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The finest classical music to elevate your morning

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 5 Feb 2026 06:30
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Music Played

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Shylock Suite, Op. 57: V. Nocturne

    Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud. Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland.
    • Naxos.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces, Book III, Op. 43: IV. Little Bird

    Performer: Gerhard Oppitz.
    • Grieg: Complete Solo Piano Music.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 20.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces, Book III, Op. 43: VI. To Spring

    Performer: Gerhard Oppitz.
    • Grieg: Complete Solo Piano Music.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 22.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 3, Op. 56, "Scottish": III. Adagio

    Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 23.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr BWV 676

    Performer: James McVinnie.
    • Bach: Clavier-脺bung III.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 9.

  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899 (no.4 in A flat major)

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Suite pastorale - 1. Idylle

    Conductor: David Stanhope. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tranquillity 2.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 6.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G Minor, Op. 17: II. Scherzo. Tempo di menuetto - Trio

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • In Her Hands.
    • Chandos.
    • 102.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concert Rondo in E flat major K.371

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos and Concert Rondo.
    • I.M.P..
    • 12.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Stabat mater, RV 621 (1st mvt)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Ensemble 415. Director: Chiara Banchini.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • ONYX.

  • George Gershwin

    Fascinating rhythm

    Music Arranger: Turtle Island String Quartet. Ensemble: Turtle Island String Quartet.
    • Windham Hill Records.

  • Claude Debussy

    Petite suite (Ballet)

    Music Arranger: Henri B眉sser. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Debussy; Ravel.
    • Naive.
    • 10.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Valse-Scherzo in C major Op.34

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto etc..
    • Onyx.
    • 5.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Il tuo sangue, ed il tuo zelo (Lurcanio, Ariodante act 2)

    Singer: Ed Lyon. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.3 in F major Op.90 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Brahms: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 101 "The Clock" (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer.
    • Haydn: Late Symphonies, Vol. 3.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 10.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Marksmen (From the Bavarian Highlands Op.27)

    Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Performer: Max Hanft. Conductor: Howard Arman.
    • Elgar: From the Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27 & Partsongs.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 106.

  • Charles Gounod

    Funeral March of a Marionette

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • European Light Music Classics: New London Orchestra, Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade in D minor, Op.44 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Bl盲serensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • harmoniemusik; Blaserensemble Sabine Meyer, Beethoven, Mozart, Krommer, Dvorak,.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto in C (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu鈥怣atias Rouvali.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Hugo Wolf

    Storchenbotschaft (Morike lieder)

    Singer: Anna Grevelius. Performer: Sholto Kynoch.
    • Stone Records.

  • Percy Grainger

    Mock Morris

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Grainger Edition Vol.6: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.

  • Julius Fucik

    Florentiner-Marsch, Op.214

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • A Festival of Fucik.
    • Chandos.
    • 012.

Broadcast

  • Thu 5 Feb 2026 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3