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Embrace the morning calm of classical music and birdsong

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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Thu 12 Mar 202606:30
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Music Played

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Seal Lullaby

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Eventide.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Franz Anton Hoffmeister

    Viola Concerto in B-Flat Major: II. Poco adagio

    Performer: Ashan Pillai. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood. Orchestra: The Gulbenkian Orchestra.
    • Hoffmeister: Works for Viola (Complete).
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 2.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance Op.11

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 7 in E-Flat Major, BWV 85

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • ECM.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.84 in E flat major H.1.84 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Bruno Weil.
    • Haydn: Paris Symphonies Nos. 82, 83 & 84: Tafelmusik/Weil.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Robert Schumann

    Traumerei (Kinderszenen, Op 15 No 7)

    Performer: Kenji Miura.
    • Schumann: Träumerei.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F Major, D. 803: I. Adagio - Allegro (Live)

    Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Rachel Roberts. Performer: Veronika Eberle. Performer: Sibylle Mahni. Performer: Dag Jensen. Performer: Jörg Widmann. Performer: Isabelle van Keulen. Performer: Yasunori Kawahara.
    • Schubert: Octet in F Major, D. 803 / Widmann: Octet in F Major.
    • Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Brahms: Symphony No 1 / Overture.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Johann Strauss

    Wiener Blut, Walzer, Op. 354

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Tugan Sokhiev.
    • Sommernachtskonzert 2025 / Summer Night Concert 2025.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.

  • Ernest Farrar

    Spring Morning (English Pastoral Impressions, Op.26)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Alasdair Mitchell.
    • Chandos.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder ohne Worte VI, Op. 67: II. Allegro leggiero

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Blue Hour – Weber, Brahms, Mendelssohn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 14.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La Donna e Mobile (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Juan Diego Flórez. Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.
    • Decca.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin concerto in E flat major, RV 253 (La Tempesta di mare)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Vivaldi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird (Finale)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Orfeo.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, B. 9, "The Bells of Zlonice": III. Allegretto

    Conductor: Ivan Anguélov. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 1-9 / Czech Suite.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 3.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550: 4th mvt - Allegro assai

    Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 (Live).
    • PENTATONE.
    • 104.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Spring (12 Songs Op.33)

    Singer: Lise Davidsen. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Live at the Met (Live at Metropolitan Opera, New York, 2023).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 17.

  • Juan García de Zéspedes

    Ay que me abraso

    Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Villancicos y danzas criollas 1550-1750: Hesperion XXI/Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 15.

  • Pyotr Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor Op.23 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Antonio Pappano & Friends.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 67.

  • Jocelyn Pook

    Wonderland

    Ensemble: Ambache Chamber Ensemble.
    • Seven Sisters : Chamber Music by British Women.
    • Ambache Recordings.

  • Scott Joplin

    The Entertainer

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Lang Lang at the Movies.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.

Broadcast

  • Thu 12 Mar 202606:30
    BBC Radio 3