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Rise and shine 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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Wed 15 Apr 2026 06:30
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Music Played

  • Mel Bonis

    Suite en forme de valse: III. Scherzo-valse, Op. 35/3

    Conductor: Joseph Bastian. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne.
    • Bonis: Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 109.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 3 in F Major, Op. 90: III. Poco allegretto

    Conductor: Robin Ticciati. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Brahms: The Symphonies.
    • Linn Records.
    • 11.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in F major, K 44

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Imogen Holst

    Mass in A minor (Kyrie)

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012: V. Gavottes I & II, VI. Gigue

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras.
    • J.S. Bach: Complete Cello Suites.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 18.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no 3, KV. 447. Allegro

    Performer: Martin Owen. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • Chandos.

  • Jean Lh茅ritier

    Surrexit pastor bonus

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Debussy, Faur茅 & Ravel: String Quartets.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No. 3 in D Major, Op 29 'Polish' (mvt 2)

    Conductor: Vasily Petrenko. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 'Pathetique', Symphony No.4, Symphony No.3 'Polish'.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 6.

  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Catalu帽a (Suite espa帽ola No 1)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • 麻豆社 Radio 3 New Generation Artists.
    • 麻豆社 Radio 3.
    • 1.

  • Bernhard Crusell

    Clarinet Concerto No 3 in B flat major, Op 11 (3rd mvt, Alla polacca)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Okko Kamu.
    • Crusell: Clarinet Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 6.

  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony in G minor

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.

  • David Schweitzer

    Emma Suite

    Composer: Isobel Waller-Bridge.
    • Universal City Studios LLC.

  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for Strings

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Barber: Cello Concerto / Medea Suite / Adagio for Strings.
    • Naxos.
    • 11.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Serse (Overture)

    Orchestra: Early Opera Company. Conductor: Christian Curnyn.
    • Handel: Serse.
    • Chaconne.
    • 1.

  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major, Op.18

    Performer: Jonathan Biss.
    • Schumann: Fantasie/Kreisleriana/Arabeske: Jonathan Biss.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    To April

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.
    • Resonus Classics.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A Major, D. 667 "Trout Quintet", IV. Theme - Andantino - Vars. 1-5 - Allegretto

    Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Edgar Francis. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Toby Hughes. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • River of Music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Dorothy Howell

    Three Divertissements (No 1)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Dorothy Howell Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 103.

  • Max Bruch

    Concerto in E minor for clarinet, viola and orchestra Op.88 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: G茅rard Causs茅. Performer: Paul Meyer. Orchestra: Op茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Kent Nagano.
    • Bruch/Werke fur Klarinette und Viola.
    • Erato.

  • Orazio Benevoli

    Missa Dum Complerentur (Kyrie)

    Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.
    • Benevoli: Missae Angelus Domini & Dum complerentur.
    • CORO.
    • 8.

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Tchaikovksy:1812 / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Balakirev: Islamey : Esa-Pekka S.
    • Philips.
    • 6.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Minor (II. Larghetto)

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • Chopin: Piano Concertos.
    • Linn Records.
    • 5.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in C major

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Georg Kallweit.
    • C. P. E. Bach: Symphonies - From Berlin To Hamburg.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Waltz (Coppelia)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Bru Zane.

  • Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅

    Danza Paraguaya No.2 "隆Jha, Che Valle!"

    Performer: David Russell.
    • Music of Barrios.
    • Telarc.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet Op.33 No.4 in B flat major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33, Nos. 4-6.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 15 Apr 2026 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3