Main content

Classical music to start the day

Petroc Trelawny presents Radio 3's award-winning classical breakfast show with the Friday poem and music that captures the mood of the morning.

Email your requests to 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk

19 days left to listen

3 hours

Last on

Fri 11 Oct 2024 06:30
大象传媒 Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

Your classical alarm call

Next

Start your weekend the Radio 3 way, with Saturday Breakfast

See all episodes from Breakfast

Music Played

  • William Herschel

    Symphony no.2 in D major

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Peter Warlock

    Sleep vers. for voice & piano

    Performer: David Willison. Singer: Benjamin Luxon.
    • Benjamin Luxon Sings Warlock Songs.
    • Chandos.
    • 19.

  • Robert Schumann

    Kind im Einschlummern (Kinderszenen, Op 15)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Schumann - Kinderszenen & Waldszenen; Janacek - On the overgrown path I..
    • HYPERION.
    • 31.

  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde, D.797 (Entr'acte in B flat major)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue a la Gigue, BWV577

    Music Arranger: Gustav Holst. Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer night's dream (Scherzo)

    Performer: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Performer: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.

  • Max Bruch

    Kol Nidrei, Op 47

    Performer: Jacqueline du Pr茅. Performer: Gerald Moore.
    • EMI.

  • Patrick Hadley

    Kinder Scout

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Molly Drake

    I Remember

    Singer: Molly Drake.
    • The Tide's Magnificence: Songs and Poems of Molly Drake.
    • Fledg'ling.
    • 8.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnop茅die No 1 in D major

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • Satie: Gymnopedies, Gnossiennes & Sports et Divertissements: Anne Queffelec.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in C Major, K. 648 "A Very Little Night Music" (excerpt)

    Performer: Leonhard Baumgartner. Performer: Margarita Pochebut. Performer: Svenja Dose. Performer: Oscar Jockel.
    • DG.

  • Arnold Bax

    Fagin's romp (Oliver Twist)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS CHAN.

  • Arnold Bax

    Oliver Twist - music from the film (Finale)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Sir Arnold Bax.
    • Chandos.
    • 029.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D major, K 436

    Performer: Christian Zacharias.
    • EMI.

  • Trad.

    Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child

    Performer: Lawrence Brown. Music Arranger: Lawrence Brown. Singer: Paul Robeson.
    • Future Noise Music.

  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 4

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Valse-caprice No 2 in D flat major, Op 38

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Hyperion.

  • Joby Talbot

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Suite: IX. The Flower Garden Part II

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • Talbot: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Fool's Paradise.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 109.

  • Paul Hindemith

    Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber (March)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.

  • Gustav Holst

    Venus, the Bringer of Peace (The Planets, Op. 32)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Orff: Carmina Burana - Holst: The Planets.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.

  • Yuri Shaporin

    Valse from 5 pieces for cello and piano op 25

    Performer: Laura van der Heijden. Performer: Petr Shimonov.
    • Champs Hill.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • 40: Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Helicon.
    • 6.

  • Trad.

    The Oak and the Ash

    Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • Watching the White Wheat - Folksongs of the British Isles.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Claude Debussy

    Preludes, Book 1: Le sons... Ce qu'a

    Performer: Anna Tsybuleva.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.5 in C minor, Op.67 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7: Wiener Philharmoniker, Kleiber.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Sonatensatz in B flat major, D28

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Augusta Holm猫s

    Roland furieux: Opening movement

    Performer: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Valentina Peleggi.

Broadcast

  • Fri 11 Oct 2024 06:30
    大象传媒 Radio 3

Five simple steps for morning mindfulness

Five simple steps for morning mindfulness

How listening to R3 Breakfast can reduce stress, aid mindfulness and cure morning breath.

A beginner鈥檚 guide to identifying birdsong, with Lucy Hodson

A beginner鈥檚 guide to identifying birdsong, with Lucy Hodson

An easy listening guide to identifying some of Britain's most familiar songbirds.