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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, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with 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 this week we focus on violinist Daniel Hope.

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

3 hours

Last on

Mon 4 Apr 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Franz Ries

    La Capricciosa

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: Jos茅 Gallardo.
    • Homage.
    • WARNER.
    • 1.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride)

    Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Smetana: Overtures and Dances: The Cleveland Orchestra/Dohnanyi.
    • Decca.
    • 9.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Wind Quintet, Op.43 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • Carl Nielsen / Paul Taffanel - Wind Quintets.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1-4.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Gurrelieder (Seht die Sonne!)

    Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.3 in G major BWV.1048

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 14.
  • Louis Moreau Gottschalk

    Grand Scherzo, Op.57

    Performer: Philip Martin.
    • HYPERION.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Maurice Ravel: Ma M猫re L鈥檕ye; Bol茅ro; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales; Pavane Pou.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Kassiani

    Tin pentachordon lyran [The 5-stringed Lute]

    Ensemble: VocaMe. Director: Michael Popp.
    • CHRISTOPHORUS.
  • Claude Debussy

    String Quartet in G minor, Op.10 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Debussy, Ravel and Dutilleux: String Quartets.
    • Debut.
    • 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    4 Ballades Op.10 (no.1 in D minor 'Edward')

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.
    • Brahms: Piano Works.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Charles Avison

    Concerto Grosso in A major Op.9`3

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • The Avison Ensemble: Avison: Concerti Grossi, op. 9 & op. 10.
    • Divine Art.
    • 4.
  • Leonard Cohen

    Hallelujah

    Singer: Anna Prohaska. Orchestra: La Folia Barockorchester. Conductor: Robin Peter M眉ller.
    • ALPHA.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in B flat major D.898 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Vienna Piano Trio.
    • Schubert: Complete Piano Trios vol.2: Vienna Piano Trio.
    • MDG.
    • 3.
  • Howard Hanson

    Symphony no.2 Op.30 'Romantic' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Hanson: Symphony No. 2 'Romantic'.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chlo茅 Suite no.2 (Lever du jour)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • George Harrison

    Here comes the sun

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Music Arranger: Christopher Austin. Ensemble: Navarra String Quartet.
    • Mercury.
  • Richard Strauss

    Alpine Symphony (On the Summit; Vision)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Creation (In the beginning...)

    Singer: Neal Davies. Singer: Mark Padmore. Choir: Chetham's Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Haydn: The Creation.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 2.
  • Eug猫ne Gigout

    Toccata for organ in B minor

    Performer: Christopher Herrick.
    • Northern Lights.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in D minor (Allegro)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Alfonso Ferrabosco

    Pavan no.2 on seven notes

    Ensemble: B-Five Recorder Consort. Conductor: Sofie Vanden Eynde.
    • Coviello Classics.
  • Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer

    Harpsichord Suite no.2 (L'Amiable; gracieux) [Pieces de Clavecin, 1746]

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • ERATO.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor Wq.170 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.
  • James McMillan

    Seven Last Words from the Cross (Verily, I say unto thee)

    Choir: Polyphony. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lute Partita in C minor BWV.997 (Prelude)

    Performer: Evangelina Mascardi.
    • Bach: Complete Lute Works.
    • Arcana.
    • 7.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Firebird (conclusion)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • LSO LIVE.

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