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Launch the day with 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

  • Edu Lobo

    Beatriz

    Composer: Chico Buarque. Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Music Arranger: Sérgio Assad.
    • Saudade.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 3.
  • Rachel Portman

    Emma; Main Titles

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: David Snell.
    • Emma (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Hollywood Records.
    • 1.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Eventide (10th Anniversary Edition).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 14.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV.816 (Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, Gavotte)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • Bach, J.S.: French Suites Nos. 1-6/Italian Concerto etc..
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No 2 in F major, Op 102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: John Ogdon. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • EMI.
  • Jules Massenet

    Meditation from Thais

    Performer: Michael Davis. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Last Night of The Proms - The 100th Season.
    • Teldec.
    • 12.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 (3rd mvt.)

    Performer: Peter Moore. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Life Force.
    • Rubicon Classics.
    • 5.
  • Anna Lapwood

    O Nata Lux

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet Op.64)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Radiohead

    Glass Eyes

    Ensemble: London Concertante.
  • Alessandro Striggio

    Sanctus & Benedictus (Missa sopra Ecco si beato giorno)

    Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Hervé Niquet.
    • Striggio: Mass for 40 and 60 voices.
    • Glossa.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Shipping Forecast: III. Naming

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Orchestra: Orchestra Nova Ensemble. Conductor: George Vass.
    • McDowall: Shipping Forecast.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 14.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Mighty River

    Orchestra: Orchestra X. Conductor: Andrew Morley.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Mighty River (Live).
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 101.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Music Arranger: Timothy Walker. Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • An Orkney Wedding.
    • LINN.
    • 8.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E major RV 267a 'per Anna Maria'

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per una vita.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Performer: John Lenehan.
    • BIS.
  • Dani Howard

    Trombone concerto - 3rd mvt (Illumination)

    Performer: Peter Moore. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • Dani Howard: Orchestral Works.
    • Rubicon.
    • 4.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Nocturne in D flat major, Op 9 No.2, for piano left hand

    Performer: Nicholas McCarthy.
    • Solo.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor, K.626: 3. Sequentia: Confutatis maledictis

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Mozart: Requiem; Maurerische Trauermusik.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 7.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem in D minor, K.626 - 3. Sequentia: Lacrimosa

    Choir: ѿý Singers. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Mozart: Requiem; Maurerische Trauermusik.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 8.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 2 in D (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Brahms: Symphonies 1-4. Berliner Philharmoniker - Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Summa

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • 25 Years.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 14.
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon, Op 24 (Overture)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Kabalevsky: Piano concerto etc: Kathryn Stott/ѿý Philharmonic/Sinaisky.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Erroll Garner

    Misty

    Performer: Ben Paterson. Performer: David Wong. Performer: Kenny Washington. Singer: Samara Joy.
    • Linger Awhile.
    • Verve.
    • 5.
  • Gustav Holst

    Dance of Spirits of Fire (The Perfect Fool)

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Thu 24 Apr 2025 06:30