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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 Performers 鈥� another track from the late, great soprano Jessye Norman's discography.

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

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Music Played

  • David Popper

    Tarantella, Op. 33

    Performer: Mark Schumann. Performer: Martin Klett.
    • Short Stories.
    • Genuin.
    • 9.

  • Antonio Valente

    Gagliarda napoletana for keyboard [Intavolatura de cimbalo...libro 1o,1576]

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Wedding-cake Op.76

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Hyperion.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Leonardo dreams of his flying machine

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre, Light & Gold.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Louis Gianella

    Flute Concerto No.1 in D minor

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Revolution.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 04.

  • Byron Brooke

    Gee Whizz

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Dan Godfrey Encores.
    • Dutton.
    • 02.

  • Franz Liszt

    Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (Anne虂es de pe虁lerinage - 2me annee, Italie)

    Performer: Ll欧r Williams.
    • LISZT: PIANO WORKS.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 5.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Orchestral Suite in D major HWV.341

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Performer: Alison Balsom. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Purcell, Handel: Sound the Trumpet: Alison Balsom, Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Samuel Barber

    Sure on this shining night (4 Songs Op.13)

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Barber: Songs: Finley/Drake.
    • Hyperion.
    • 26.

  • Hector Berlioz

    B茅atrice et B茅n茅dict (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Berlioz: OVertures: Staatskapelle Dresden/Davis.
    • RCA.
    • 5.

  • Philippe Gaubert

    Fantaisie

    Performer: Maximiliano Mart铆n. Performer: Scott Mitchell.
    • Origines & departs.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • 12.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Airport Scenes (Departures)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Timothy Redmond.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Sous le d么me 茅pais (Lakm茅)

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Singer: Susan Graham. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing.
    • Guilty Pleasures.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Moishe's Bagel

    Uncle Roland's Flying Machine

    Ensemble: Moishe's Bagel.
    • Eachday Music.

  • Ron Goodwin

    Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (opening titles)

    Performer: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Ron Goodwin.
    • CASABLANCA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Der glorreiche Augenblick Op.135 (O Himmel, welch' Entzucken!)

    Singer: Claire Rutter. Choir: City of London Choir. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • Beethoven: Der glorreiche Augenblick.
    • Naxos.
    • 03.

  • Kurt Weill

    My Ship (Lady in the Dark)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Performer: John Williams.
    • Lucky To Be Me.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.104 in D major 'London' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 12.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Sonata in F minor Op.4 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • HYPERION.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.1 in E Minor (3rd & 4th mvts)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Florence Price: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.

  • Daniel Pioro

    Diane

    Performer: Daniel Pioro. Performer: Jonathan Morton. Performer: George Smith. Performer: Andrew Berridge. Performer: Clare O'Connell. Performer: Daniel M. Griffin.
    • Bedrooom Community.

  • William Byrd

    Ave verum corpus

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 16.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings in E minor Op.20

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Teldec.

  • Claude Debussy

    Pagodes (Estampes)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete Works for Piano: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

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