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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 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 a final track from our featured artist this week, trumpet player Wynton Marsalis.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 4 Mar 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Max Bruch

    Piano Trio in C minor; 3rd mvt - Presto

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.
  • Eric Coates

    Concert Waltz 'Footlights'

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Avie.
  • Gustav Holst

    Scherzo (A Moorside Suite)

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • Chandos.
  • Roxanna Panufnik

    4 World Seasons (Indian Summer)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Graham Bradshaw.
    • CHANDOS.
  • John Field

    Piano Sonata in E flat major, Op 1 No 1

    Performer: M铆膵e谩l O'Rourke.
    • John Field: Four Piano Sonatas: Miceal O'Rourke.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A Vision of Aeroplanes

    Performer: James McVinnie. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Singer: Raphaela Papadakis. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • Vaughan Williams: Sacred Choral Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.
  • Antonio Salieri

    Symphony in D major "Veneziana"

    Ensemble: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Six Metamorphoses after Ovid (Niobe)

    Performer: George Caird.
    • OBOE CLASSICS.
  • Frank Merrick

    Suite in the 18th Century Style (Siciliano)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • HYPERION.
  • Peter Warlock

    Cradle Song

    Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Songs by Peter Warlock.
    • Hyperion.
    • 30.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Africa Fantasie, Op.89

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

    The Four Seasons Recomposed: Summer III

    Composer: Antonio Vivaldi. Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Orchestra: Covent Garden Sinfonia. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Recomposed by Max Richter.
    • Rubicon Classics.
    • 16.
  • Victor Herbert

    Indian Summer

    Performer: William Hicks.
    • Victor Herbert: Works for Cello and Piano/Solo Piano Works.
    • New World Records.
    • 12.
  • Traditional Indian

    Prabhati (based on Raga Gunkali) [a morning rag]

    Music Arranger: Ravi Shankar. Performer: Yehudi Menuhin.
    • West Meets East.
    • BGO.
    • 1.
  • George Gershwin

    Summertime [from 'Porgy And Bess']

    Singer: Claron McFadden. Orchestra: Anima Eterna Brugge. Conductor: Jos van Immerseel.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue & Catfish Row.
    • Alpha.
    • 6.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Lamentations of Jeremiah Book 1

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Tenebrae Responsories.
    • HYPERION.
    • 01.
  • Hoagy Carmichael

    Stardust

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Music Arranger: Bob Freedman. Conductor: Bob Freedman. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Resolution to Swing.
    • COLUMBIA.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat, K.207

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • WARNER.
  • Edward McGuire

    Elegaic Waltz

    Performer: Maximiliano Mart铆n. Performer: Scott Mitchell.
    • Origines & departs.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • 09.
  • Edward Elgar

    Piano Quintet in A minor, Op.84 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Piers Lane. Ensemble: Goldner String Quartet.
    • Elgar: Piano Quintet; String Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Nabucco (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.
    • Italian Opera Overtures.
    • EMI.
    • 5.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Guitar Quintet in D major, G 488 (Introduction and Fandango)

    Music Arranger: Julian Bream. Performer: Julian Bream. Performer: George Malcolm.
    • RCA.

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