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Wake up your senses 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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Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum (Children's Corner)

    Music Arranger: Andr茅 Caplet. Orchestra: Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire. Conductor: Pascal Roph茅.
    • Debussy Orchestrated.
    • BIS.
    • 301.

  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Notturno for violin, harp and strings

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jane Berthe. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • Daniel Hope - Belle Epoque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Eventide (10th Anniversary Edition).
    • Decca.
    • 14.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV1060R

    Performer: Xenia L枚ffler. Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Academy for Early Music, Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.
    • Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Trio in G Major, K. 564: III. Allegretto

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Michael Barenboim. Performer: Kian Soltani.
    • Complete Mozart Trios.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.

  • Philip Glass

    Violin Concerto no.1 (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Amy Dickson. Performer: Amy Dickson. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mikel Toms.
    • Amy Dickson. Glass Tavener Nyman.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 2.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Sinfonia no.3 in C major Wq.182`3 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Pulcinella Orchestra.
    • APARTE.

  • Maria Szymanowska

    Danse polonaise in f minor

    Performer: Alexander Kostritsa.
    • Szymanowska: Complete Dances for Solo Piano.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 50.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.7 in D minor Op.70 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Pentatone.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Five Novelettes, Op.15 (Alla spagnuola)

    Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • Les Vendredis.
    • Simax.
    • 11.

  • Charles Gounod

    Judex (Mors et Vita)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Adagio.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky / Korngold: Violin Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Manuel de Falla

    The Miller's Dance (The Three-Cornered Hat)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Fr眉hbeck de Burgos.
    • Falla: Spanish Songs etc.: De Los Angeles/Giulini/Fruhbeck de Burgos.
    • EMI.
    • 6.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor RV.356, Op.3`6

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Avi Avital: Vivaldi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1-3.

  • Robert Schumann

    Fantasiestucke, Op. 73 (No 1)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Schumann: Works for Oboe & Piano.
    • Chandos Records Limited.
    • 7.

  • Arnold Bax

    Morning Song 'Maytime in Sussex'

    Performer: Ashley Wass. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Bax: Winter Legends: Ashley Wass, Bournemouth SO, James Judd.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • John Williams

    Main Title (From "Star Wars: A New Hope")

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: John Williams.
    • John Williams in Vienna.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Amy Beach

    Violin Sonata in A minor, Op. 34 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • Works For Violin and Piano.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 2.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.1 in D major D.82 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Berlin Philharmoniker.

  • Trad.

    Waltz after Lasse in Lyby

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Wood Works.
    • Dacapo.
    • 004.

  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Spanish Rhapsody

    Performer: Angela Cheng. Music Arranger: George Enescu. Orchestra: Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Hans Graf.
    • CBC.

  • 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.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder (An die ferne Geliebte, Op 98 No 6)

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • Chandos.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in E minor for recorder, flute and strings (4th mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Jan Bengtson. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • SONY.

Broadcast

  • Mon 4 May 2026 06:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3