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Tom McKinney

@tom_mckinney

Breakfast @BBCRadio3. Weekdays from 6.30am. I'm here for birds, music & beautiful places.

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Huge congratulations to the brilliant Danish String Quartet, at one time BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, last night awarded the Léonie Sonning Léonie Sonning Music Foundation Prize. Great stuff! You can hear them in Friday's Breakfast along with a dawn chorus from the world's smallest songbird

Huge congratulations to the brilliant Danish String Quartet, at one time <a href="/BBCRadio3/">BBC Radio 3</a> New Generation Artists, last night awarded the Léonie Sonning <a href="/sonningmusic/">Léonie Sonning Music Foundation</a> Prize. Great stuff! You can hear them in Friday's Breakfast along with a dawn chorus from the world's smallest songbird
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A new week of Breakfast BBC Radio 3. And there's two recent albums - Ruth Gipps' brilliant 5th Symphony and Chopin from always amazing Benjamin Grosvenor. Plus Elin Manahan Thomas singing Monteverdi, Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty and the dawn chorus was a Whinchat

A new week of Breakfast <a href="/BBCRadio3/">BBC Radio 3</a>. And there's two recent albums - Ruth Gipps' brilliant 5th Symphony and Chopin from always amazing Benjamin Grosvenor. Plus Elin Manahan Thomas singing Monteverdi, Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty and the dawn chorus was a Whinchat
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It was a Snow Bunting for the dawn chorus in Breakfast @bbcradio3. Here's one papped by my daughter Nancy. With you till 9.30 with Edward Elgar's String Quartet, Gabriel Faure's Requiem, chamber music by Florence Price, Cornish landmarks in a piece by Judith Bailey & plenty more!

It was a Snow Bunting for the dawn chorus in Breakfast @bbcradio3. Here's one papped by my daughter Nancy. With you till 9.30 with Edward Elgar's String Quartet, Gabriel Faure's Requiem, chamber music by Florence Price, Cornish landmarks in a piece by Judith Bailey &amp; plenty more!
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The Manchester Ship Canal's looking particularly fine today! Breakfast on @bbcradio3 till 9.30. It was a Linnet in the dawn chorus, there's the spellbinding voice of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson in Bach Before 7 & brand new Shostakovich - a new recording of recently discovered pieces

The Manchester Ship Canal's looking particularly fine today! Breakfast on @bbcradio3 till 9.30. It was a Linnet in the dawn chorus, there's the spellbinding voice of Lorraine Hunt Lieberson in Bach Before 7 &amp; brand new Shostakovich - a new recording of recently discovered pieces
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Good morning! Breakfast on BBC Radio 3 started with an Olive Tree Warbler. On the way - Chineke Orchestra in music by Coleridge-Taylor, there's Haydn from the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and brilliant recordings with Europa Galante & Royal Scottish National Orchestra ☕️🍳🥐

Good morning! Breakfast on <a href="/BBCRadio3/">BBC Radio 3</a> started with an Olive Tree Warbler. On the way - Chineke Orchestra in music by Coleridge-Taylor, there's Haydn from the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and brilliant recordings with Europa Galante &amp; Royal Scottish National Orchestra  ☕️🍳🥐
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Friday's Breakfast BBC Radio 3 is live! It started with an Ancient Murrelet in Alaska for the dawn chorus. Bach Before 7 is a recording from legendary organist Helmut Walcha, there's a new album of Jessica Curry's music, Tchaikovsky's Souvenir of Florence & Mozart's Paris Symphony

Friday's Breakfast <a href="/BBCRadio3/">BBC Radio 3</a> is live! It started with an Ancient Murrelet in Alaska for the dawn chorus. Bach Before 7 is a recording from legendary organist Helmut Walcha, there's a new album of Jessica Curry's music, Tchaikovsky's Souvenir of Florence &amp; Mozart's Paris Symphony
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We're live from 6.30 with Monday's Breakfast BBC Radio 3. Daniel Barenboim playing a pocket-sized piano sonata by Beethoven, Vivaldi with violinist Nicola Benedetti, and new albums from tenor Haitham Haidar & Orchestra of the Swan. And the dawn chorus is a Great Northern Diver

We're live from 6.30 with Monday's Breakfast <a href="/BBCRadio3/">BBC Radio 3</a>. Daniel Barenboim playing a pocket-sized piano sonata by Beethoven, Vivaldi with violinist Nicola Benedetti, and new albums from tenor Haitham Haidar &amp; Orchestra of the Swan. And the dawn chorus is a Great Northern Diver
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Nature's poetry unfolds. Discover our new film series showcasing the South West's stunning landscapes. Through poetry and film, see how our Protected Site Strategies and University of Exeter's RENEW project are working to help biodiversity flourish. Link to full video in thread.

