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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of 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 another great piece of music written for a theatre production.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 8 Dec 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water music suite in D major HWV.350 (Trumpet minuet)

    Performer: Simon Standage. Performer: Elizabeth Wilcock. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Handel: Water Music: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 19.
  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Souvenirs d'Andalousie Op.22

    Performer: Alan Marks.
    • 'The Lady Fainted'.
    • Nimbus.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance in G major

    Performer: Thomas Zehetmair. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen.
    • Beethoven: Violin Concerto/Romances: Zehetmair/Bruggen.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite, Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Kodaly: "Hary Janos" Suite: Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 15.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in E flat major D.929 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Schubert Piano Trios.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 204.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Now May We Singen

    Performer: ORA. Performer: Suzi Digby.
    • Advent Calendar.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 118.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Victoria and Merrie England (Scene 1)

    Orchestra: RT脡 Sinfonietta. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Sullivan: Victoria and Merrie England.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major, BWV.1050 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Children's Christmas Song (Folk Songs of the Four Seasons)

    Choir: City of London Choir. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • In Terra Pax: A Christmas Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 14.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Tranquil Interlude

    Performer: Nicola Sweeney. Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 2001.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Marietta's Lute Song (Die tote Stadt)

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Renee Fleming - By Request.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • William Walton

    Symphony No.1 in B flat minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Sir Colin Davis Anthology.
    • Lso Live.
    • 14.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Wedding of Kije (Lieutenant Kije Suite Op.60)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Prokofiev: 7 Symphonies/Lietenant Kije: Berliner Philharmopniker/Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Je suis sur mon b芒ton (Renard)

    Music Arranger: James Conlon. Ensemble: Solistes de l'Orchestre de l'Op茅ra National de Paris. Conductor: James Conlon.
    • Stravinsky: Le Rossignol [Opera Series].
    • Warner Classics.
    • 119.
  • Ferenc Farkas

    Ugros (Ancient Hungarian Dances)

    Performer: Janna Huneke. Performer: Sarah Devonald. Performer: Mark Lacey. Performer: Tim Swanwick. Performer: Alec Forshaw.
    • Harmoniemusik.
    • The Classical Recording Company.
    • 22.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Hm! hm! hm! hm! (The Magic Flute)

    Singer: Nicolai Gedda. Singer: Walter Berry. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Otto Klemperer.
    • Mozart: Die Zauberflote.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 106.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture in E minor, Op.23

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • Louise Farrenc: Symphony no.2, Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 5.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Dance (5 Fantasiestucke Op.5)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered.
    • Azica Records.
    • 9.
  • Henry Purcell

    Abdelazer (Rondeau - Air - Air - Minuet)

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Purcell: Theatre Music.
    • Decca.
    • 002.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Summer shimmers across the glass of green ponds

    Performer: Gary Graffman. Ensemble: Lark Quartet.
    • Jennifer Higdon: An Exaltation of Larks.
    • BRIDGE.
    • 3.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chlo茅 Suite no.2

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Nicola Porpora

    Sente del mio martir (Orfeo)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • Porpora Arias.
    • Erato.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor K.466 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos nos. 27 and 20: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Sonata in E minor Op.3`6 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Vetrate di Chiesa (San Gregorio Magno)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li猫ge. Conductor: John Neschling.
    • Respighi: Vetrate di chiesa, Il tramonto & Trittico botticelliano.
    • BIS.
    • 304.

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