Helen Ireland @troyvisitor.bsky.social
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Christian, music-lover, Classicist. Encephalitis has hurt my family.
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It’s feeling distinctly, um, let’s go with Advent-y at Broadcasting House this morning. @bbcradio3 Saturday Breakfast live at 6:30 with Bach, Dvorak, Brahms and Eric Whittaker all before 7. Great music, first brew of the day and the Saturday papers - best way to start the weekend.
November 29, 2025 at 6:32 AM
It’s feeling distinctly, um, let’s go with Advent-y at Broadcasting House this morning. @bbcradio3 Saturday Breakfast live at 6:30 with Bach, Dvorak, Brahms and Eric Whittaker all before 7. Great music, first brew of the day and the Saturday papers - best way to start the weekend.
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Welcome to Friday's Breakfast on BBCRadio3. I love this album cover - part of a huge project to record all 107 of Haydn's symphonies and just a taste from it coming later. And this morning's dawn chorus was a Güldenstädt's Redstart. All is good!
November 28, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Welcome to Friday's Breakfast on BBCRadio3. I love this album cover - part of a huge project to record all 107 of Haydn's symphonies and just a taste from it coming later. And this morning's dawn chorus was a Güldenstädt's Redstart. All is good!
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Morning! Back after a little social media break. And slightly worrying to see it was 16 degrees warmer this morning compared to yesterday. I was scraping ice off the car in -4 on Wednesday, today I'm in shorts and T-shirt. Breakfast on BBCRadio3 from 6.30-9.30. Happy Thursday!
November 27, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Morning! Back after a little social media break. And slightly worrying to see it was 16 degrees warmer this morning compared to yesterday. I was scraping ice off the car in -4 on Wednesday, today I'm in shorts and T-shirt. Breakfast on BBCRadio3 from 6.30-9.30. Happy Thursday!
Belated Good Morning Greetings to @tommckinney.bsky.social and Radio 3 listeners. Late surfacing this morning as I seem to have a cold, so music is especially welcome.
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Belated Good Morning Greetings to @tommckinney.bsky.social and Radio 3 listeners. Late surfacing this morning as I seem to have a cold, so music is especially welcome.
Good morning to @tom_mckinney and Radio3 Breakfasters. Clear and cold here. Looking forward to VW’s Serenade to Music later in the programme.
November 25, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Good morning to @tom_mckinney and Radio3 Breakfasters. Clear and cold here. Looking forward to VW’s Serenade to Music later in the programme.
Good morning to @tommckinney.bsky.social and Radio 3 Breakfasters. Wishing everyone a good week.
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Good morning to @tommckinney.bsky.social and Radio 3 Breakfasters. Wishing everyone a good week.
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Morning Saturday Breakfasters @bbcradio3! It’s been big coat weather this week, right? We’ve your St Cecilia’s Day Breakfast all lined up from 6:30
November 22, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Morning Saturday Breakfasters @bbcradio3! It’s been big coat weather this week, right? We’ve your St Cecilia’s Day Breakfast all lined up from 6:30
Good morning to @tommckinney.bsky.social and Radio 3 Breakfasters. Reluctant to emerge on a chilly day but at least it’s not snowing here.
November 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Good morning to @tommckinney.bsky.social and Radio 3 Breakfasters. Reluctant to emerge on a chilly day but at least it’s not snowing here.
Good morning to @tommckinney.bsky.social and Radio3 Breakfasters. Hope everyone’s keeping warm. I suspect several listeners haven’t emerged to start the day yet but the music’s good.
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Good morning to @tommckinney.bsky.social and Radio3 Breakfasters. Hope everyone’s keeping warm. I suspect several listeners haven’t emerged to start the day yet but the music’s good.
Good morning to @tommckinney.bsky.social and Radio 3 Breakfasters. Tom doesn’t seem to have posted anywhere yet this morning but, as long as the music keeps coming, that’s fine.
November 18, 2025 at 8:34 AM
Good morning to @tommckinney.bsky.social and Radio 3 Breakfasters. Tom doesn’t seem to have posted anywhere yet this morning but, as long as the music keeps coming, that’s fine.
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It's Mackerras 100 on BBCRadio3 today. The great Australian conductor Charles Mackerras born on this day in 1925. Breakfast is packed full of his recordings and we'll get to hear him in interviews as we plunder the BBC archives. 6.30-9.30.
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
It's Mackerras 100 on BBCRadio3 today. The great Australian conductor Charles Mackerras born on this day in 1925. Breakfast is packed full of his recordings and we'll get to hear him in interviews as we plunder the BBC archives. 6.30-9.30.
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Morning @bbcradio3 Breakfasters- happy Saturday! How are we all? What a week!Some of my highlights here but I’ve just the tonic for hectic times, an autumnal breeze blowing through the show this morning starting with Locatelli out on the hills. Some vintage Bach before 7 too. Kettle on!
November 15, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Morning @bbcradio3 Breakfasters- happy Saturday! How are we all? What a week!Some of my highlights here but I’ve just the tonic for hectic times, an autumnal breeze blowing through the show this morning starting with Locatelli out on the hills. Some vintage Bach before 7 too. Kettle on!
