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Ease into the day 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

  • Michael Tippett

    Deep river (Five Spirituals from A Child of Our Time)

    Choir: The Finzi Singers. Conductor: Paul Spicer.
    • Chandos.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet, Op.34 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Richard Hosford. Ensemble: The Gaudier Ensemble.
    • Weber: Clarinet Quintet/Piano Quartet/Trio: The Gaudier Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite no.2 in C minor BWV.813 (Gigue)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite no.2 in C minor BWV.813 (Gigue)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Milos Aranjuez.
    • DG.
    • 2.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Vier Lieder f眉r das Pianoforte, Op. 6: No. 4, Il Saltarello Romano (Tarantella).

    Performer: Olga Pashchenko.
    • Guess Who?.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 18.

  • Edward Elgar

    Harmony Music no.1

    Ensemble: Athena Ensemble.
    • Sir Edward Elgar - complete works for wind quintet.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 10.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Bridal Procession

    Music Arranger: Frederick Delius. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Delius in Norway.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arl茅sienne suite no.1 (Carillon)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Bizet: Suites from L'Arlesienne and Carmen: Ulster Orch, Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Trois novelettes, FP 47: I. Mod茅r茅 mais sans lenteur

    Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • Poulenc - Piano Music, Vol. 1.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 28.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Trois novelettes, FP 47: II. Tr猫s rapide et rythm茅

    Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • Poulenc - Piano Music, Vol. 1.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 29.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Trois novelettes, FP 47: III. Andantino tranquillo sur un th猫me de Manuel de Fal

    Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • Poulenc - Piano Music, Vol. 1.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 30.

  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Wedding Waltz (The Veil of the Pierrette)

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ariane Matiakh.
    • Capriccio.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sull' aria...Che soave zefiretto (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Gundula Janowitz. Singer: Edith Mathis. Orchestra: Orchestra of the German Opera, Berlin. Conductor: Karl B枚hm.
    • SONY.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: Daniel Stabrawa. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Kennedy plays Bach with the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • EMI.
    • 12.

  • Johannes Brahms

    21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1 (Version for Orchestra): No. 1 in G Minor

    Conductor: Marek Janowski. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 4 & 8 Hungarian Dances for Orchestra.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 201.

  • Catrin Finch

    Listen to the Grass Grow

    Performer: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita.
    • SOAR.
    • bendigedig.
    • 6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Love in Bath (Gigue)

    Orchestrator: Thomas Beecham. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • Handel: Solomon/Love in Bath: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham.
    • EMI.
    • 27.

  • George Butterworth

    A Shropshire lad - rhapsody for orchestra [1912]

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Holst & Butterworth.
    • ONYX.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 7 in A major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 203.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Valse-caprice no.1 in A major Op.30

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • HYPERION.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Quartet in D major, KV 285 (Allegro)

    Performer: Lisa Friend. Performer: Daniel Rowland. Performer: Paul Cassidy. Performer: Jacqueline Thomas.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Scherzo capriccioso

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Dvorak - Symphony no.6.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Le camarade est amoureux! (La fille du r茅giment)

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • DECCA.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons - Autumn (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 9.

  • Sally Beamish

    Harbour Blues (Stone, Salt and Sky)

    Ensemble: GAIA.
    • Delphian.

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  • Mon 13 Oct 2025 06:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3