Tom McKinney
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performers are British choir Polyphony. 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 our final piece from this week's ensemble in focus, the British choir Polyphony.
1130 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Music Played
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Tournament Galop
Performer: C茅cile Licad.- Gottschalk: Piano Music.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Edvard Grieg
4 Norwegian dances Op.35 (no.1)
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.- Grieg: The Orchestral Music: Bergen PO, Ruud.
- BIS.
- 1.
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Hannah Peel
The Unfolding
Singer: Victoria Oruwari. Orchestra: Paraorchestra. Conductor: Charles Hazlewood.- The Unfolding.
- Real World.
- 4.
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Joseph Haydn
String Quartet in G minor Op.74`3 'Rider' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.- Haydn: String Quartets Op.74: Takacs Quartet.
- Hyperion.
- 12.
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William Walton
Johannesburg Festival Overture
Conductor: Andr茅 Kostelanetz. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.- The British Music Collection.
- Sony Classical.
- 1.
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George Frideric Handel
Water music - suite in F major HWV.348 (Allegro - andante - allegro)
Orchestra: London Classical Players. Director: Sir Roger Norrington.- Handel: Water & Fireworks Music: London Classical Players, Norrington.
- Virgin Veritas.
- 3.
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Gustav Holst
Suite no.1 in E flat major Op.28`1
Ensemble: Central Band of the Royal Air Force. Conductor: Duncan Stubbs.- British Classics.
- Chandos.
- 4.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto no.12 in A major K.414 (1st mvt)
Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Orchestra: Die K枚lner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.- Mozart: Complete Piano Concertos.
- BIS.
- 501.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Mir ist so wunderbar (Fidelio)
Singer: Christina Landshamer. Singer: Lise Davidsen. Singer: Georg Zeppenfeld. Singer: Cornel Frey. Orchestra: Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marek Janowski.- Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72.
- PENTATONE.
- 601.
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Valerie Coleman
Portraits of Langston (Jazz Band in a Parisian Cabaret)
Ensemble: McGill / McHale Trio.- Cedille.
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Giuseppe Verdi
Willow Song (Otello)
Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Singer: Larissa Diadkova. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.- DECCA.
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Philip Glass
Symphony No. 3, 4th movement
Orchestra: McDuffie Centre For Strings Orchestra. Conductor: Ward Stare.- Orange Mountain Music : OMM-0113.
- Orange Mountain Music.
- 13.
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Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅
Julia Florida (Barcarola)
Performer: John Williams.- The Great Paraguayan - Solo Guitar Works by Barrios.
- Sony Classical.
- 6.
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Franz Schubert
Erlk枚nig D.328
Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Andreas Haeifliger.- Schubert Lieder Volume 7: Erlk枚nig.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 9.
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Dmitri Kabalevsky
Comedians' Galop (The Comedians)
Orchestra: Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Loris Tjeknavorian.- Kabalevsky: Romeo and Juliet - Suite, The Comedians - Suite, Colas Breugnon - Su.
- Decca (UMO).
- 12.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Sonata in E flat Op.31 No.3 "La Chasse" (4th mvt)
Performer: Murray Perahia.- Murray Perahia plays Beethoven.
- Sony Classical.
- 7.
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Ron Goodwin
Miss Marple's Theme
Orchestra: Ron Goodwin and His Concert Orchestra.- Two Sides of Ron Goodwin.
- EMI.
- 18.
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Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k
Piano Quintet no.2 in A major Op.81 (4th mvt)
Performer: Stefan Vladar. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.- Dvorak: Quatuor Op.95 'Americain'.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 8.
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Morten Lauridsen
O Magnum Mysterium
Choir: Polyphony. Director: Stephen Layton.- A Christmas Present from Polyphony.
- Hyperion.
- 14.
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Phaeton Op.39
Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.- Saint-Sa毛ns: Symphonic Poems.
- Naxos.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No 4 in G major, BWV 1049
Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.- J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 7.
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Florence Price
Piano Sonata in E minor (2nd mvt)
Performer: Althea Waites.- Black Diamonds.
- Cambria.
- 002.
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Hector Berlioz
Le Corsaire - overture Op.21
Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.- Chandos.
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Ernesto Halffter
Danza de la pastora arr Zabaleta (Sonatina)
Performer: Nicanor Zabaleta.- Albeniz/Falla/Turina/Granados etc: Arpa Espanola (Spanish harp): Zabaleta.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Aaron Copland
Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)
Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.- Copland the Populist: Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony.
- RCA Red Seal.
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Broadcast
- Fri 6 May 2022 09:00大象传媒 Radio 3