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Two great composers sharing a birthday today - Fanny Mendelssohn and Aaron Copland. Both in Friday's Breakfast on BBCRadio3. And the dawn chorus was a Fieldfare. Here with you till 9.30. Happy Friday!
November 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Two great composers sharing a birthday today - Fanny Mendelssohn and Aaron Copland. Both in Friday's Breakfast on BBCRadio3. And the dawn chorus was a Fieldfare. Here with you till 9.30. Happy Friday!
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A tragedy in two short scenes. Yesterday at Broadcasting House for Breakfast on BBCRadio3. Nobody wants an eclair at 6.30am. Back to today's Breakfast in Salford and a double helping of Bach, Gustav Mahler's Blumine and a new release of chamber music by Augusta Holmes.
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 AM
A tragedy in two short scenes. Yesterday at Broadcasting House for Breakfast on BBCRadio3. Nobody wants an eclair at 6.30am. Back to today's Breakfast in Salford and a double helping of Bach, Gustav Mahler's Blumine and a new release of chamber music by Augusta Holmes.
Good morning to @tom_mckinney and @BBCRadio3 Breakfasters. No menu today but music’s been good. It’s tanking down here - hope others are more fortunate.
November 12, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Good morning to @tom_mckinney and @BBCRadio3 Breakfasters. No menu today but music’s been good. It’s tanking down here - hope others are more fortunate.
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Music by the intriguing and overlooked Rita Strohl in Tuesday's Breakfast on bbcradio3. Bach Before 7 features the brilliant Belgian oboist Marcel Ponseele. Two of today's top string quartets - Chiaroroscuro and Dover. And the dawn chorus was a Shorelark recorded in Lapland.
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
Music by the intriguing and overlooked Rita Strohl in Tuesday's Breakfast on bbcradio3. Bach Before 7 features the brilliant Belgian oboist Marcel Ponseele. Two of today's top string quartets - Chiaroroscuro and Dover. And the dawn chorus was a Shorelark recorded in Lapland.
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Going to put it here now. Petroc Trelawny should be the new voice as commentator for national events. The right amount of gravitas and respect in all he does.
November 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Going to put it here now. Petroc Trelawny should be the new voice as commentator for national events. The right amount of gravitas and respect in all he does.
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16yo Hilary Hahn on her 1996 debut album for today's Bach Before 7 in BBCRadio3 Breakfast. It was a Black-faced Bunting in the dawn chorus and at 7.15 I'll be setting you Monday's brain teaser with the Morning Stretch. See you there 📻
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
16yo Hilary Hahn on her 1996 debut album for today's Bach Before 7 in BBCRadio3 Breakfast. It was a Black-faced Bunting in the dawn chorus and at 7.15 I'll be setting you Monday's brain teaser with the Morning Stretch. See you there 📻
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Good Morning! Saturday Breakfast @bbcradio3 is live with Mozart, Ravel, Coleridge-Taylor, and Bach before 7.
Come join us to start your weekend!
Come join us to start your weekend!
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Good Morning! Saturday Breakfast @bbcradio3 is live with Mozart, Ravel, Coleridge-Taylor, and Bach before 7.
Come join us to start your weekend!
Come join us to start your weekend!
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A few very distant Cranes through the heat haze from when we visited Slimbridge on the on BBCRadio3 Breakfast roadtrip. Today's dawn chorus started with Cranes on the plains of Spain. Elgar's Sospiri on the way shortly and a fantastic festival overture by Madeleine Dring. Yay!
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 AM
A few very distant Cranes through the heat haze from when we visited Slimbridge on the on BBCRadio3 Breakfast roadtrip. Today's dawn chorus started with Cranes on the plains of Spain. Elgar's Sospiri on the way shortly and a fantastic festival overture by Madeleine Dring. Yay!
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Love this painting of Joseph Bologne! Master swordsman & star violinist in Paris at the end of the 18th century. One of his violin concertos in Thursday's Breakfast on BBCRadio3. The dawn chorus was a Collared Forest-Falcon. & Bach Before 7 is a warning to watch out for the Devil!
November 6, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Love this painting of Joseph Bologne! Master swordsman & star violinist in Paris at the end of the 18th century. One of his violin concertos in Thursday's Breakfast on BBCRadio3. The dawn chorus was a Collared Forest-Falcon. & Bach Before 7 is a warning to watch out for the Devil!
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It’s Friday. It’s Halloween. It’s…. Really early. Who’s joining me for breakfast. Pull up a chair and let me know below what you’re enjoying
October 31, 2025 at 5:48 AM
It’s Friday. It’s Halloween. It’s…. Really early. Who’s joining me for breakfast. Pull up a chair and let me know below what you’re enjoying
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Little late today but who’s with me for breakfast.
October 30, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Little late today but who’s with me for breakfast.
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It’s almost time for breakfast on BBC radio 3. Who’s up before the sun like me. Music by Florence Price, Paul Dukas and Bach before 7 is a double violin concerto.
October 28, 2025 at 6:19 AM
It’s almost time for breakfast on BBC radio 3. Who’s up before the sun like me. Music by Florence Price, Paul Dukas and Bach before 7 is a double violin concerto.