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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is legendary American trumpet player Wynton Marsalis. With Tom McKinney.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

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're exploring the discography of trumpeter Wynton Marsalis.

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 3 Mar 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Espana arr. brass band

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Geoffrey Brand.
    • Chandos.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons, Op. 37b - No 03. March 'Chant de l'alouette'

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Hyperion.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicanor Zabaleta. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • DG.
  • Arnold Bax

    Woodland Love 'Romance' (Spring Fire)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • Marin Marais

    Cloche ou Carillons

    Performer: Paolo Pandolfo. Performer: Mitzi Meyerson. Performer: Thomas C. Boysen.
    • The Labyrinth and other stories.
    • Glossa.
    • 03.
  • Jonathan Dove

    They will Rise

    Performer: Peter Holder. Conductor: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Conductor: James O’Donnell.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johanna Müller-Hermann

    Heroic Overture Op.21

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • ´óÏó´«Ã½ recording.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin in F major: 3rd mvt Rondo

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Hyperion.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    3 Dance episodes from 'On the town'

    Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Barber/Bernstein/Gershwin/Copland: Great American Showpieces.
    • Angel.
    • 7.
  • Harold Arlen

    This Time the Dream's on Me (Blues in the Night)

    Performer: André Previn. Performer: David Finck. Singer: Sylvia McNair.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Quintet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Warner.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in G major for 4 unaccompanied violins

    Performer: Simon Standage. Performer: Micaela Comberti. Performer: Miles Golding. Performer: Andrew Manze.
    • Telemann Vol. 1: 'La Changeante'.
    • Chandos.
    • 9-12.
  • Christian Sinding

    The Rustle of spring Op.32 no.3

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Norwegian Classical Favourites: Iceland Symphony Orchestra/Engeset.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • George Butterworth

    Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • George Butterworth, Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Williams / Burnside.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    The Song of the Birds

    Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Ensemble: Cello Ensemble Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • SONY.
  • Franz Schubert

    Nachtgesang im Walde D.913

    Ensemble: amarcord. Ensemble: german hornsound.
    • Wald.Horn.Lied.
    • Genuin.
    • 21.
  • Joachim Raff

    Symphony no.3 in F major, Op.153 'Im Walde' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Francesco d'Avalos.
    • Raff: Symphony No.3.
    • ASV Digital.
    • 3.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Kyrie (Missa Papae Marcelli)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • Live in Rome: The Tallis Scholars.
    • Gimell.
    • 3.
  • Hans Pfitzner

    Palestrina: Prelude Act 1

    Orchestra: German Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Berlin Deutsche Oper Orch/Thielemann: Works By Pfitzner.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 001.
  • Wynton Marsalis

    Violin Concerto in D Major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.
    • Decca.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • DG.
  • Johann Christoph Bach

    Ach das ich Wassers g'nug hatte

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Concerto di Viole. Ensemble: Basel Consort.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Ramah

    Performer: Ionel Manciu. Performer: Dominic Degavino.
    • ´óÏó´«Ã½ RECORDING.
  • Marco Dall’Aquila

    Saltarello "La Traditora"

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major D.485 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 204.

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  • Thu 3 Mar 2022 09:00

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