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.
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Music Played
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Alexander Scriabin
Waltz in A flat major Op.38
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- DECCA.
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Alec Roth
The Flower
Choir: Ex Cathedra. Director: Jeffrey Skidmore.- SIGNUM CLASSICS.
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Jan Koetsier
Brass Symphony Op.80 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: tenThing.- Warner.
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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.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in A minor RV.356, Op.3`6
Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Venice Baroque Orchestra.- DG.
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Rebecca Dale
Winter
Choir: VOCES8. Performer: HÃ¥kon Samuelsen. Performer: Mari Samuelsen. Performer: Huw Watkins.- Decca.
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Joseph Haydn
Sonata No. 28 in D (Hob. XIV: 5), (Moderato)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.- Chandos.
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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.
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Gustav Mahler
Blumine (Symphony No.1 in D major - original version)
Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.- RCA.
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Roger Quilter
I Arise from Dreams of Thee, Op. 29
Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson.- NAXOS.
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Albert Roussel
Divertissement Op.6
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov. Ensemble: Orsino Ensemble.- Chandos.
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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.
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Frank Loesser
Guys and Dolls
- Stay at Home Broadway Collection.
- Delta Records.
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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.
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William Bolcom
The Graceful Ghost (No.1 of his Three Ghost rags)
Performer: William Bolcom.- NONESUCH.
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Igor Stravinsky
Jeu de cartes (Deal 3)
Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.- Stravinsky: Orpheus; Jeu de Cartes; Agon.
- Hyperion.
- 3.
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Jean-Baptiste Singelée
Grand Quatour Concertant, Op.79
Ensemble: Ferio Saxophone Quartet.- FLUX.
- Chandos.
- 001.
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Ina Boyle
Elegie
Performer: Nadège Rochat. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Weimar. Conductor: Paul Meyer.- ARS.
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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.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No.1 in E flat major, K.16
Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.- ARCHIV.
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Amy Beach
Piano Quintet in F Sharp Minor Op. 67 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Garrick Ohlsson. Ensemble: Takács Quartet.- Hyperion.
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Johannes Ockeghem
Deo Gratias
Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.- Utopia Triumphans.
- Sony Classical.
- 004.
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Johan Svendsen
Carnival in Paris Op.9
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Svendsen: Orchestral works vol.1: Thorsen/BPO/Jarvi.
- Chandos.
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Broadcast
- Thu 17 Feb 2022 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3