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Wake up your senses 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

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Piano Trio in D major (4th mvt: Allegro)

    Ensemble: Joachim Trio.
    • Moeran: The 2 String Quartets; Fantasy-Quartet; Piano Trio.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 10.

  • Maria Bach

    Silhouetten (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Müssauer.
    • Frauentöne Vol. I.
    • Thorofon Records.
    • 4.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana: Intermezzo

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Domingo Hindoyan.
    • Verismo.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 4.

  • Camille Saint-Saëns

    Romance in F

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Saint-Saëns: Complete Concertos.
    • Berlin Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata No 34 (Aria)

    Singer: Annette Markert. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 21.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 28.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations on a theme by Haydn

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • DG.

  • Ennio Morricone

    Gabriel's Oboe (The Mission)

    Conductor: Ennio Morricone.
    • The Mission: Music From The Motion Picture.
    • EMI Marketing.
    • 3.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 6 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Thomas Adès.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies – Barry: Orchestral Works.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 402.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Pa - Pa - Pa (The Magic Flute)

    Conductor: René Jacobs. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Singer: Sunhae Im. Singer: Daniel Schmutzhard.
    • Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 13.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Autumn Serenade (6 Romantic Pieces)

    Performer: Roberto Prosseda. Performer: Alessandra Ammara.
    • Compositrices: New Light on French Romantic Women Composers.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 25.

  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Sonata No 3 in C (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Weimar Baroque.
    • Rondeau Production.

  • Julia Perry

    Prelude for Strings

    Music Arranger: Roger Zahab. Orchestra: The Experiential Orchestra. Conductor: James Blachly.
    • Prelude for Strings.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 1.

  • Édouard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21: V. Rondo. Allegro

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 - de Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

  • Richard Wagner

    Polonaise in D Major

    Performer: Pier Paolo Vincenzi. Performer: Federica Farrati.
    • Wagner: Complete Piano Music.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
    • 10.

  • Hans Christian Lumbye

    Copenhagen Steam Railway (Galop)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Neujahrskonzert 2026 / New Year's Concert 2026 / Concert du Nouvel An 2026.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)

    Singer: Jane Sheldon. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.
    • Elena Kats-Chernin - Wild Swans.
    • ABC.
    • 2.

  • Louis Spohr

    Clarinet Concerto No 1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Meyer. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • L. Spohr: The 4 Clarinet Concertos: Meyer/Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne.
    • ALPHA.
    • 3.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Lasst Mich Allein (Leave Me Alone)

    Performer: Jan Vogler. Performer: Helmut Deutsch.
    • Dvorak: Cello Concertos.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Gayaneh: Sabre Dance

    Orchestra: French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Ballets russes.
    • Parlophone (France).
    • 6.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major RV.433 'La tempesta di mare'

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Orchestra: Amsterdam Vivaldi Players.
    • Decca.

  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Performer: Alexander Peskanov.
    • Joplin: Piano Rags, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
    • 01.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    3 Minuetti, SC 61: No. 1

    Orchestrator: John Wilson. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Puccini: Orchestral Music.
    • Chandos Records Ltd.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Song of the Nativity.
    • CORO.
    • 1.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E-Flat (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Zaïde.
    • Invisible.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 2.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake

    Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Santtu‐Matias Rouvali.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Jean Françaix

    Musique pour faire plaisir

    Ensemble: Bläser Ensemble Mainz.
    • Musique pour faire plaisir - Jean Francaix.
    • Wergo.
    • 003.

  • André Messager

    Solo de concours

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Piers Lane.
    • The Virtuoso Clarinet.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 98 in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
    • Haydn: The London Symphonies: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 7.

  • Léo Delibes

    Cortege de Bacchus (Sylvia)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • SFS MEDIA.

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