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Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong

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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Wed 9 Jul 2025 06:30
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Music Played

  • Eric Whitacre

    Little birds

    Performer: Leslie De鈥橝th. Choir: Elora Festival Singers. Conductor: Noel Edison.
    • Eric Whitacre, Choral Music: Elora Festival Singers.
    • Naxos.
    • 11.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pavane, Op 50

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet in B flat major Op.34 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 103.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Kyrie eleison I

    Ensemble: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Nocturne from String Quartet no.2 in D major

    Performer: Lindsay String Quartet.
    • ASV.

  • Maurice Durufl茅

    Quatre Motets sur des th猫mes gr茅goriens, Op. 10 - Ubi caritas

    Performer: The Cambridge Singers. Performer: John Rutter.
    • This is the day - Music on royal occasions.
    • Collegium.

  • William Henry Harris

    Holy Is the True Light

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • This Is the Day: Music on Royal Occasions.
    • Collegium.
    • 9.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E-Flat Major, K364 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Chloe Chua. Performer: Ziyu He. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hans Graf.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos.
    • Pentatone.

  • Franz Schubert

    Du bist die Ruh, D 776

    Composer: Franz Schubert. Singer: Simon Keenlyside. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • Schubert Recital.
    • EMI Eminence.
    • 20.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.59 in A major 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Signum.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • La Roxolana.
    • Alpha.
    • 09.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 1 in D Major, 'Titan' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Titan".
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major Op.34 no.1

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin - The Complete Waltzes.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Edward Elgar

    Cello Concerto in E minor, Op 85 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DECCA.

  • David Diamond

    Symphony no.3 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Naxos.

  • Isabella Leonarda

    Sonata in A minor Op.16 no.7

    Performer: Emanuele Breda. Performer: Barbara Mauch-Heinke. Performer: Daniela Wartenberg. Performer: Toshinoro Ozaki. Performer: Sofya Gandilyan.
    • Isabella Leonarda: Motets & Sonatas.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 701.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No. 8 in G Major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Symphony No. 8; Slavonic Dances; Scherzo capriccioso.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Introduttione teatrale in G major Op.4 No.4

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Naive.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Sonata in G minor (4th mvt)

    Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nobuyuki Tsujii. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Quintet No. 1, Op. 73. (1st mvt. Allegro vivo)

    Ensemble: Onyx Brass. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Transatlantic.
    • Chandos.

  • Jessie Montgomery

    Strum

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Domenico Cimarosa

    I tre amanti (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.
    • Overtures - Leppard.
    • Philips Classics.
    • 7.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Fossils (Carnival of the Animals)

    Performer: Mark Simpson. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Ayla Sahin. Performer: Timothy Ridout. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Toby Hughes. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • DECCA.

  • Franz Liszt

    La Campanella (6 Grandes 茅tudes de Paganini, No 3 in G sharp minor)

    Performer: Mariam Batsashvili.
    • Influences.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Wed 9 Jul 2025 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3