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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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3 hours

Music Played

  • Miguel Llobet Sol茅s

    La filadora

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Iberia.
    • Masterworks.
    • 5.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer night's dream (Scherzo)

    Performer: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Absalon fili mi

    Director: Owain Park. Choir: Gesualdo Six.
    • Josquin's Legacy: Motets of the 15th & 16th Centuries.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 24 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Elizabeth Sombart. Conductor: Mihaela Ce葯a-Goje. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos 10 & 24.
    • Rubicon.
    • 102.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata for Solo Violin No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: II. Fuga

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich.
    • Bach: Sonatas & Partitas, BWV 1001 - 1006.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pavane

    Performer: Huw Wiggin. Performer: Leander Kippenberg. Performer: Oliver Wass.
  • Billy Mayerl

    Praying Mantis

    Performer: Leslie De鈥橝th.
    • Billy Mayerl: a Miscellany for Solo Piano.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 8.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ concerto in F, Op. 7 No. 13 "The Cuckoo and the nightingale"

    Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Handel: Organ Concertos: Simon Preston.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 17-20.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 104 in D Major, Hob. I:104 "London": III. Menuet - Allegro (

    Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy. Orchestra: Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra.
    • Portraits of the Verbier Festival Chamber Orchestra (Vol. 1 / Live).
    • Verbier Festival Gold.
    • 3.
  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque no.1 in E major

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 16.
  • Trad.

    Waltzing Matilda

    Performer: Ray Chen. Ensemble: Made in Berlin.
    • The Golden Age.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Quintet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • Warner.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville - overture

    Orchestra: English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriele Bellini.
    • The Barber of Seville.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Nicola Eimer.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Simon Boccanegra (1857 Version): Preludio

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Simon Boccanegra (1857 Version).
    • Opera Rara.
    • 1.
  • Anne Dudley

    Jeeves and Wooster (Theme)

    Ensemble: Dover Street Jazzomaniacs.
    • The World of Jeeves and Wooster.
    • EMI.
    • 001.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata K. 380

    Performer: Judy Loman.
    • The Baroque Harp - Judy Loman Performs Bach And Scarlatti.
    • Marquis Classics.
    • 17.
  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • DECCA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gloria (Mass in B minor)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • J. S. Bach, Mass in B minor: Dunedin Consort and Players.
    • Linn.
    • 4.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Hary Janos Suite (Version for Orchestra): V. Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Kod谩ly: H谩ry J谩nos Suite, Summer Evening & Symphony in C Major.
    • Naxos.
    • 105.
  • Stephen Sondheim

    Anyone can whistle (from Anyone can Whistle)

    Performer: Lee Remick. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert Greene.
    • COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS.
  • Charles Gounod

    Waltz (Faust, Act 2)

    Music Arranger: Leopold Weninger. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra - Great Recordings.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 31.
  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Performer: Gabriel Schwabe. Orchestra: Aachen Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Ward.
    • Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33, TH 57 & Works for Cello & Orc.
    • Naxos.
  • Thomas Arne

    Where the bee sucks (The Tempest)

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • HELIODOR.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Study in G flat major, Op 25 No 9 (Butterfly)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
    • Chopin: 12 脡tudes, Op. 25 & 4 Scherzi.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

    Orchestra: 91福利社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Geminiano Giacomelli

    Cesare in Egitto: Sinfonia

    Conductor: Ottavio Dantone. Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina.
    • Giacomelli: Cesare in Egitto.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.
  • Elizabeth Poston

    The Water of Tyne

    Choir: The Blossom Street Singers. Conductor: Hilary Campbell.
    • This Day.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 May 2026 06:30