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Kickstart your day with the best classical music

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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Music Played

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Lullabye for Lucy for chorus [1982]

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.20 no.4 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, OP. 20 Nos. 4--6.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Robert Schumann

    Traumerei (Kinderszenen, Op 15) arr. for guitar

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • The Moon and the Forest.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1042: II. Adagio

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Kahane.
    • J.S.Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Jean Sibelius

    Suite from "Pelléas et Mélisande", Op. 46: I. At the Castle Gate

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105, Suite from "King Christian II", Op.
    • Ondine.
    • 1.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Andante

    Performer: Angela Malsbury. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies: Malsbury, LMP, Shelley.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Edward Elgar

    Harmony Music no.1

    Ensemble: Athena Ensemble.
    • Sir Edward Elgar - complete works for wind quintet.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: II. Romanze

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart Momentum - 1785.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Christian Sinding

    The Rustle of spring Op.32 no.3

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Norwegian Classical Favourites: Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Engeset.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Der Gartner, Op.17 no .3

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: Delyth Wynne. Performer: Anthony Halstead. Performer: Christian Rutherford. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Brahms: Choral Works.
    • Philips.
    • 21.

  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite

    Orchestra: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
    • Colourise.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 406.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam BWV 684

    Performer: James McVinnie.
    • Bach: Clavier-Ãœbung III.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 7.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles for clarinet and piano, Op 23 (Nos 3 & 4)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet.
    • Chandos.
    • 6-8.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F Major, D 803: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

    Ensemble: Scharoun Ensemble.
    • Schubert: Octet D 803.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Verbum Nobile (Overture)

    Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.
    • Moniuszko: Overtures.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Foxtrot (Suite for Jazz Band no.1)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rondo in G Minor, Op.94

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Sony.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major RV 537 for 2 trumpets (1st mvt)

    Performer: HÃ¥kan Hardenberger. Performer: Reinhold Friedrich. Orchestra: I Musici.
    • Philips.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Preludio sinfonico

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Puccini: Orchestral Music.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Elsa Barraine

    Les tziganes

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.
    • Barraine: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 "Voïna", Song-Koï & Les Tziganes.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in E major, Wq 182 No 6

    Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. Director: Wolfram Christ.
    • C.P.E. Bach - Hamburger Sinfonien WQ.182.
    • Hanssler Classic.
    • 16-18.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op 32 (4th mvt, 'Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity')

    Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Holst: The Planets – Bax: Tintagel.
    • LSO Live.
    • 4.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 18.

  • Ina Boyle

    The Joy of Earth

    Orchestrator: Roderick Williams. Singer: Roderick Williams. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • The Joy of Earth (Orchestrated by Roderick Williams).
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 1.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Phyllis Tate

    Springtime at Kew (London Fields)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • LYRITA.

Broadcast

  • Wed 6 May 2026 06:30
    Â鶹Éç Radio 3