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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 discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

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� the second in our selection of five pieces for the season of Advent.

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

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Cantata no.140)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • JS Bach: Cantatas 52: Bach Collegium Japan/Suzuki.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Abu Hassan (Overture)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • Weber: Overtures.
    • BIS.
    • 3.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Romance in F major Op.36

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Belle Epoque - French music for wind.
    • Chandos.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    Autumn in Warsaw (Studies - book 1)

    Ensemble: Danny Driver.
    • Hyperion.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    3 Symphonic Dances Op.45 (no.2)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Symphonic Dances.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 6.

  • Philip Wilby

    A Breathless Alleluia

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Performer: Philip Wilby. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • A Breathless Alleluia.
    • NAXOS.
    • 1.

  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Music Arranger: Evelyn Glennie. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ray Russell.
    • RCA.

  • Claude Debussy

    Violin Sonata in G minor

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Andrew Armstrong.
    • Onyx Classics ONYX 4159.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 1.

  • Anonymous

    Chacona ytaliana

    Ensemble: Piffaro, The Renaissance Band.
    • Spanish Renaissance Wind Music: Piffaro - the Renaissance Band.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 4.

  • Johanna M眉ller-Hermann

    Heroic Overture Op.21

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • 大象传媒 recording.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    So Deep

    Choir: The Elysian Singers. Director: Sam Laughton.
    • The Elysian Singers - Cantos Sagrados.
    • Signum.
    • 10.

  • Marin Marais

    Cloche ou Carillons

    Performer: Paolo Pandolfo. Performer: Mitzi Meyerson. Performer: Thomas C. Boysen.
    • The Labyrinth and other stories.
    • Glossa.
    • 03.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.
    • Schubert: Symphonies 1-8, Dialog & Epilog: Bamberger SO, Johnathan Nott.
    • Tudor.

  • Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin

    Etude no.10 [d'apres Chopin]

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Hamelin: Etudes, Con Intimissimo Sentimento, Cathy's Variations, Marc-Andre Hame.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Autumn; Petit adagio (The Seasons, Op.67)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Gloria (Missa Papae Marcelli)

    Director: Peter Phillips. Choir: Tallis Scholars.
    • Live in Rome: The Tallis Scholars.
    • Gimell.
    • 4.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    8 Studies Op.42 (no.5 in C sharp minor)

    Performer: Andrei Korobeinikov.
    • Mirare.

  • Vernon Duke

    Autumn in New York

    Singer: Billie Holiday. Performer: Oscar Peterson.
    • Intense Media GmbH.

  • Andrea Tarrodi

    Mad谩rdal - String Quartet no.2 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Dahlkvist Quartet.
    • Andrea Tarrodi: String Quartets.
    • db Productions.
    • 5.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Rondo capriccioso, Op.14

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Chandos.

  • Andrew Carter

    Toccata on Veni Emmanuel

    Performer: Kevin Bowyer.
    • Nimbus.

  • Michael Tippett

    Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Performer: Vesna Stankovic Moffatt. Performer: Marieke Blankestijn. Performer: William Conway. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Lachrymae: Music for Strings.
    • Warner Apex.
    • 4.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Quintet in F minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson. Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • Antoine Reicha

    Wind Quintet in B flat major, Op.100`6 (Minuet)

    Ensemble: Thalia Ensemble.
    • Linn.

  • Joachim Raff

    Macbeth - overture

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Tue 30 Nov 2021 09:00
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