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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 – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

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

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

1100 Essential Performers – this week we focus on the great soprano Jessye Norman.

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 17 Feb 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Waltz in A flat major Op.38

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • DECCA.
  • Alec Roth

    The Flower

    Choir: Ex Cathedra. Director: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
  • Jan Koetsier

    Brass Symphony Op.80 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: tenThing.
    • Warner.
  • Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pique Dame, Op. 68: Introduction

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame - The Sony Opera House.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor RV.356, Op.3`6

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Rebecca Dale

    Winter

    Choir: VOCES8. Performer: HÃ¥kon Samuelsen. Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • Decca.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Sonata No. 28 in D (Hob. XIV: 5), (Moderato)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
  • Mel Bonis

    Ophélie (Trois femmes de legende)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Trio no.1 Op.8

    Ensemble: Trio Karénine.
    • Chostakovitch, Dvořák & Weinberg.
    • Mirare.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Blumine (Symphony No.1 in D major - original version)

    Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • RCA.
  • Roger Quilter

    I Arise from Dreams of Thee, Op. 29

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson.
    • NAXOS.
  • Albert Roussel

    Divertissement Op.6

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Ensemble: Orsino Ensemble.
    • Chandos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1068: I. Overture

    Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suites Nos. 1-4, BWV 1066-1069.
    • CPO.
    • 301.
  • Frank Loesser

    Guys and Dolls

    • Stay at Home Broadway Collection.
    • Delta Records.
    • 16.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Pushkin waltz no.1 in F major Op.120`1

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Prokofiev: Watz Suite etc: RSNO/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • William Bolcom

    The Graceful Ghost (No.1 of his Three Ghost rags)

    Performer: William Bolcom.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Jeu de cartes (Deal 3)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • Stravinsky: Orpheus; Jeu de Cartes; Agon.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Jean-Baptiste Singelée

    Grand Quatour Concertant, Op.79

    Ensemble: Ferio Saxophone Quartet.
    • FLUX.
    • Chandos.
    • 001.
  • Ina Boyle

    Elegie

    Performer: Nadège Rochat. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Weimar. Conductor: Paul Meyer.
    • ARS.
  • Richard Strauss

    Beim Schlafengehen (4 Last Songs)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Performer: Gerhard Bosse. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Strauss, R.: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs - Norman, Gewandhausorchester L.
    • Philips.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No.1 in E flat major, K.16

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Amy Beach

    Piano Quintet in F Sharp Minor Op. 67 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson. Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johannes Ockeghem

    Deo Gratias

    Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • Utopia Triumphans.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 004.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Carnival in Paris Op.9

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Svendsen: Orchestral works vol.1: Thorsen/BPO/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

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