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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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Tue 13 Jan 2026 06:30
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Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flute Concerto in D major, RV 428 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Eckart Haupt. Orchestra: Dresdner Barocksolisten. Conductor: Peter Schreier.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per Flauti: Eckart Haupt.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 19.

  • Claude Debussy

    L'isle joyeuse

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 20.

  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow "Idyll"

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • The Banks of Green Willow "Idyll".
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 3 in D major, BWV 1054 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Andreas Staier. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.104 in D major 'London' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer.
    • Naxos.

  • Samuel Dushkin

    Sicilienne

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Samuele Telari. Performer: Thomas Carroll.
    • Violin Cafe.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 9 in E Major, Op. 14, No. 1: I. Allegro

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Beethoven: Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Bright Sheng

    Black Swan [after Brahms' Intermezzo in A major Op.118 no.2]

    Orchestra: Kansas City Symphony. Conductor: Michael Stern.
    • Reference Recordings.

  • Charles Ives

    Symphony No. 3 K.V.15 (The Camp Meeting), ii. Children's Day

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos : CHSA 5174.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for strings in E minor, Op.20

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Elgar: Enigma Variations.
    • ONYX.
    • 2-4.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Valse Caprice

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 10.

  • Thomas Alexander Erskine

    Overture in C, Op. 1 No. 2 - III. Presto assai

    Orchestra: Concerto Caledonia. Conductor: David McGuinness.
    • Linn.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto in D Major, K. 107 / I: I. Allegro

    Performer: Jean鈥怑fflam Bavouzet. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Vol. 11.
    • Chandos.
    • 102.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture Op.80

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Brahms: The Symphonies.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Rebecca Dale

    Winter

    Choir: VOCES8. Performer: H氓kon Samuelsen. Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • Decca.

  • Samuel Barber

    Souvenirs (Waltz)

    Performer: Leon McCawley.
    • Barber: Piano Works: Leon McCawley.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 7.

  • Franz Leh谩r

    Gold and Silver, Op 79

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Dittrich.
    • The Great Waltzes: The Essential Collection.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Maxwell String Quartet

    Fisherrow / Noose & The Gillies

    Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet.
    • Gather.
    • Linn Records.
    • 2.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and allegro

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Onyx.

  • Christian Sinding

    The Rustle of spring Op.32 no.3

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Norwegian Classical Favourites: Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Engeset.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Richard Strauss

    Till Eulenspiegel's lustige Streiche Op.28

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Lawo Classics.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.4 in D minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Florence Price: Symphony No. 4 鈥� William Dawson: Negro Folk Symphony.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes

    Music Arranger: James Cohn. Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • The Virtuoso Clarinet: Michael Collins.
    • Chandos.
    • 7-9.

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 Jan 2026 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3