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Start the day on the right note with classical music

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

  • Franz Schubert

    An die musik, D. 547

    Lyricist: Franz von Schober. Music Arranger: Max Reger. Singer: Benjamin Appl. Conductor: Oscar Jockel. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra.
    • Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 15.

  • Marianna Martines

    Symphony in C Major: 2nd mvt

    Ensemble: Salzburger Hofmusik. Conductor: Wolfgang Brunner.
    • Martines: Symphony in C Major, Psalms 110 & 151.
    • CPO.
    • 202.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Albumblatt in D flat major

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Tine Thing Helseth, Kathryn Stott: Puccini, Falla, Hindemith, Rachmninov, Kreisl.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.

  • Domenico Zipoli

    Toccata all'Elevazione In F Major, Op. 1, No. 12 "Adagio"

    Performer: Sally Maer. Performer: Alexandre Oguey. Orchestra: Sinfonia Australis. Conductor: William Motzing.
    • Swoon: The Ultimate Collection 鈥� Selected Highlights.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale Prelude BWV645 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'

    Performer: Vincent Dubois.
    • Eternal Notre-Dame.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo sinfonico

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev.
    • Sommernachtskonzert 2025 / Summer Night Concert 2025.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • David Schweitzer

    Emma Suite

    Composer: Isobel Waller-Bridge.
    • EMMA. (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Universal City Studios LLC.
    • 35.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Beatus Vir

    Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.
    • DECCA.

  • Georges Bizet

    Roma (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Bizet : Symphony in C, Jeux d'Enfants, Roma.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 111.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Bassoon Concerto in B flat major, K.191 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yoshiyuki Nakanishi. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Mond, so gehst du wieder auf (Lieder des Abschieds Op.14)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Helmut Deutsch.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep 脰zsuca. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.

  • Johannes Brahms

    3 Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 1

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
    • Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Three Intermezzi Op. 117.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 05.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Fete Galante - Overture

    Ensemble: Lontano Ensemble. Conductor: Odaline de la Mart铆nez.
    • Fete Galante.
    • Retrospect Opera.
    • 01.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Fete Galante - Sarabande

    Conductor: Odaline de la Mart铆nez. Ensemble: Lontano Ensemble.
    • F锚te Galante.
    • Retrospect Opera.
    • 3.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 Cori and Double Orchestra in F major, RV 584

    Performer: Mauro Lopes Ferreira. Performer: Francesca Vicari. Performer: Francesco Moi. Performer: Ignazio Schifani. Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • NAIVE.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Norwegian dances Op.35 (no.1)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg: The Orchestral Music: Bergen PO, Ruud.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turandot, Act 3: "Nessun dorma!"

    Singer: Pene Pati. Choir: Ch艙urs de l鈥橭p茅ra de Bordeaux. Orchestra: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine. Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume.
    • Puccini: Turandot: "Nessun dorma".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Rondo from Sonata In G Major Wq.133

    Performer: Elizaveta Ivanova. Performer: Sanja Bizjak.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto In A Minor: 3rd mvt; Allegro Vivace

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Hyperion.

  • John Williams

    The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme) Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

    Conductor: John Williams. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Originalnyi Saundtrek).
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 5.

  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    L'amore medico (Intermezzo)

    Performer: Stephen Orton. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Wolf-Ferrari: Overtures & Intermezzi: Academy of St. Martin in the Field/Marrine.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.

  • Josef Myslivecek

    Wind Octet no.1 in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: L'Orfeo Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Carin van Heerden.
    • Myslivecek: Complete Wind Octets & Quintets: L'Orfeo Blaeserensemble/van Heerden.
    • CPO.

  • Marianne Auenbrugger

    Sonata in E-flat major (1782); II. Largo

    Performer: Sarah Hagen.
    • Women of Note.
    • Sarah Hagen.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Night on Bald Mountain (1867 Version) [Live]

    Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 - Mussorgsky: Night on Bald Mountain.
    • Warner Music UK Limited.
    • 5.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    24 Caprices for Solo Violin: No. 24 in A Minor

    Performer: Mar铆a Due帽as.
    • Paganini: 24 Caprices 鈥� Caprices by Berlioz, Cervell贸, Kreisler, Ortiz, Saint-Sa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • L茅o Delibes

    Waltz (Coppelia)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Bru Zane.

  • John Rutter

    Suite Lyrique (4th mvt, Waltz)

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • DG.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    翱产濒颈惫颈贸苍

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Fairy Tales: Ksenija Sidorova.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 17.

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  • Wed 24 Sep 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3