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Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong

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 26 Mar 2026 06:30
麻豆社 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Vaughan Williams: Orchestral works.
    • PM Classics Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Anna Thorvaldsdottir

    Hear us in heaven

    Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • Head Space: Candlelight.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka No. 37 in A-Flat Major, Op. 59 No. 2

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Ingrid Fliter Plays Chopin & Beethoven.
    • Warner.
    • 18.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Vergnugte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust (Cantata BWV.170)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Bach Cantatas 54, 82, 170.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Christian Sinding

    The Rustle of Spring (6 Pieces Op.32)

    Performer: Philip Martin.
    • The Maiden's Prayer: Piano Music from the 19th-Century Salon.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88: II. Adagio

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7, 8 ,9.
    • Pentatone.
    • 6.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D 485 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Naive.

  • Joseph Kosma

    Les feuilles mortes (Autumn Leaves)

    Performer: Christian-Pierre La Marca. Performer: Amandine Savary.
    • L'heure exquise.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • John Ireland

    Prelude (A Downland Suite)

    Ensemble: Cory Band. Conductor: Philip Harper.
    • Doyen.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Red Hill (The Unforgettable Year 1919, Op 89a)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • The Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vol.3.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Charles Gounod

    Symphony No 2 (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier. Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra.
    • Gounod: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 105.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64: 3rd movement; Allegro molto vivace

    Performer: Chad Hoopes. Orchestra: MDR Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Kristjan J盲rvi.
    • 狈础脧痴贰.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suite for Strings in E Flat "La Lyra": 1. Overture

    Orchestra: B鈥橰ock Orchestra.
    • Telemann: Suites for Strings.
    • VRT Muziek.
    • 16.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Nina non dir di no

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra Royal.
    • Le Chevalier de Saint-George - Portrait.
    • Ch芒teau de Versailles Spectacles.
    • 8.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Lever du Jour (Daphnis et Chloe)

    Choir: Ensemble vocal Aedes. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Ravel: Daphnis et Chlo茅.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 301.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Mass No. 2 in E Minor, WAB 27: V. Benedictus

    Lyricist: Anonymous. Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs鈥惷塴ys茅es. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Bruckner: Mass No. 2 in E Minor & Te Deum.
    • Phi.
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    Fruhlingsglaube, D 686

    Performer: Benjamin Appl.

  • Franz Liszt

    Piano Concerto No 1 in E flat major, S124

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty: Panorama

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu鈥怣atias Rouvali.
    • Santtu Conducts Sleeping Beauty.
    • Signum Records.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for Solo Violin No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: IV. Presto

    Performer: Kyung-wha Chung.
    • Bach: Complete Sonatas & Partitas for Violin Solo.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila)

    Singer: El墨na Garan膷a. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Sommernachtskonzert 2023 / Summer Night Concert 2023.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Thu 26 Mar 2026 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3