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� Tom picks another of his essential pieces for the guitar.
1130 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Claude Debussy
Tarantelle Styrienne
Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.- Cala.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Vergnugte Ruh', beliebte Seelenlust (Cantata BWV.170)
Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.- Bach Cantatas 54, 82, 170.
- Hyperion.
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Philip Glass
String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima - Closing
Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Music Arranger: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.- Glass: String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima" (Arr. P. Kuusisto for Chamber Orchestra).
- PENTATONE.
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Michael Torke
Tahiti - V. Tahaa, White Sand
Performer: Clark Rundell. Performer: Ensemble 10/10.- Ecstatic.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto no.1 in C Major Op.15 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.- Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 5.
- Ondine.
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Margaret Hubicki
Rigaudon (Lonely Mere and Rigaudon)
Performer: Robert Max. Performer: Leyland Kirby.- Chandos.
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Maurice Ravel
Laideronnette, imp茅ratrice des Pagodes (Ma m猫re l'oye)
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
- EMI Classics.
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Maurice Ravel
Ma m猫re l'oye (Le jardin f茅erique)
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.- Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
- EMI.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Zefiro torna
Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Singer: N煤ria Rial. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.- ERATO.
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Bill Evans
Peace Piece
Performer: Bill Evans.- Everybody Digs Bill Evans.
- Riverside.
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Felix Mendelssohn
"Trumpet" Overture Op.101 in C major
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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Jocelyn Pook
How sweet the moonlight (The Merchant of Venice)
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Siobh谩n Armstrong. Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Baroque String Quartet.- Decca.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony no.1 in D major 'Classical'
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Leonard Bernstein
Trouble in Tahiti (Prelude)
Ensemble: Columbia Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- Bernstein conducts Bernstein.
- Sony.
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Peggy Glanville-Hicks
Sinfonia da Pacifica (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.- ABC CLASSICS.
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Tanya Ekanayaka
12 Piano Prisms: No. 5, G. With Paaru Kavi
- Tanya Ekanayaka: 12 Piano Prisms.
- Grand Piano.
- 501.
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Eric Coates
By the sleepy lagoon
Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.- Chandos.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Concerto grosso in D, Op.6 No.4 - 5th & 6th mvts
Performer: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.- Le Concert Spirituel: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall.
- Alia Vox.
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Nino Rota
Nonetto: I. Allegro
Performer: Daishin Kashimoto. Performer: Joaqu铆n Riguelme Garc铆a. Performer: Claudio Boh贸rquez. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Paul Meyer. Performer: Fran莽ois Meyer. Performer: Gilbert Audin. Performer: Beno卯t de Barsony. Performer: Olivier Thiery.- Nino Rota: Chamber Music.
- Alpha.
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Antonio Jos茅
Sonata for guitar - 4th mvt Finale
Performer: Beata Bedkowska-Huang.- Ars Musici.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute (Overture)
Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.- Mozart: The Magic Flute: John Eliot Gardiner.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Ephrem Podgaits
The Moon-Pipes (Fairy Tale Cantata)
Performer: Elena Sorokina. Performer: Yulia Tikhonova. Performer: Viktor Grishin. Performer: Konstantin Venevtsev. Choir: Vesna Moscow Children's Choir. Conductor: Alexander Ponomarev.- OPUS.
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Joseph Haydn
Trumpet Concerto in E flat (3rd mvt)
Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.- Haydn; Hummel etc.: Trumpet Concertos.
- EMI Classics.
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Sufjan Stevens
Suite from Run Rabbit Run - III Year of our Lord
Performer: The Knights. Music Arranger: Michael Atkinson.- Warner.
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Giacomo Puccini
Preludio Sinfonico
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Warner Classics.
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Fr茅d茅ric Chopin
Mazurka in B flat major, Op 7 No 1
Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.- Chopin: Mazurkas - 1, Garrick Ohlsson.
- Helios.
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John Adams
Grand Pianola Music (On the dominant divide)
Performer: Orli Shaham. Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin. Ensemble: Synergy Vocals. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- John Adams: Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music.
- San Francisco Symphony.
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Broadcast
- Thu 30 Dec 2021 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3
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