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Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong

Tom McKinney presents Radio 3’s 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 24 Feb 2026 06:30
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in B flat, K.137: 1. Andante

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
    • Mozart: Divertimenti K. 113, 137 & 251.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • James MacMillan

    Ave maris stella

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • A Rose Magnificat.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1016: I. Adagio

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: David Fray.
    • Bach, JS: Violin Sonatas, BWV 1016 - 1019.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Karl Jenkins

    Palladio

    Orchestra: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Palladio: I. Allegretto.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Friedrich Kuhlau

    The Magic Harp (Overture)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Schønwandt.
    • Kuhlau: Overtures: Danish National Radio Symphony Orch/Schonwandt.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    3 Waltzes for piano (Op.64), no.1 in D flat major; "Minute"

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Chopin: The Complete Waltzes: Ingrid Fliter.
    • EMI.
    • 6.

  • Claude Debussy

    Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire orch. composer [orig. pf]

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation: 'Die himmel erzahlen die Ehre Gottes'

    Singer: Yeree Suh. Singer: Tilman Lichdi. Singer: Matthias Winckhler. Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Introduction, theme and variations

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.
    • BIS.

  • Louise Héritte-Viardot

    Piano Quartet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 9 "Im Sommer": III. Die Schwüle

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Brahms & Contemporaries, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14: No. 12f, Mother Gigogne and the Clowns

    Conductor: Kevin John Edusei. Orchestra: Münchner Symphoniker.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Excerpts).
    • Solo Musica.
    • 8.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major D.485 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 201.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 3 No 12 (The Harmonic Labyrinth) - 1st mvt

    Performer: Ilya Gringolts. Orchestra: Suomalainen barokkiorkesteri.
    • Il labirinto armonico.
    • BIS.
    • 301.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the Tumblers (Snow Maiden Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Overture and Suites from the Operas.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in E major Kk.380

    Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concerto for 2 Pianos and Orchestra in E Major, MWV O 5: 1. Allegro

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mendelssohn & Bruch: Concertos For 2 Pianos.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Trad.

    Saro

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Music Arranger: Sam Amidon. Singer: Sam Amidon.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Agnus Dei (Requiem, Op.48)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Mozart: Vespers and Faure: Requiem.
    • Coro.
    • 12.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ballade in A minor, Op.33

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
    • Argo.

  • Richard Rodgers

    South Pacific Overture

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Tunick.
    • South Pacific.
    • CBS.
    • 1.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 8 iii Allegretto grazioso

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ryan Wigglesworth.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in E flat major, Op 1 No 1 (finale)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Luigi Denza

    Funiculì, funiculà

    Performer: Raffaele La Ragione. Performer: Giulio D’Alessio. Performer: Antonello Paliotti. Singer: Pene Pati. Conductor: Antonello Paliotti. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro.
    • Serenata a Napoli.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 23.

Broadcast

  • Tue 24 Feb 2026 06:30
    Â鶹Éç Radio 3