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A Goldfinch for Tuesday's dawn chorus in Breakfast @bbcradio3. Hieronymous Bosch painted them the best! It's the great Trevor Pinnock on harpsichord for Bach Before 7, pianist Cecile Ousset playing Poulenc's Piano Concerto & a best-selling album of early music from the 1990s

A Goldfinch for Tuesday's dawn chorus in Breakfast @bbcradio3. Hieronymous Bosch painted them the best! It's the great Trevor Pinnock on harpsichord for Bach Before 7, pianist Cecile Ousset playing Poulenc's Piano Concerto &amp; a best-selling album of early music from the 1990s
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give yourself a richly satisfying two-and-a-half minutes and transport yourself to Kynance Cove on the Lizard Peninsula. A treat for the eyes - and great to see a hungry chough getting lunch. One for Tom McKinney @bbcradio3

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In Breakfast @bbcradio3 we'll be celebrating the immense legacy of a musical giant - Alfred Brendel. Recordings throughout the morning, including his final tour in 2008.

In Breakfast @bbcradio3 we'll be celebrating the immense legacy of a musical giant - Alfred Brendel. Recordings throughout the morning, including his final tour in 2008.
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At 1pm today, in a change to our advertised programming, BBC Radio 3 broadcasts one of Alfred Brendel’s final recitals — recorded at Snape Maltings in 2008, and linking four of the composers closest to him across his six-decade career: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

At 1pm today, in a change to our advertised programming, <a href="/BBCRadio3/">BBC Radio 3</a> broadcasts one of Alfred Brendel’s final recitals — recorded at <a href="/SnapeMaltings/">Snape Maltings</a> in 2008, and linking four of the composers closest to him across his six-decade career: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
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Good morning from Salford Quays! Britain's commonest bird, a Wren, for the dawn chorus in Breakfast @bbcradio3. BB7 is from the St John Passion, some brilliant Estonian Dances by Eduard Tubin, 1st Symphony by Ruth Gipps from a recent release and Wynton Marsalis in 1984.

Good morning from Salford Quays! Britain's commonest bird, a Wren, for the dawn chorus in Breakfast @bbcradio3. BB7 is from the St John Passion, some brilliant Estonian Dances by Eduard Tubin, 1st Symphony by Ruth Gipps from a recent release and Wynton Marsalis in 1984.
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🎶 Exciting News! 🎶 Today NCEM, BBC Radio 3 & @RCMLondonannounced Bellot Ensemble as the 2025-27 #NewGenerationBaroqueEnsemble. Specialising in 17th century repertoire, they will receive expert advice, mentoring, plus performances, recording opportunities & BBC Radio 3 broadcasts

🎶 Exciting News! 🎶
Today NCEM, <a href="/BBCRadio3/">BBC Radio 3</a> &amp; @RCMLondonannounced <a href="/BellotEnsemble/">Bellot Ensemble</a> as the 2025-27 #NewGenerationBaroqueEnsemble. Specialising in 17th century repertoire, they will receive expert advice, mentoring, plus performances, recording opportunities &amp; BBC Radio 3 broadcasts
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Already really warm at 5.30am. The Salford sunflowers are loving it. Breakfast BBC Radio 3 is live till 9.30. The dawn chorus was an Eastern Meadowlark in the US of A, Bach Before 7 is from his 1st Orchestral Suite, and there's a hot wind blowing in a song by Monteverdi. 🌻🌻🌻

Already really warm at 5.30am. The Salford sunflowers are loving it. Breakfast <a href="/BBCRadio3/">BBC Radio 3</a> is live till 9.30. The dawn chorus was an Eastern Meadowlark in the US of A, Bach Before 7 is from his 1st Orchestral Suite, and there's a hot wind blowing in a song by Monteverdi. 🌻🌻🌻