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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

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Harp Sonata: III. Perpetuum Mobile: Allegro gaiement

    Performer: Sarah Schuster Ericsson.
    • 20th Century Harp Sonatas.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 15.

  • Antonio Caldara

    Sonata Op. 2 No. 12: Ciaccona in B-Flat Major

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Nei giardini d'amore. Baroque arias for 2 alti.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 23.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Concerto in G Major, K.313/285c: II. Adagio ma non troppo

    Performer: Joséphine Olech. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Mozart: Violin Concerto No. 4 KV 218, Piano Concerto No. 6 KV 238 & Flute Concer.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 30: No. 6: "Venetian Gondola Song"

    Performer: Denis Kozhukhin.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces - Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068- Air

    Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Steven Mercurio.
    • Air: The Bach Album.
    • eOne.
    • 1.

  • Arthur Pryor

    The Whistler and His Dog

    Conductor: Ronald Corp. Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Ensemble: Jennifer Welch.
    • American Light Music Classics.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Antonello Manacorda.
    • Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Laurie Christman

    Rolling Fields

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Ziegler.
    • Navona.

  • Trad.

    Folk Songs from the Eastern Counties: The Lark in the Morning

    Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: William Vann.
    • ALBION RECORDS.

  • Fela Sowande

    African Suite (Akinla)

    Orchestra: CBC Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Bernardi.
    • CBC.

  • Emmy Schäfer Klein

    A Child's Dream / Songs Without Words No 5

    Composer: Leokadiya Kashperova. Performer: Alexandra Dariescu. Music Arranger: Graham Griffiths.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 46 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 2: Il filosofo.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Samuel Barber

    Violin Concerto, Op. 14: I. Allegro

    Performer: Stella Chen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • Beethoven & Barber: Violin Concertos.
    • Platoon.
    • 4.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Grande valse brillante in E-Flat Major, Op. 18

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia Plays Chopin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Josefine Amann-Weinlich

    Sirenen Lieder, Polka mazur, Op. 13

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

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade, Op 35 (The Young Prince and Princess)

    Performer: Maria Larionoff. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz. Orchestra: Seattle Symphony.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Trad.

    Ribers No. 8

    Music Arranger: Asbjorn Norgaard. Music Arranger: Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen. Music Arranger: Frederik Oland. Music Arranger: Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Wood Works.
    • Dacapo.
    • 5.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Ballet Suite No. 2: V. Spring's Waltz

    Orchestra: The Moscow Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Emin Khachaturian.
    • Shostakovich: Ballet Suites Nos. 1 & 2 - Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements.
    • Blaricum CD Company (B.C.D.) B.V..
    • 11.

  • Joe Hisaishi

    One Summer's Day (Spirited Away)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Joe Hisaishi.
    • Dream Songs: The Essential Joe Hisaishi.
    • Universal Music LLC.
    • 1.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Violin Sonata No. 5 in E Minor, C. 142: IV. Aria - Variations

    Ensemble: Brecon Baroque. Conductor: Rachel Podger.
    • Just Biber.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    The Crusaders (From the Middle Ages Op.79 - Finale)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 54: I. Allegro affettuoso

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Dvořák & Schumann: Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Suite española, Op. 47 - No. 3 Sevilla

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Mediterráneo.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite Suite de Concert, Op. 77: III. Un sonnet d'amour

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Vier Lieder für das Pianoforte, Op. 6: No. 2, Allegro vivace H. 356

    Performer: Olga Pashchenko.
    • Guess Who?.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 16.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dances, Series I, No. 6 in D Major, Sousedská. Allegretto scherzando

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Dvořák: Slavonic Dances.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 6.

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  • Tue 3 Feb 202606:30
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