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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, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

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 the last in this week's series featuring the great soprano Jessye Norman.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 18 Feb 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Alberto Ginastera

    Malambo (Estancia Op.8a)

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Fiesta: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, Dudamel.
    • Deutsch Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Franz Schubert

    Das Wandern (Die Schone Mullerin)

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
    • Schubert: Die Sch枚ne Mullerin.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    L'Olimpiade (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: L'Arte dell'Arco. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Vivaldi: Sinfonie: Avanti L'Opera E Concerti: La'rte Dell Arco: Hogwood.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4-7.
  • Ethel Glenn Hier

    Dragon-flies Op.10

    Performer: Joanna Goldstein.
    • CENTAUR.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 39 in E flat major, K 543 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 6.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Cello sonata, Op 4 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Anssi Karttunen. Performer: Tuija Hakkila.
    • Works by Debussy, Enescu, Jan谩cek and Kod谩ly.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
    • 13.
  • H枚r冒ur 脕skelsson

    贬惫铆濒诲

    Conductor: H枚r冒ur 脕skelsson. Choir: Schola Cantorum Reykjav铆k.
    • Meditatio: Music for Mixed Choir.
    • BIS.
    • 1201.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Omaggio a Villa-Lobos (Nuevos estudios sencillos)

    Performer: Graham Anthony Devine.
    • Leo Brouwer, Guitar Music Volume 4.
    • NAXOS.
    • 15.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Soir茅es musicales [after Rossini]

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
  • Agnes Obel

    Parliament Of Owls

    • dark academia.
    • UMG Recordings, Inc..
    • 10.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    In Nature's Realm, Op 91

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.
    • WARNER.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Symphony in D minor, Op. 37 No. 3

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Les Filles de Cadix

    Singer: Natalie Dessay. Orchestra: Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Sch酶nwandt.
    • Vocalises.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 004.
  • Ruperto Chap铆

    String Quartet in B minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Cuarteto Latinoamericano.
    • Chap铆: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 203.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Cinderella In the Palace (Waltz suite Op.110)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Romance (The Gadfly)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Decca.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Le papillon et la fleur, Op 1 No 1

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Carolyn Sampson.
    • Fleurs.
    • BIS.
    • 19.
  • Athanasius Kircher

    Tarantella napoletana

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • La Tarantella - Antidotum Tarantulae.
    • Alpha.
    • 3.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    From the Diary of a Fly (Mikrokosmos)

    Performer: Jen艖 Jand贸.
    • Bartok: Piano Music, Vol. 5: Mikrokosmos (Complete).
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Josquin des Prez

    El Grillo

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Director: Paul Hillier.
    • Erato.
  • Judith Lang Zaimont

    Serenade (version for piano trio)

    Performer: Melissa White. Performer: Paul Wiancko. Performer: Awadagin Pratt.
    • Eternal Evolution: The Music of Judith Lang Zaimont.
    • Navona Records.
    • 7.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    The Force of Destiny (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Urlicht (Des Knaben Wunderhorn)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Performer: Irwin Gage.
    • Jessye Norman, Schubert & Mahler, Irwin Gage.
    • Philips.
    • 8.
  • Giuseppe Martucci

    Noveletta Op.82`2

    Orchestra: Orchestra sinfonica di Roma. Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia.
    • Martucci - Complete Orchestral Music vol.4.
    • Naxos.
    • 005.
  • John Field

    Nocturne No 1 in E flat major

    Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.
    • Decca.
  • Dana Suesse

    Jazz Nocturne

    Music Arranger: Carroll Huxley. Performer: Peter Mintun. Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.
    • Jazz Nocturne.
    • Naxos.
    • 006.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Neugierige (Die Schone Mullerin)

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
    • Schubert: Die Sch枚ne Mullerin.
    • Signum Records.
    • 6.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ungeduld (Die Schone Mullerin)

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
    • Schubert: Die Sch枚ne Mullerin.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.
  • Richard Strauss

    Dreaming at the Fireside (4 Symphonic Interludes from Intermezzo, Op 72 No 2)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Strauss: Vier sinfonische Zwischenspiele aus Intermezzo, TrV 246a: II. Tr盲umerei.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Franz Danzi

    Wind Quintet in A minor, Op 68 No1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Michael Thompson Wind Ensemble.
    • Danzi: Wind Quintet Op.68: Michael Thompson Wind Quintet.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Flight of the Bumblebee arr Palli

    Music Arranger: Ilkka P盲lli. Ensemble: Sinfonia Lahti Cello and Bass Ensemble.
    • Bassic Instincts.
    • BIS.
    • 21.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op.3`1

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Performer: Christian Moreaux. Performer: Alice Pi茅rot. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Erato.

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