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Kickstart your day 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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Music Played

  • Giovanni Bolzoni

    Minuet

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Favourite Encores: Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Neeme Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Michael Haydn

    Symphony in E flat major, P 26

    Orchestra: Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Hans鈥怭eter Frank.
    • BIS.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Leviathan Op.59

    Performer: Bill Anderson. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Gipps: Orchestral Works, Vol. 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Partita No 2 in D minor for violin, BWV 1004 (Allemande)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust.
    • J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas. Isabelle Faust.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan i Lyudmila (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Bernard Haitink - A Portrait.
    • DECCA.
    • 79.

  • Franz Schubert

    Wandrers Nachtlied II D768

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Ilker Arcay眉rek.
    • Franz Schubert: Der Einsame.
    • CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.
    • 23.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Romance Op.36

    Performer: Radovan Vlatkovi膰. Ensemble: Ensemble orchestral de Paris. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • EMI.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (Les contes d'Hoffmann)

    Performer: Geoffrey Saba.
    • Great piano transcriptions: Geoffrey Saba.
    • I.M.P..
    • 6.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Happiness (Waltz Suite Op.110)

    Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 - Waltz Suite.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 4 in A major, Op 90, 'Italian' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3 & 4: Norrington/London Classical Players.
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • Paule Maurice

    Tableaux de Provence (V. Lou Cabridan)

    Performer: Claude Delangle. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.
    • Under The Sign of the Sun.
    • BIS.
    • 10.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture Op.80

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • CHANNEL.

  • Johann David Hermann

    Concerto for harp - 2nd mvt

    Performer: Xavier de Maistre. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Wonderful Town.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto no.3 in D minor Op.58 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Chlo毛 Hanslip. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Bruch Violin Concertos Nos. 1&3, Sarasate "Navarra": Chloe Hanslip, LSO, Brabbin.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Eunike Tanzil

    Pink Sakura

    Performer: Eunike Tanzil.

  • Havergal Brian

    The Tinker's Wedding

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Brian: Symphonies Nos 7 and 31; The Tinker's Wedding.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.2 in D major Op.36 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Beethoven for all.
    • Decca.
    • 004.

  • Dumisani Maraire

    Mai Nozipo [Mother Nozipo]

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Released 1985-1995 / Unreleased.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 (3rd mvt.)

    Ensemble: Solomon's Knot.
    • J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046.2 (Live).
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 3.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Lyudmila: No.10 Finale

    Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov.
    • Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 4.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhauser (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Wagner: Overtures & Preludes.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Peter Warlock

    Pieds en l'air (Capriol Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Clio Gould.
    • English String Classics 2: Vaughan Williams/Warlock/Tippet/Elgar etc.
    • Apex.
    • 11.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 21 in C major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart Momentum - 1785.
    • Sony.
    • 5.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in D major, TWV.55:D18 (Ouverture)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Telemann: Orchestral Suites.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 17 Sep 2025 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3