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Wake up 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

  • Edward Elgar

    Nursery Suite (Aubade)

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

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Papae Marcelli - Agnus Dei 1 & 2

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli: V. Agnus Dei: a. Agnus Dei I.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Chloë Hanslip. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Mann.
    • Chloe.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major BWV.1050 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 6.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E major, RV.269 "La Primavera"

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák

    Poetic Tone Pictures, Op 85 (No 9 Tittle-Tattle)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • DvorĂĄk: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The 49th Parallel (Prelude. Opening Titles)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in C major, H.15.27 (1st mvt)

    Performer: The Florestan Trio.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios, Vol.1: The Florestan Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66/66a: Act 1, No. 8, Adagio - Pas d'Action

    Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66/66a: Act 1, No. 8, Adagio – Pas d’Action (Arr. for O.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Mel Bonis

    Prelude Op.10

    Performer: Rosie Bennet.
    • Sony.

  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23

    Performer: CĂ©cile Ousset.
    • CĂ©cile Ousset Plays Chopin, Liszt, Rachmaninov.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 38.

  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue (excerpt)

    Music Arranger: Johan van der Linden. Ensemble: Maat Saxophone Quartet.

  • Leos Janáček

    Moon Waltz (The Excursions of Mr Broucek - Suite)

    Music Arranger: Jaroslav Smolka. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • Janacek: The Eternal Gospel; The Excursions of Mr Broucek.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Chaconne (Phaeton, Act 2)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Lully : Les ComĂ©dies-ballets & PhaĂ«ton [Highlights] - Apex.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 21.

  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Act 1 Prelude)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Wagner: Overtures and Preludes: Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Barenboim.
    • Teldec.
    • 3.

  • Florence Price

    Rainbow Waltz (Arr. for Orchestra by Wolfgang Dörner)

    Music Arranger: Wolfgang Doerner. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Yannick NĂ©zet‐SĂ©guin.
    • Neujahrskonzert 2026 / New Year's Concert 2026 / Concert du Nouvel An 2026.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Long Road

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • EĆĄenvalds: Passion & Resurrection & Other Choral Music.
    • Hyperion.
    • 009.

  • Pietro Locatelli

    Introduttione teatrale in B-flat major, Op.4 No.3

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Naive.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Kullervo Goes to War (Kullervo, Op.7)

    Conductor: Hannu Lintu. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Sibelius and the Kalevala.
    • Ondine.
    • 113.

  • Max Richter & Hugh Brunt

    Of the undiscovered country (From The Original Motion Picture "Hamnet")

    • Of the undiscovered country (From The Original Motion Picture \"Hamnet\").
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27, 4th movement

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

  • Franz Schubert

    Heidenröslein, Op. 3-3, D 257

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • An die Musik.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Coleridge-Taylor: Nonet, Op. 2: IV. Finale (Allegro vivace)

    Ensemble: Chineke! Chamber Ensemble.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Arthur Sullivan

    H.M.S. Pinafore (Overture)

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore.
    • Telarc.
    • 1.

  • Trad.

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Performer: Barry Douglas.
    • Chandos.

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