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Brighten your 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

  • Philip Glass

    Morning Passages (The Hours)

    Performer: Michael Riesman. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Nick Ingman.
    • The Hours - Film Soundtrack.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 2.

  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    String Quartet No 5 in F major (4th mvmt, Minuetto)

    Ensemble: La magnifica comunit脿.
    • Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartets Nos. 1-6.
    • Tactus.
    • 504.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Divertimento, Op.52

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repu拧i膰.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    O Mensch, bewein dein S眉nde gro脽, BWV 622 (Arr. Andrew Davis)

    Music Arranger: Sir Andrew Davis. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • King of Kings: Bach Orchestral Transcriptions.
    • Chandos.
    • 109.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No.2 in B Flat Major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Piano Concerto No. 2 & Three Intermezzi Op. 117.
    • Pentatone.

  • Reginald Smith Brindle

    Fuego fatuo

    Performer: Duilio Meucci.
    • Smith Brindle: Complete Works for Solo Guitar, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 119.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in C major, RV 180, 'Il piacere'

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Director: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 13.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus iste

    Choir: St. Albans Cathedral Choir. Director: Andrew Lucas.
    • FIRST HAND RECORDS.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Copp茅lia Suite (Prelude; Mazurka)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Famous Ballet Music.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 11.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne no. 7 in C sharp minor

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason.

  • Richard Wagner

    Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman)

    Singer: Rosalind Elias. Singer: Leonie Rysanek. Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • DECCA.

  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Symphony in F sharp minor Op.41 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • Dora Pejacevic Symphony.
    • CPO.
    • 3.

  • Felix Mikhailovich Blumenfeld

    Etude in A-Flat Major, Op. 36

    Performer: Nicholas McCarthy.
    • Solo.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor Op. 64 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Violin Concerto.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G major, Op 77 No 1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Opp.77 and 103.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat major, K.271 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart Piano Concertos nos. 8 & 9.
    • Philips.
    • 3.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    The 7th Voyage Of Sinbad (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: John Debney.
    • In Session (A Film Music Celebration).
    • Varese.
    • 12.

  • Bernard Herrmann

    The Twilight Zone (Walking Distance: Memories)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Joel McNeely.
    • In Session (A Film Music Celebration).
    • Varese.
    • 13.

  • Henri毛tte Bosmans

    Cello Concerto No. 2: II. Scherzo. Allegro

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ed Spanjaard.
    • Bosmans: Cello Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 & Po猫me.
    • CPO.
    • 106.

  • Lars鈥怑rik Larsson

    Pastoral

    Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • CPO.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No.3 in E flat major "Eroica" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Polonaise)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • EMI.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1: III. Foxtrot

    Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites.
    • BIS.
    • 103.

  • Henry Purcell

    Hail, bright Cecilia (Hail, bright Cecilia)

    Choir: Choir of Musiciens du Louvre, Grenoble. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Purcell; Handel; Haydn - To Saint Cecilia.
    • Naive.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Thu 4 Sep 2025 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3