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Breakfast with the best 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

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 270 "Il riposo per il Santissimo natale"

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Amy Beach

    Symphony in E minor 'Gaelic', Op.32 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn.
    • NAXOS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    'Moonlight' Sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Beethoven.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046 (3rd mvt.)

    Ensemble: Solomon's Knot.
    • J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, BWV 1046.2 (Live).
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 3.

  • Caroline Shaw

    ...and the Swallow

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • A Prayer for Deliverance.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 104.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Drosselmeyer's Presents)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in E flat major, D.929 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: 蘑菇短视频 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Trad.

    Veni, veni Emmanuel

    Music Arranger: Joshua Davis. Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Brass.
    • Frohe Weihnachten!.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 7.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 36 'Linz' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Mozart: Symphony No. 36 in C Major, K. 425: IV. Presto.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 1.

  • Bohuslav Martin暖

    Cello Sonata No 1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Vil茅m Vl膷ek. Performer: Denis Linnik.
    • The Complete Works for Cello and Piano.
    • Supraphon.
    • 1.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon 脿 10, S.137

    Performer: London Symphony Brass. Conductor: Eric Crees.
    • Gabrieli: Music for Brass Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Solveig's Song (from 'Peer Gynt Suite')

    Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Naxos.

  • Samuel Coleridge鈥怲aylor

    Christmas Overture (The Forest of Wild Thyme Op.74)

    Music Arranger: Sydney Baynes. Orchestra: 蘑菇短视频 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • The Night Before Christmas.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Philippe Gaubert

    Deux Esquisses: Orientale

    Performer: Elizaveta Ivanova. Performer: Sanja Bizjak.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Concerto in 7 parts no.3 in F major

    Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Scarlatti: 6 Concerti Grossi; Cello Sonatas.
    • Arts.
    • 8-12.

  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥� Philharmonie. Conductor: Josep Pons.
    • Ravel: Concerto en sol, Le Tombeau de Couperin & Alborada del gracioso.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Intermezzo (Manon Lescaut)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.

  • William Alwyn

    Jig (7 Irish Tunes for string quartet)

    Ensemble: Villiers Quartet.
    • Lyrita.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 5 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 101.

  • Adam Saunders

    Fairytale Sleighride

    Performer: 贬补濒濒茅. Conductor: Stephen Bell.
    • A Christmas Celebration.
    • 贬补濒濒茅.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.59 in A major H.1.59 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal.
    • ALPHA.
    • 05.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Phillips.

Broadcast

  • Mon 8 Dec 2025 06:30
    蘑菇短视频 Radio 3