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Start the day on the right note 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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Tue 27 Jan 2026 06:30
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Music Played

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Enchanted Isle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.

  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quartet No 2 in A Minor, Op. 51 No. 2 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Zehetmair Quartett.
    • Brahms: String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor, Op. 51 No. 2: III. Quasi menuetto. Mode.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 1.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Bassoon Concerto in F major, Op 75 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Laurence Perkins. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Bassoon concertos, Mozart/M Haydn/Stamitz/Weber.
    • HYPERION.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV150: Nach dir Herr verlanget mich (Sinfonia and Opening Chorus)

    Choir: VOCES8. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Barnaby Smith.
    • VOCES8RECORDS.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo

    Orchestra: Yamagata Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Chiaki Murakawa.
    • MClassics.

  • Franz Liszt

    6 Consolations, S 172: No 3 in D-Flat Major

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
    • Liszt: 3 脡tudes de concert, S.144: No. 2 in F Minor, "La leggierezza".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor RV.156

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • NAIVE.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Carousel Waltz (Carousel)

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • American Light Music Classics.
    • Hyperion.
    • 22.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Cat Burns

    live more & love more

    Performer: Dominika Mak. Music Arranger: Hannah King. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La forza del destino (Overture)

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Ilse Weber

    Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Bebe Risenfors.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 38 in C major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde Overture

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Urlicht (Symphony no.2)

    Music Arranger: Manchester Collective. Singer: Ruby Hughes. Ensemble: Manchester Collective.
    • End of My Days.
    • Bis.
    • 15.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Zee Zee.
    • Journey.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Violin Sonata in A Major, Op. 5 No. 6: II. Allegro

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Performer: David Schrader. Performer: John Mark Rozendaal. Performer: Brandon Acker.
    • Corelli: 12 Violin Sonatas, Op. 5.
    • Cedille Records.
    • 127.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Philip Wilby

    Family Portraits (Lowry Sketchbook)

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: James Watson.
    • Philip Wilby: Sacred Symphonies: Black Dyke Mills Band, California State Univers.
    • Doyen.
    • 2.

  • Bob Chilcott

    Piping Down The Valleys Wild

    Performer: Dominika Mak. Performer: Yijia Cui. Performer: Stephen Whibley. Choir: 麻豆社 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.

  • Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco

    Cello Concerto, Op. 72: II. Andante

    Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Orchestra: Konzerthausorchester Berlin. Conductor: Nicholas Milton.
    • Voices in the Wilderness: Cello Concertos by Exiled Jewish Composers.
    • CPO.
    • 202.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No 7 in D Minor (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9.
    • Pentatone.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in G major, Op 18 No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Beethoven - The Complete String Quartets Vol. 1.
    • Zig Zag Territories.
    • 3.

  • Claude Debussy

    Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

    Donna Diana (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • German Opretta Overtures: Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 8.

  • Hans Kr谩sa

    Brundib谩r - Suite (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: David Matthews. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Brundibar: Music by Composers in Theresienstadt: The Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tue 27 Jan 2026 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3