Main content

The best classical music wake-up call

Hannah French presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show. 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’

16 days left to listen

2 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Czech Suite, III. Sousedská (Minuetto)

    Performer: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Libor Pešek.
    • Dvorak: American Suite, Czech Suite; Overtures and Tone Poems.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.
  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Trio No 2 in C minor - 1st mvt

    Ensemble: Sitkovetsky Trio.
    • BIS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Geschwinde, ihr wirbelnden Winde, BWV 201: VII. Zu Tanze, zu Sprunge

    • Bach.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 8.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.6 in B minor Op.74 'Pathetique' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique".
    • Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Scherzo in C minor (F.A.E. Sonata)

    Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Performer: John Novacek.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Vicente Lusitano

    Emendemus in melius

    Choir: Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • Vicente Lusitano: Motets - 2.
    • Linn Records.
    • 7.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: II. Andante con moto. Tempo di valse

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 13 - Symphonic Dances, Op. 45.
    • Chandos.
    • 106.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act II: Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-!

    Singer: Huw Montague Rendall. Singer: Elisabeth Boudreault. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Rouen Normandie. Conductor: Ben Glassberg.
    • Warner.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major D.803 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Mullova Ensemble.
    • ONYX.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Marc'Antonio Ingegneri

    Hodie assumpta est Maria

    Ensemble: Historic Brass of the Guildhall School and Royal Welsh College of Music and Dram. Choir: Choir of Girton College.
    • Marc'Antonio Ingegneri, Vol. 2: Missa "Voce mea" a 5 & Motets for Double Choir.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 14.
  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony no.1 in A flat major Op.55 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Elgar: Symphony No. 1 & Introduction and Allegro.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Anna Phoebe

    By The Sea

    • Sea Souls.
    • Eat The Peach.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Madamina, il catalogo e questo (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Tutto Mozart!.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 17.
  • Ensemble Matheus, Sébastien Marcq & Jean‐Christophe Spinosi

    Concerto: La tempesta di mare

  • Franz Liszt

    Years of Pilgrimage "Suisse": The Lake of Wallenstadt

    • Liszt: Années de pèlerinage I, S. 160 "Suisse" & Légende No. 2.
    • Orfeo.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.1 in D major Op 25 'Classical' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Onyx.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    String Quartet No.1 in E minor 'From my life' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

Broadcast

  • Sat 11 Oct 2025 06:30