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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is violinist Daniel Hope. Presented by Tom McKinney.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of 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 piece featuring this week's artist in focus, violinist Daniel Hope.

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

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Last on

Thu 7 Apr 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sinfonia in D Major Hob.I:106: Allegro

    Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Francesco Corti.
    • ARCANA.
  • Claude Debussy

    Marche 茅cossaise

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • DG.
  • Aaron Copland

    Billy the Kid (Waltz)

    Performer: Paul Watkins. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Ojai Festival Overture

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • Peter Maxwell Davies: Mavis in Las Vegas.
    • Collins Classics.
    • 1.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Sextet in C minor, Op.40 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Les Vents Fran莽ais. Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    In the Fen Country

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • DECCA.
  • William Byrd

    O lux, beata Trinitas

    Choir: Alamire. Director: David Skinner.
    • Tallis & Byrd: Cantiones Sacrae 1575: Alamire, David Skinner.
    • Obsidian.
    • 12.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major for mandolin / lute, RV425

    Performer: Raffaele La Ragione. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Francesco Corti.
    • ARCANA.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109 (Original 1894 Version): II. Scherzo. Bewegt,

    Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bruckner: Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, WAB 109 (Live).
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 201.
  • Amy Beach

    Ah, love but a day (Three Browning Songs)

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Kate Royal.
    • A Lesson in Love: Kate Royal/Malcolm Martineau.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 14.
  • John Adams

    Shaker Loops (Shaking and Trembling)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • Philips.
  • Dave Brubeck

    Unsquare Dance

    Ensemble: The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
    • Columbia.
  • William Walton

    Johannesburg Festival Overture

    Ensemble: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Naxos.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Ch'ella mi creda (La fanciulla del West)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Choir: Chorus of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • The Puccini Album.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.
  • Mel Torm茅

    We Think the West Coast is the Best

    Performer: Mel Torm茅.
  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    String Quartet no.4 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Lutos艂awski Quartet.
    • Bacewicz: Complete String Quartets 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Aaron Copland

    Buckaroo Holiday (Dance Episodes from Rodeo)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Copland: Rodeo, Dance Panels, El Sal贸n M茅xico & Danz贸n Cubano.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Fratres for violin, strings and percussion

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: German Chamber Orchestra, Berlin. Conductor: Simon Halsey.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Zoroastre Suite (Overture)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Rameau: L'Orchestre de Louis XV. Suites d'Orchestre: Le Concert Des Nations/Sava.
    • Alia Vox.
  • William Grant Still

    Poem for orchestra

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Still: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5.
    • NAXOS.
    • 5.
  • Jonathan Dove

    Out of Time (2nd mvt, Slow)

    Performer: Sacconi Quartet. Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet.
    • Signum.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for cor anglais from BWV 54 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Choir: Trinity Baroque. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • Voices of Bach: Albrecht Meyer.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque no.1 in E major

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • ONYX.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Benvenuto Cellini (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Hector Berlioz - Overtures.
    • BMG Classics.
    • 7.

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  • Thu 7 Apr 2022 09:00

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