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Start the day on the right note 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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Wed 20 May 202606:30
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Music Played

  • Alexander Glazunov

    5 Novelettes Op.15 (Valse)

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Teldec.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.25 in C major K.503 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 24 & 25, Uchida, English Chamber Orchestra, Tate.
    • Philips.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op. 29, No. 2

    Choir: Windsbacher Knabenchor. Conductor: Martin Lehmann.
    • Water & Spirit.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Concerto No 4

    Performer: Joseph Kelemen.
    • J.S. Bach: Famous Organ Works.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 4.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Lyric Pieces, Op. 65: No. 6, Wedding Day in Troldhaugen

    Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Performer: Christoph Traxler.
    • Nielsen - Grieg.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 15.

  • Joseph Bologne

    Violin Concerto in G major, Op. 8: 1st mvt

    Performer: Romuald Grimbert-Barré. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Cannes. Conductor: Benjamin Levy.
    • APARTE.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in E minor Op.72 no.2

    Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.

  • Agnes Tyrrell

    8 Choruses, Op. 7: No. 1, Vorüber

    Lyricist: Franz Emanuel August Geibel. Choir: Gewandhauschor Leipzig. Conductor: Gregor Meyer.
    • Tyrrell: Choral Music & Piano Works.
    • CPO.
    • 108.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No 2 in G minor Op 22 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Louis Schwizgebel. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabien Gabel.
    • Saint-Saens: Piano Concertos 2 & 5.
    • APARTÉ.
    • 2.

  • Vicente Lusitano

    Sancta Maria

    Ensemble: The Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • Vicente Lusitano: Motets.
    • Linn Records.
    • 8.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne

    Performer: Olivier Latry.
    • Voyages.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • Max Bruch

    Die Loreley Op.16 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Treviño.
    • Bruch: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 & Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 401.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Piano Trio in D Major: III. Allegro vivace

    Ensemble: Fidelio Trio.
    • Ernest Moeran: Chamber Music.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 10.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 3, "Eroica" (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Elizabeth Poston

    Trio for Flute, Clarinet and Harp: IV. Vivace scherzando

    Ensemble: Korros Ensemble.
    • Elizabeth Poston: TRIO for Flute, Clarinet and Harp.
    • Convivium Records.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse lyrique Op.96 no.1

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Sibelius: Violin concerto, Karelia Suite, The Swan of Tuonela and other works.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 8.

  • Robert Schumann

    Kinderszenen, Op.15: Mvts 1-6

    Performer: Arcadi Volodos.

  • Edward Elgar

    March (The Wand of Youth Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites No.1 & 2: New Zealand SO/Judd.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian folk dances Sz.68

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Catrin Finch

    13

    Performer: Catrin Finch.
    • Notes To Self.
    • bendigedig.
    • 1.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Serenade in D (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Odaline de la Martínez.
    • Chandos.

  • Leó Weiner

    2 Hungarian Dances: Busulo Juhasz

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Encores.
    • Decca (UMO).

  • Leó Weiner

    Barn Dance (2 Hungarian Dances for clarinet and piano)

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Emma Johnson - Encores.
    • ASV.
    • 20.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Lark Ascending

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Franz Schubert

    Winterreise D911: XI. Frühlingstraum

    Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Benjamin Appl.
    • Schubert: Winterreise.
    • Alpha.
    • 11.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Quartet no.2 in E flat major Op.26 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Hermès.
    • Echoes of Vienna.
    • La Dolce Volta.
    • 7.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Rag-Mazurka (Les Biches - suite)

    Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Poulenc: Les biches Suite, Les animaux modèles Suite & Sinfonietta.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Wed 20 May 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3