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Roll out of bed into 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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Fri 30 Jan 2026 06:30
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Music Played

  • Edwin York Bowen

    R锚verie d'amour, Op.20`2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 9, 'Nimrod')

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 15.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata No. 1 in C Major, K. 279: II. Andante

    Performer: Mao Fujita.
    • Mozart: The Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St John Passion: Part 1; Herr, unser Herrscher (Chorus)

    Orchestra: Collegium Vocale Gent. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245.
    • PHI.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Symphony No. 2 in D Major, MWV N2: I. Allegro

    Conductor: Michael Hofstetter. Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester.
    • Mendelssohn: The Complete String Symphonies.
    • Orfeo.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Havanaise Op.83

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Virgin.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Orchestral Suite; Overture

    Ensemble: Tempesta di Mare.
    • CHANDOS.

  • George Gershwin

    Love walked in

    Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns/Ravel/Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.
    • 10.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Perpetuum Mobile, Op. 257

    Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Here Come the Classics, Vol. 12: The Glory of Vienna.
    • RPO.
    • 16.

  • Josef Rheinberger

    3 Geistliche Ges盲nge, Op. 69: No. 3, Abendlied

    Choir: The Rodolfus Choir. Conductor: Ralph Allwood.
    • Abendlied: 19th century Romantic German partsongs & motets.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Comet Prelude

    Performer: Samantha Ege. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Avril Coleridge-Taylor: Piano Concerto & Orchestral Works.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 4.

  • Bryce Dessner

    Walls

    Performer: Bryce Dessner.
    • SONY.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Rinaldo (Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • DECCA.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto No 1 in B flat minor, Op 23 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Wagner: Overtures and Preludes: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Barenboim.
    • Teldec.
    • 6.

  • Fran莽ois鈥怞oseph Gossec

    Tambourin (Arr. For flute and harp)

    Performer: J谩nos B谩lint. Performer: Deborah Sipkai.
    • Flute and Harp Arrangements - Tartini, G. / Bach, J.S. / Mozart, W.A. / Tchaikov.
    • Capriccio.
    • 3.

  • Benedetto Marcello

    In omnem terram exivit sonus eorum

    Choir: VOCES8. Ensemble: Les Inventions. Director: Barnaby Smith. Director: Patrick Ayrton.
    • SIGNUM.

  • William Walton

    Portsmouth Point

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Louis Lef茅bure-W茅ly

    Sortie in B-Flat

    Performer: Nigel Ogden.
    • Merseyside Melody.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 11.

  • William Alwyn

    The Innumerable Dance - An English Overture

    Conductor: David Lloyd鈥怞ones. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Alwyn, W.: Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Strings / Elizabethan Dances / The Innume.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir d'un lieu cher (3. Melodie)

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Performer: Evgenia Startseva.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major, D 956 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Boris Brovtsyn. Performer: Amihai Grosz. Performer: Torleif Thed茅en. Performer: Jens Peter Maintz.
    • Schubert/Schoenberg: Janine Jansen.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Bagatelle No 3, 'Carol', for clarinet and piano, Op 23

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43: Finale

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Morton Gould

    Pavanne (American Symphonette no.2)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • American Classics - Morton Gould.
    • NAXOS.
    • 10.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Che gelida manina (La boh猫me)

    Singer: Jonathan Tetelman. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.
    • The Great Puccini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Fri 30 Jan 2026 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3