Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Kickstart your day with the best 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

To listen on most smart speakers, just say 'Ask BBC Sounds to play 3 Breakfast’.

3 hours

Last on

Wed 6 May 202606:30
BBC Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

The finest classical music to elevate your morning

Next

Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong

See all episodes from Radio 3 Breakfast

Music Played

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Lullabye for Lucy for chorus [1982]

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.20 no.4 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, OP. 20 Nos. 4--6.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Robert Schumann

    Traumerei (Kinderszenen, Op 15) arr. for guitar

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.
    • The Moon and the Forest.
    • Decca.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1042: II. Adagio

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Kahane.
    • J.S.Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).

  • Jean Sibelius

    Suite from "Pelléas et Mélisande", Op. 46: I. At the Castle Gate

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105, Suite from "King Christian II", Op.
    • Ondine.
    • 1.

  • Alice Mary Smith

    Andante

    Performer: Angela Malsbury. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies: Malsbury, LMP, Shelley.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.

  • Edward Elgar

    Harmony Music no.1

    Ensemble: Athena Ensemble.
    • Sir Edward Elgar - complete works for wind quintet.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 20 in D Minor, K. 466: II. Romanze

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart Momentum - 1785.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Christian Sinding

    The Rustle of spring Op.32 no.3

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Norwegian Classical Favourites: Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Engeset.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Der Gartner, Op.17 no .3

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Performer: Delyth Wynne. Performer: Anthony Halstead. Performer: Christian Rutherford. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Brahms: Choral Works.
    • Philips.
    • 21.

  • Peter Warlock

    Capriol Suite

    Orchestra: London Choral Sinfonia. Conductor: Michael Waldron.
    • Colourise.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 406.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christ, unser Herr, zum Jordan kam BWV 684

    Performer: James McVinnie.
    • Bach: Clavier-Übung III.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 7.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles for clarinet and piano, Op 23 (Nos 3 & 4)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet.
    • Chandos.
    • 6-8.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F Major, D 803: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace

    Ensemble: Scharoun Ensemble.
    • Schubert: Octet D 803.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Stanislaw Moniuszko

    Verbum Nobile (Overture)

    Orchestra: Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antoni Wit.
    • Moniuszko: Overtures.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Foxtrot (Suite for Jazz Band no.1)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rondo in G Minor, Op.94

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Sony.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major RV 537 for 2 trumpets (1st mvt)

    Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Performer: Reinhold Friedrich. Orchestra: I Musici.
    • Philips.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Preludio sinfonico

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Puccini: Orchestral Music.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Elsa Barraine

    Les tziganes

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.
    • Barraine: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 "Voïna", Song-Koï & Les Tziganes.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in E major, Wq 182 No 6

    Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. Director: Wolfram Christ.
    • C.P.E. Bach - Hamburger Sinfonien WQ.182.
    • Hanssler Classic.
    • 16-18.

  • Gustav Holst

    The Planets, Op 32 (4th mvt, 'Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity')

    Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Holst: The Planets – Bax: Tintagel.
    • LSO Live.
    • 4.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 18.

  • Ina Boyle

    The Joy of Earth

    Orchestrator: Roderick Williams. Singer: Roderick Williams. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder. Orchestra: Hallé.
    • The Joy of Earth (Orchestrated by Roderick Williams).
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 1.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Phyllis Tate

    Springtime at Kew (London Fields)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • LYRITA.

Broadcast

  • Wed 6 May 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3