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.
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Music Played
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Emmanuel Chabrier
Espana arr. brass band
Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Geoffrey Brand.- Chandos.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Seasons, Op. 37b - No 03. March 'Chant de l'alouette'
Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.- Hyperion.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Concertino (3rd mvt)
Performer: Nicanor Zabaleta. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Jean Martinon.- DG.
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Arnold Bax
Woodland Love 'Romance' (Spring Fire)
Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- HALLE.
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Marin Marais
Cloche ou Carillons
Performer: Paolo Pandolfo. Performer: Mitzi Meyerson. Performer: Thomas C. Boysen.- The Labyrinth and other stories.
- Glossa.
- 03.
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Jonathan Dove
They will Rise
Performer: Peter Holder. Conductor: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Conductor: James O’Donnell.- Hyperion.
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Johanna Müller-Hermann
Heroic Overture Op.21
Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.- ´óÏó´«Ã½ recording.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Violin in F major: 3rd mvt Rondo
Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.- Hyperion.
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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.
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Harold Arlen
This Time the Dream's on Me (Blues in the Night)
Performer: André Previn. Performer: David Finck. Singer: Sylvia McNair.- PHILIPS.
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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Quintet in B flat major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.- Warner.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Trad.
The Song of the Birds
Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Ensemble: Cello Ensemble Amsterdam Sinfonietta.- SONY.
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Franz Schubert
Nachtgesang im Walde D.913
Ensemble: amarcord. Ensemble: german hornsound.- Wald.Horn.Lied.
- Genuin.
- 21.
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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.
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Kyrie (Missa Papae Marcelli)
Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.- Live in Rome: The Tallis Scholars.
- Gimell.
- 3.
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Hans Pfitzner
Palestrina: Prelude Act 1
Orchestra: German Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.- Berlin Deutsche Oper Orch/Thielemann: Works By Pfitzner.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 001.
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Wynton Marsalis
Violin Concerto in D Major (1st mvt)
Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.- Decca.
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Frédéric Chopin
Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23
Performer: Krystian Zimerman.- DG.
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Johann Christoph Bach
Ach das ich Wassers g'nug hatte
Singer: Andreas Scholl. Ensemble: Concerto di Viole. Ensemble: Basel Consort.- Harmonia Mundi.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
Ramah
Performer: Ionel Manciu. Performer: Dominic Degavino.- ´óÏó´«Ã½ RECORDING.
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Marco Dall’Aquila
Saltarello "La Traditora"
Performer: Jakob Lindberg.- BIS.
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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.
Broadcast
- Thu 3 Mar 2022 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3