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The best classical music wake-up call

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

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Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 (No. 2, Andante)

    Performer: Marie Francois.
    • Chopin: Nocturnes.
    • Evil Penguin Classic.
    • 2.

  • Sir George Dyson

    George Dyson [1883-1964]

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar.
    • Chandos.
    • 005.

  • Hans G谩l

    Cello Concerto, op.67 (2nd mvt 'Andante')

    Performer: Ant么nio Meneses. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Cl谩udio Cruz.
    • Gal - Elgar: Cello Concertos.
    • Avie.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for Violin and Obbligato Harpsichord in G Major, BWV 1019a: Early Version

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout.
    • J. S. Bach: Sonatas for Violin and Continuo.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 13.

  • Peter Ludwig Hertel

    Clog Dance (La Fille mal gard茅e)

    Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • Herold/Lecocq: La Fille mal gardee: Royal Opera House Orchestra/Lanchbery.
    • Decca.
    • 17.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 1 in C major, Op 15 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2: Vogt, Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky

    Sinfonietta, Op.68 (2nd mvt. Andantino graciozo)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 7, Op. 131 - Myaskovsky: Sinfonietta, Op. 68, No. 2.
    • LAWO Classics.

  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Concerto in A Major, D. 96 (3rd mvt. "Presto")

    Performer: Giuliano Carmignola. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Concerto Veneziano.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 12.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La danza (Soir茅es musicales)

    Singer: Roberto Alagna. Orchestra: The London Orchestra. Conductor: Yvan Cassar.
    • Roberto Alagna: My Life is an Opera.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in E minor, H.16.34 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Ohime il bel viso, SV 112

    Ensemble: RossoPorpora. Conductor: Walter Testolin.
    • Monteverdi: Il sesto libro de madrigali.
    • Arcana.
    • 14.

  • Frederick Delius

    The Walk to the Paradise Garden (A Village Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made in Britain.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 4.

  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes (no.1)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op.81 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss. Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
    • ONYX.

  • Claude Debussy

    Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Debussy: La mer, Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune 鈥� Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole.
    • Lso Live.
    • 105.

  • Franz Lachner

    Wind Quintet No 2 in E flat major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • Danzi and Lachner: Blaserquintette.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.

  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Act 3 Prelude)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Wagner, Parsifal, an orchestral quest: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser鈥怣枚st.
    • J. Strauss II: Walzes & Overtures: Welser-Most.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Concerto a Viola da Gamba Concertata in G Major

    Performer: Florence Bolton. Performer: Benjamin Perrot. Ensemble: La R锚veuse.
    • London circa 1760: J.C. Bach, C.F. Abel & friends.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

  • Mikalojus Konstantinas 膶iurlionis

    String Quartet in C minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Vilnius Quartet.
    • Ciurlionis: Symphonic Poems (In the Forest/The Sea), String Quartet.
    • CHANT DU MONDE.
    • 5.

  • Sally Beamish

    Seavaigers (Haven)

    Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • McKay Stout Music.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 7 (2nd mvt. Nachtmusik)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflote, K. 620, (Act I: No. 2, Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja)

    Singer: Andr猫 Schuen. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. Conductor: Roberto Gonz谩lez-Monjas.
    • Mozart.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.4 in E minor Op.98 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Brahms: Symphony 4; Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 12.

  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in D Minor (IV. Presto - Adagio - Presto)

    Performer: Emmanuel Resche-Caserta. Performer: Myriam Rignol. Performer: Thomas Dunford. Performer: William Christie.
    • Bill & Friends.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 23.

Broadcast

  • Tue 23 Sep 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3