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Ease into the 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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Thu 22 Jan 2026 06:30
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Music Played

  • Imogen Holst

    On Westhall Hill

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Alice Farnham.
    • Discovering Imogen.
    • NMC.
    • 10.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In paradisum

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Conductor: Herv茅 Niquet. Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel.
    • Faur茅: Requiem - Gounod: Messe de Clovis.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 7.

  • Willem de Fesch

    Concerto Grosso in C Major, Op. 3: No. 1

    Performer: Lidewij van der Voort. Orchestra: La Sfera Armoniosa. Conductor: Mike Fentross.
    • Challenge Classics.

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite Suite: Menuet

    Orchestrator: Henri B眉sser. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.
    • Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 6.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Unaccompanied Cello Suite No.4 in E Flat Major, BWV 1010: Allemande

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Six Evolutions.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Georges Bizet

    Danse Bohe虁me (Carmen)

    Ensemble: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.
    • LAGQ Latin.
    • Telarc.
    • 16.

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Pacific has no Memory

    Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • AVIE.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite suite de concert Op.77 (No.1 La Caprice de Nanette)

    Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: II. [Twilight.] Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)

    Conductor: John Wilson. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London.
    • Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: II. [Twilight.] Andante con moto (Tempo d.
    • Chandos.
    • 101.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Flute Concerto No.2 in D, K.314: 3. Allegro

    Performer: Aur猫le Nicolet. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Mozart: The Works for Flute.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Midsummer Vigil (Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • BIS.

  • Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

    Ecce prandium meum paravi

    Choir: Netherlands Chamber Choir. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Sweelinck: Choral Works.
    • Etcetera.
    • 12.

  • Tan Dun

    Eight Memories in Watercolour, Op.1 (Floating Clouds)

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Fugue)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Simon Rattle on EMI Classics.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Thomas Erskine

    Quartet for strings in C minor (Kilravock No. 8): 3rd movement - Allegro

    Orchestra: Concerto Caledonia. Conductor: David McGuinness.
    • Fiddler Tam: The Music of Thomas Erskine, 6th Earl of Kellie [Hybrid SACD].
    • Linn.
    • 7.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Marche Slave, Op.31

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • ORFEO.

  • C茅sar Franck

    Violin Sonata in A major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Hyperion.

  • Franz Schubert

    Moments musicaux, Op. 94, D. 780: No. 3 in F Minor

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • "Adagietto" - Smooth Music to Relax.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 111.

  • Trad.

    Par-dessus le pont ('Above the Bridge')

    Composer: Le Vent du Nord. Ensemble: Le Vent du Nord.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concerto No.1 in F Minor, Op. 73: II Adagio, ma non troppo

    Performer: Sharon Kam. Conductor: Kurt Masur. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig.
    • Weber: Clarinet Concertos & Grand Duo concertant.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 2.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Inno a Roma SC 90 (Arr. for Choir & Orchestra by Nuccio Fiorda)

    Choir: Aalto Theatre Opera Chorus. Conductor: Andrea Sanguineti. Orchestra: Essen Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: Essen Philharmonic Choir.
    • Naxos.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio No. 44 in E major (1st mvt, Allegro moderato)

    Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, H. 48: I. R锚veries - Passions

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Klaus M盲kel盲.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Ravel: La valse.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    L'elisir d'amore, Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima" (Nemorino)

    Singer: Pene Pati. Orchestra: Orchestre National Bordeaux Aquitaine. Conductor: Emmanuel Villaume.
    • Pene Pati.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Character pieces (No.5)

    Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Apollo鈥檚 Fire. Director: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • AVIE.

Broadcast

  • Thu 22 Jan 2026 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3