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Rise and shine 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

  • Henriëtte Bosmans

    Second Concerto for Cello and Orchestra: II. Scherzo

    Performer: Gemma Rosefield. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: George Vass.
    • Henriëtte Bosmans: Concertos.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 5.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Trio in A Minor, Op. 114: III. Andantino grazioso

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Brahms: Trio Op. 114. Robert & Clara Schumann: Romances.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 13.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 2, Op. 52, "Lobgesang": I. Sinfonia: III. Adagio religioso

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 11.

  • Florence Price

    Waltz of the Spring Maid

    Performer: Claire Huangci.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No. 3 in C Major, BWV 1009 (Arr. for Tuscan Mandola by Alon Sariel):

    Performer: Alon Sariel.
    • Plucked Bach III.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    3 Romances sans paroles, Op. 17: No. 3 in A-Flat Major. Andante moderato

    Performer: Alexandra Whittingham. Performer: Margarita Balanas.
    • Letters from Paris (Deluxe Version).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Rigaudon (Holberg suite, Op.40)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg Holberg Suite.
    • BIS.
    • 005.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    Missa Congratulamini Mihi: VI. Agnus Dei I & II

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Choir: The Sixteen.
    • Flight of Angels.
    • CORO.
    • 12.

  • Mikis Theodorakis

    Margarita, Daughter of May

    Performer: Danae Dörken.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op- 67: II. Andante con moto

    Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Ben-Haim: Psalm - Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 - Ravel: La Valse.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 No. 2: I. Moderato

    Ensemble: Isidore String Quartet.
    • Adorations.
    • Delos.
    • 1.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Espana

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Escales.
    • Chandos.
    • 01.

  • Johann Ludwig Krebs

    Lute Concerto in F Major; Krebs-WV 203: III. Allegro assai

    Performer: Evangelina Mascardi. Ensemble: Estrovagante Ensemble. Conductor: Riccardo Doni.
    • Beyond Vivaldi: Lute Concertos.
    • Arcana.
    • 3.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Spiritual Suite: II. The Bells

    Performer: Michelle Cann.
    • Revival.
    • Curtis Studio.
    • 08.

  • George Fenton

    Frozen Planet (Seal Ballet / Arrival of the Humpbacks)

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: George Fenton.
    • Frozen Planet (Soundtrack from the TV Series).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 16.

  • George Fenton

    Surfing Penguins

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: George Fenton.
    • Frozen Planet (Soundtrack from the TV Series).
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 4.

  • Gustav Holst

    Mercury, the Winged Messenger (The Planets)

    Orchestra: National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Holst - The Planets / Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.

  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Andante espressivo from 3 Intermezzi Op.13

    Performer: Oleg Shebeta-Dragan. Performer: Dominic Degavino.

  • Josef Strauss

    Frauenwürde, Walzer, Op. 277

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Neujahrskonzert 2026 / New Year's Concert 2026 / Concert du Nouvel An 2026.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Roman Hoffstetter

    String Quartet in F major Op.3`5 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Director: Robert Salter.
    • Pachelbel/Vivaldi/Handel/Haydn: Strings: Guildhall String Ensemble.
    • RCA.
    • 7.

  • Ernesto Lecuona

    En tres por cuatro

    Performer: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Lecuona: Clara Rodriguez - Piano.
    • Meridian Records.
    • 3.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Five Variants of Dives and Lazarus

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Vaughan Williams: Orchestral works.
    • PM Classics Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire orch. composer [orig. pf]

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Tu es petrus

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • The World of Kings, Vol. 2.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 2 in E-Flat major

    Performer: Tim Jones. Conductor: Jaime Martín. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Wind Concertos.
    • LSO Live.
    • 1.

  • Enrique Granados

    12 Danzas españolas, Op. 37: No. 5, Andaluza (Playera)

    Composer: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Raphaël Feuillâtre. Performer: María Dueñas.
    • Spanish Serenades.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in B major, Op 72 No 1

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Doráti.
    • Dvorak: Slavonic Dances etc.: RPO/Detroit SO/Dorati.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Franz Berwald

    Septet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.
    • Beethoven and Berwald: Septets.
    • BIS.
    • 203.

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  • Wed 29 Apr 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3