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Brighten your day 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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Mon 18 May 2026 06:30
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Music Played

  • Alexander Scriabin

    2 Poèmes, Op. 32: No. 1 in F-Sharp Major. Andante cantabile

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Fantasia.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 17.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert waltz no.2 in F major Op.51

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Orfeo.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Trio in C Minor, BWV 585

    Performer: David Goode.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach: Complete Organ Works.
    • Signum Records.
    • 195.

  • Ronald Binge

    Elizabethan Serenade

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • Elizabethan Serenade.
    • Naxos.
    • 15.

  • Deborah Pritchard

    The light thereof

    Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Radiant Dawn.
    • Hyperion.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet no. 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Byol Kang. Performer: Anna Reszniak. Performer: Barbara Buntrock. Performer: Julian Steckel.
    • Avi Music.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo for Horn and Orchestra in E Flat Major, K. 371

    Performer: Martin Owen. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 112.

  • Hugo Alfvén

    Shepherd Girl's dance (The Mountain king)

    Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: James DePreist.
    • Orchestral Works: Malmo Symphony Orchestra / DePriest.
    • BIS.
    • 20.

  • Steve Reich

    Mallet Quartet: III. Fast

    Ensemble: Sō Percussion.
    • Reich : WTC 9/11, Mallet Quartet, Dance Patterns.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 6.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 III. Rondo: Vivace

    Performer: Maria João Pires. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • ONYX.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Clarinet Sonata in E flat major, Op 167 - 1st movement, Allegretto

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

  • Benjamin Britten

    Matinées musicales, Op 24 (Waltz)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Rossini/Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque: National Philharmonic Orch/Bonynge.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Les chemins de l'amour

    Singer: Felicity Lott. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Poulenc: Voyage a Paris: Felicity Lott/Graham Johnson.
    • Helios.
    • 30.

  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: II. Assez vif, très rythmé

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Ravel: String Quartet in F Major, M. 35: II. Assez vif, très rythmé.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Quartet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 26: III. Scherzo. Poco allegro - Trio

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman. Performer: Maria Nowak. Performer: Katarzyna Budnik. Performer: Yuya Okamoto.
    • Brahms: Piano Quartets Nos. 2 & 3.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No.3 in D major: II. Air

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • John Williams

    Superman (Main theme)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Rhino.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Barcarolle No. 2 in G Major, Op. 41

    Conductor: Kathryn Stott.
    • Fauré: The Complete Music for Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Suite for Strings, Op. 1A: V. Allegro molto (re-arrangement from String Quintet,

    Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • American and English Orchestral Music.
    • Claves Records.
    • 8.

  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Carmen Fantasy

    Composer: Georges Bizet. Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.
    • WARNER.

  • Richard Strauss

    At Sunset (Im Abendrot), from Four Last Songs

    Conductor: Neeme Järvi. Singer: Felicity Lott. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Strauss: Orchestral Songs, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 116.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No. 1 in D Major "Titan": II. Kräftig bewegt, doch nicht zu schnell

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 1.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Mon 18 May 2026 06:30
    BBC Radio 3