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Rise and shine 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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Fri 22 May 2026 06:30
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Music Played

  • Edward Elgar

    Nursery Suite (Aubade)

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

  • Derek Bermel

    Gliding over Algiers (Murmurations)

    Orchestra: River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • INNOVA.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 14 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ádám Fischer.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Vol.4: Adam Fischer.
    • Dacapo.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Aria in F Major, BWV 587

    Performer: Benjamin Alard.
    • J.S. Bach: Complete Keyboard Edition, Vol. 3.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 201.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Juliette Hurel. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • WARNER.

  • John Adams

    Road Movies (I. Relaxed Groove)

    Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Performer: John Novacek.
    • NONESUCH.

  • Havergal Brian

    English Suite No 3 (1st mvt, Ancient Village)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Dutton Epoch.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano oncerto no.3 in C minor Op.37 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Malin Broman.
    • Beethoven/5 Vol. 5.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 2.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 9 'New World' Op. 95 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Signum Classics SIGCD515.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.

  • Charles‐Marie Widor

    Suite for Flute and Piano (4th mvt)

    Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • French Works for Flute.
    • Chandos.
    • 111.

  • Joly Braga Santos

    Symphony no.2 in B minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Álvaro Cassuto.
    • Joly Braga Santos: Symphony No.2.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 3.

  • Billy Mayerl

    Railroad Rhythm

    Performer: Piers Lane.
    • Piers Lane Goes to Town Again: Aspects of the Dance.
    • Hyperion.
    • 30.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Entree de la championne de tennis - Couplet avec Beau Gosse (Le Train Bleu Op.84)

    Orchestra: Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Reimer.
    • Hanssler.

  • Richard Rodgers

    South Pacific Overture

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Tunick.
    • South Pacific.
    • CBS.
    • 1.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata "Wir danken dir, Gott", BWV 29: No. 1, Sinfonia

    Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Baroque Treasures.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 17.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche (3rd mvt. Brazileira)

    Performer: Oleg Shebeta-Dragan. Conductor: Anna Skryleva. Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester.
    • Busoni, Françaix & Others: Clarinet Concertos.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 105.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata No. 35 in A-Flat Major, Hob. XVI:43: III. Rondo. Presto

    Performer: Leon McCawley.
    • Haydn: Piano Sonatas, Vol. 4.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 303.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No 2 in B Minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Borodin: Symphonies Nos. 1-3.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Eleanor Daley

    Grandmother Moon

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Radiant Dawn.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.

  • Arnold Bax

    Oboe Quintet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Marche miniature viennoise

    Performer: Lucienne Renaudin Vary. Conductor: Sascha Goetzel. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra.
    • The Trumpet Fairy.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music, Suite No 2 in D major, HWV349

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Georg Kallweit.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no 5 "Reformation" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Alpha.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Stracciami pure il core (Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali)

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Monteverdi: Il Terzo Libro de Madrigali.
    • Believe Recordings.

  • Elmer Bernstein

    The Magnificent Seven (Main theme)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.
    • Epics.
    • Telarc.
    • 14.

Broadcast

  • Fri 22 May 2026 06:30
    BBC Radio 3