12.
-
Hector Berlioz
Harold en Italie, Op. 16: III. Sérénade d'un montagnard des Abruzzes à sa maître
Performer: Lise Berthaud. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.- Berlioz: Harold en Italie.
- Naxos.
- 3.
Broadcast
- Mon 22 Sep 2025 06:30ѿý Radio 3