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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

  • Jon Lord

    The Road from Lindisfarne (Durham Concerto, Part II)

    Performer: Kathryn Tickell. Performer: Ruth Palmer. Performer: Matthew Barley. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mischa Damev.
    • Avie.

  • Billy Mayerl

    Autumn Crocus (Arr. For orchestra)

    Conductor: Gary Carpenter. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mayerl: Aquarium Suite / 4 Aces Suite.
    • Marco-Polo.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata no.5 in F major, Op.24 'Spring' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Volume 2: Alina Ibragimova/ C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80 (opening chorus)

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Clare Baroque. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • Reformation 1517-2017.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Havanaise Op.83

    Performer: Mar铆a Due帽as. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Antonio Salieri

    La scuola de' gelosi (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: l鈥檃rte del mondo. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.
    • Liaisons.
    • ONYX.
    • 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899 (no.3 in G flat major)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Erato.

  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas

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

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 85 in B-Flat Major, Hob. I:85 "La Reine": III. Menuet. Allegretto

    Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.
    • Haydn: Paris Symphonies - Violin Concerto No. 1.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 7.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Lake Isle

    Choir: Tenebrae. Performer: Ola Gjeilo. Performer: Kristian Kvalvaag. Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Ciaran McCabe. Performer: Jon Thorne. Performer: Matthew Sharp.
    • Decca.

  • Ludwig August Lebrun

    Oboe Concerto no.3 in C major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Heinz Holliger. Ensemble: Camerata Bern. Conductor: Thomas F眉ri.
    • Oboe Concertos.
    • Archiv.
    • 9.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Norwegian Dances Op.35 (no.3)

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN-9028.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 3.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini OverturesThe Chamber Orchestra Of Europe.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 7.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnop茅die no.3 in A minor

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Satie: The Complete Solo Piano Music; Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Juventino Rosas

    Sobre las Olas

    Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. Conductor: Alondra de la Parra.
    • SONY.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite no.1 in G major BWV.1007 (Courant)

    Music Arranger: Jakob Lindberg. Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Bach on the Rauwolf Lute.
    • BIS.
    • 303.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado about Nothing - Suite Op.11 (Hornpipe)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Korngold: Orchestral Works: London Symphony Orchestra/Previn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.41 in C major K.551 'Jupiter' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Julius Fucik

    Entry of the Gladiators

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Jonny Greenwood

    One Battle After Another (Main Titles)

    Performer: Jonny Greenwood. Orchestra: London Contemporary Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Brunt.
    • Nonesuch Records.

  • Henry Purcell

    Dido & Aeneas: Overture

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • OISEAU LYRE.

  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 14 in G Major, H. 58

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Field: Nocturne No. 14 in G Major, H. 58.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • George Gershwin

    Catfish Row - suite from 'Porgy and Bess': I. Catfish Row

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Strike Up the Band Overture, Promenade & Catfish Row.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • George Gershwin

    Catfish Row - suite from 'Porgy and Bess': II. Porgy Sings

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Strike Up the Band Overture, Promenade & Catfish Row.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • George Gershwin

    Catfish Row - suite from 'Porgy and Bess': V. Good Mornin' Sistuh!

    Conductor: JoAnn Falletta. Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Strike Up the Band Overture, Promenade & Catfish Row.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O virtus sapientiae

    Singer: Kirsteen Rogers. Choir: Armonico Consort. Director: Christopher Monks.
    • Naked Byrd two: Armonico Consort.
    • Signum Classics.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Polonaise (Pan Voyevoda Suite Op.59)

    Orchestra: Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Kees Bakels.
    • BIS.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Berceuse (Dolly Suite, Op.56)

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Bizet, Ravel, Faure: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • Philips.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Thu 9 Oct 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3