Breakfast

Supporting Content

• Radio 3 Carol Competition 2021

  And the winner is...

  

• Capturing Twilight: your photographs

  Beautiful pictures of dawn and dusk from around the UK.

  

• How can you write a Christmas song in a heatwave?

  How some of our favourite festive music was created in surprising circumstances.

  

• A beginner’s guide to identifying birdsong, with Lucy Hodson

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

  

• Postcards from Composers

  New 30-second works for solo instrumentalists by UK-based composers.

  

• How to write a Christmas number one

  Gospel and classical music experts reveal the secrets to writing a catchy Christmas tune.

  

• Five simple steps for morning mindfulness

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

  

• Contact Breakfast

  Get in touch to let us know about the music you want to hear on Radio 3 Breakfast.

  

• Wake up your brain cells with our morning music quiz

  How many of these rousing music questions can you answer?

  

• Sounds of the Earth

  In this Weekend Breakfast feature, we hear the natural world in its many guises.

  

• Listener recordings

  Sometimes Breakfast may use listener recordings. Click here for terms and conditions.

  

• Chilled – five great Russian winter pieces you’ve mostly never heard of …

  The BBC's Steve Rosenberg (a handy pianist) chips the ice off favourite classical scores.

  

• Kiri's 20 Favourite Voices

  Drawing from her amazing singing career Dame Kiri selects her 20 favourite voices.

  

• Breakfast

  Petroc Trelawny, Hannah French and Kate Molleson wake up the UK with all you need to start your day at 6.30am every weekday, while Martin Handley and Elizabeth Alker ease you into the weekend on Saturday and Sunday from 7.00am.

  You'll hear all kinds of classical music, from well-known favourites to occasional surprises, the latest BBC News, musical anniversaries and cultural reflections, and we'll keep you up to date with events in your area with our regular round-up of amateur concerts.

  To tell us about the music that you want to wake up to, e-mail us at 3breakfast@bbc.co.uk, write to BBC Radio 3 Breakfast, Broadcasting House, London W1A 1AA or get in touch via the Radio 3 Facebook page.

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