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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

0915 Playlist starter 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1030 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we focus on five pieces for Advent.

1130 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Last on

Mon 29 Nov 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Mazurka (Dmitri the Pretender and Vasily Shuisky)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • BIS.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Celtic Hymn [Northern Skies]

    Performer: Henri Demarquette. Performer: Scott Graham.
    • Northern Skies.
    • Deux Elles.
    • 07.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Serenata in E flat major

    Ensemble: Ensemble Explorations. Conductor: Roel Dieltiens.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Ravel: Tzigane, Shehrazade, La Valse U.A..
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 1.
  • George Enescu

    Piano Trio no.1 in G minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Amatis Piano Trio.
    • Enescu, Ravel, Britten.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 2.
  • Anthony Holborne

    The Honie-suckle; The Fairie-round

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Music for Viols.
    • Virgo.
    • 13-14.
  • Arthur Wills

    The Fenlands (City of Ely)

    Performer: Arthur Wills. Ensemble: Cambridge Co-operative Band. Conductor: David Read.
    • Music for Organ and Brass.
    • HELIOS.
    • 23.
  • Andr茅 Previn

    Vocalise

    Singer: Sylvia McNair. Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • Andre Previn An 80th Birthday Celebration.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 11.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Keyboard Concerto in G major Wq.43`5

    Performer: Sebastian Knauer. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
  • Rudy Wiedoeft

    Valse Vanite

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Zeynep 脰zsuca.
    • Decca.
  • Fredrik Sj枚lin

    Naja's Waltz

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Juditha Triumphans RV.645 (Matrona inimica)

    Singer: Elly Ameling. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Vittorio Negri.
    • Philips.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    My Homeland Op.62

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Dvorak: Czech Suite/American Suite Overtures: Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.
  • Erik Satie

    Avant-dernieres pensees (Aubade a Paul Dukas)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Picasso and Music.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 205.
  • Stephen Sondheim

    Send in the Clowns

    Performer: Ruthie Henshall.
    • I've Loved These Days.
    • Three Pin Productions.
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Vesti la giubba (I pagliacci)

    Singer: Roberto Alagna. Orchestra: The London Orchestra. Conductor: Yvan Cassar.
    • Roberto Alagna: My Life is an Opera.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.
  • Paul McCartney

    The Fool on the Hill

    Music Arranger: Leo Brouwer. Performer: John Williams.
    • CBS Masterworks.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Les filles de Cadix

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Eivind Aadland.
    • Storyteller: Tine Thing Helseth.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Serenade in D (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • Chandos.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Viola Concerto in G major, TWV 51:G9

    Performer: Nils M枚nkemeyer. Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Sony.
  • Herbert Howells

    3 Carol-anthems (A spotless rose)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Singer: Michael John McCarthy. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Once as I remember....
    • PHILIPS.
    • 13.
  • Franz Liszt

    Soirees de Vienne S.427(no.6 in A minor)

    Performer: Dominic Cheli.
    • Liszt: Schubert Transcriptions.
    • Naxos.
    • 301.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances (Nos 2-6)

    Music Arranger: Jonas Dominique. Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Martin Frost: Roots.
    • Sony.
    • 10-14.
  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Fried- und Freudenreiche Hinfahrt BuxWV.76 (Klaglied)

    Composer: David Gordon. Performer: David Le Page. Performer: David Gordon. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: Daniele Rosina.
    • Labyrinths.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 401.
  • Hilary Kleinig

    Great White Bird

    Ensemble: Zephyr Quartet.
    • Navona Records.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Danse pa茂enne Op.158

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Peter Jablonski.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg

    Violin Concertino Op.42

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Kremerata Baltica.
    • ECM.

Broadcast

  • Mon 29 Nov 2021 09:00

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