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Breakfast with the best 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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Wed 10 Sep 2025 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Easter Sonata: III. Scherzo. Allegretto

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Mendelssohn.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Orchestra: Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer.
    • Bartok: Dance Suite etc: Hungarian State Symphony Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Nimbus.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor Op.15 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Kathryn Stott. Ensemble: Hermitage String Trio.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D major for three violins, BWV 1064 mov. 1

    Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Performer: Petra M眉llejans. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • J.S.Bach: Violin Concertos: Freiburger Barockorchester.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Trumpet concerto in D major

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Thomas Klug.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise, Op 34 No 14

    Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.
    • BIS.

  • Gabriela Montero

    Rondeau (Improvisation on the Theme of "Rondeau" from Purcell's Abdelazer)

    Composer: Henry Purcell. Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Baroque.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 116.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major, K 581 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: J枚rg Widmann. Ensemble: Arcanto Quartett.
    • Mozart Clarinet Quintet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 003.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto No 1 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • DG.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Sanctus; Benedictus (Mass in G minor)

    Performer: Ashok Gupta. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Singer: Harriet Colley. Singer: Jessica Wallington. Singer: Nicholas Morrell. Singer: Stefan Berkieta. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • Vaughan Williams: Sacred Choral Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Ravel: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Minuet and Trio (Fantasiest眉cke, Op 5 No 4)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Moto perpetuo in C major, Op 11

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Boston Symphony Orchestra - Great Recordings.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 62.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Rondeau (Les Biches)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Signum.

  • Trad.

    Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond

    Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
    • Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca.
    • 014.

  • Johanna M眉ller-Hermann

    Heroic Overture Op.21

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.

  • Billy Mayerl

    Jasmine Op.84

    Performer: Phillip Dyson.
    • Billy Mayerl: The Nimble Fingered Gentleman: Philip Dyson.
    • ASV.
    • 15.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Horn Trio in E Flat Major Op.40 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Performer: Benjamin Marquise Gilmore. Performer: Daniel Grimwood.
    • Brahms: Chamber Music.
    • BIS.
    • 301.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse lyrique

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Sibelius: Violin Concerto.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No. 8 in G: Allegretto grazioso (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Sony.

Broadcast

  • Wed 10 Sep 2025 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3