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Launch the day with classical music

Linton Stephens presents Radio 3’s Breakfast show live from Salford. With birdsong, Bach Before 7 and the best in classical music. You can the show by emailing 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

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Fri 30 May 2025 06:30
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Music Played

  • Manning Sherwin

    A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster. Music Arranger: Tom Poster.
    • The Jukebox Album.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 11.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (Pas d'action)

    Performer: Ida Haendel. Performer: Douglas Cummings. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052: I. Allegro

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Bach: Keyboard Concerto No. 5, BWV 1056: II. Largo.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Seid umschlungen, Millionen!,Walzer, Op. 443

    Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Johann Strauss in Berlin.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Leroy Shield

    Bells / Drunk / Rocking Chair

    Performer: Alessandro Simonetto.
    • Aevea.

  • Scott Joplin

    The Entertainer

    Performer: Alessandro Simonetto.
    • OnClassical.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Scenes historiques - suite no.1 Op.25 (Festivo)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson.
    • Jean Sibelius: Scenes Historiques I & II, Rakastava, Valse Lyrique.
    • Chandos.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Five O'Clock Foxtrot (L'enfant et les sortilèges)

    Orchestrator: Christopher Palmer. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Ravel: Orchestral Works - volume 2: Philharmonia, Geoffrey Simon.
    • Cala.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Keyboard Suite, HWV 427 in F major

    Performer: Lisa Smirnova.
    • ECM.

  • Traditional Irish

    Aililiú Na Gamhna - Calling Home the Calves

    Singer: Iarla Ó Lionáird.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dances Nos. 6, 7 & 5

    Orchestrator: Thomas Dausgaard. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Oboe Concerto in F Minor, TWV 51:f1

    Conductor: Trevor Pinnock. Orchestra: Pinnock's Players.
    • Baroque Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.

  • William Grant Still

    Mother and Child (Suite for violin and piano)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Estrellita.
    • BIS.
    • 13.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.7 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Holly Mathieson.
    • Romance.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dances

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Conductor: Natalia Luis-Bassa. Orchestra: Benedetti Foundation Orchestra.
    • Romanian Folk Dances.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Tarantelle Op.6

    Performer: Susan Milan. Performer: James Campbell. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Saint-Saëns: Africa.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 8.

  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants

    Orchestra: Orchestre de l'Opera Bastille. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • DG.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87: No. 13 in F-Sharp Major

    • Dmitri Shostakovich: 24 Preludes & Fugues, Op. 87.
    • ECM New Series.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Romeo and Juliet - fantasy overture

    Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • ALPHA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations; Aria and Variation 1

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.

  • Harold Arlen

    Somewhere Over the Rainbow

    Performer: Keith Jarrett.
    • ECM.

Broadcast

  • Fri 30 May 2025 06:30
    BBC Radio 3