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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is organist and conductor Simon Preston. Presented by Tom McKinney.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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� the first of five tracks this week showcasing the late organist and conductor, Simon Preston.

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

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Mon 30 May 2022 09:00
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Music Played

  • Arnold Bax

    4 Orchestral Sketches (Dance in the Sun)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Bax: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Kommst du nun, Jesu, vom Himmel herunter, BWV.650

    Music Arranger: Andrew Balio. Performer: Andrew Balio. Performer: Bruce Bengtson.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • Delos.
    • 201.

  • Ludwig Thuille

    Sextet in B flat major Op.6 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ensemble Wien-Berlin. Performer: Stefan Vladar.
    • Beethoven/Thuille: Piano Quintet/Sextet: Ensemble Wien-Berlin/Vladar.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.

  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne no.1 in F minor

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Schatz-Walzer, Op.418 (The Gypsy Baron)

    Music Arranger: Anton Webern. Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • CAPRICCIO.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony no. 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • Farrenc: Symphony No. 2 - Overtures Nos. 1 & 2.
    • CPO.
    • 3.

  • Traditional Romanian

    Ciocarlia [Skylark]

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Emilia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Viktor Kopatchinsky.
    • rapsodia.
    • Naive.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Canteloube

    Bailero (Chants d'Auvergne)

    Singer: Kate Royal. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Kate Royal.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.

  • Bernhard Crusell

    Divertimento, Op.9

    Performer: Christopher O'Neal. Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.
    • Deux-Elles.

  • John Playford

    A New Scotch Jig (The English Dancing Master)

    Ensemble: The Harp Consort. Director: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.
    • BMG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.33 in B flat major K.319 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Long Day Closes

    Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • Romance Du Soir.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 19.

  • Johann Christian Bach

    Symphony for wind instruments no.1 in E flat major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • J.C. Bach: Wind Symphonies: Consortium Classicum.
    • MDG.
    • 1.

  • Georges Bizet

    Roma - symphonic suite (Carnaval)

    Orchestra: RT脡 National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Naxos.

  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.

  • Erik Satie

    Airs 脿 faire fuir; Modestement (Pi猫ces Froides)

    Music Arranger: Bo Wiget. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney.
    • Time Zones.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

  • Trad.

    Pentozali

    Ensemble: Yannis Xylouris.
    • Welcome to Crete.
    • AERAKIS.
    • 6.

  • Yann Tiersen

    La Valse D'amelie

    Performer: Yann Tiersen.
    • Amelie Soundtrack.
    • VIRGIN.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Leiermann (Winterreise D.911)

    Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Performer: Charles Spencer.
    • RCA.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Trio no.1 in B flat major Op.21 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tempest Trio.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Piano Trios, Vol. 2 鈥� Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 103.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Behold, I tell you a mystery / The Trumpet shall sound (Messiah)

    Singer: Christopher Purves. Performer: Robert Farley. Orchestra: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Michael Torke

    Bright Blue Music

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Michael Torke - Ecstatic Orange etc..
    • Argo.
    • 005.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Capriccio in B minor (8 Pieces Op.76)

    Performer: Richard Goode.
    • Richard Goode plays Brahms.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Alexandre Guilmant

    Organ Symphony no.1 in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.
    • ABC CLASSICS.
    • 3.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Pastorale

    Performer: Emily Beynon. Performer: Andrew West.
    • HYPERION.

  • Sophia Bass

    Taal-Naad Naman

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Performer: Mari Tanaka. Performer: Vivek Pandya.
    • AVIE Records.

  • John Dowland

    The Shoemaker's Wife

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • Dowland: Musicke for the Lute.
    • Astree.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction and Allegro Op.47

    Ensemble: LSO String Ensemble. Conductor: Roman Simovi膰.
    • LSO LIVE.

Broadcast

  • Mon 30 May 2022 09:00
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