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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� this week we celebrate the artistry of the late Simon Preston, organist and conductor.

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

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Thu 2 Jun 2022 09:00
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Music Played

  • Jonathan Dove

    Piano Quintet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Charles Owen. Ensemble: Sacconi Quartet.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Idylle (Suite pastorale)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Chabrier: Espana: Wiener Philharmoniker, John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Humoreske [for wind quintet]

    Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • French Music for Winds.
    • WARNER.
    • 7.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 47 in G major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor for 2 cellos, RV.531

    Performer: Christophe Coin. Performer: Paolo Beschi. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Vivaldi: 'Il Proteo'.
    • Teldec.
    • 7.

  • Winifred Atwell

    Coronation Rag

    Performer: Winifred Atwell.
    • Spectrum.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Tzigane

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Viktor Kopatchinsky.
    • Naive.

  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Proud Thames

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Maconchy: Serenata Concertante / Symphony for Double String Orchestra.
    • Lyrita.
    • 1.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Kala kalla (Five Hebrew Love Songs)

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Ensemble: Pav茫o String Quartet. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre, Light & Gold.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Anton Webern

    Im Sommerwind

    Orchestra: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • H盲nssler Classic.

  • Herbert Howells

    Behold, O God our defender

    Performer: Eleanor Kornas. Choir: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.26 in D, K537 "Coronation" - 3rd mvt: Allegretto

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Linn.

  • Henry Purcell

    Sonata in D major for trumpet, strings and continuo

    Performer: David Blackadder. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • The Purcell Experience.
    • Warner Classics and Jazz.
    • 8-10.

  • Guillaume de Machaut

    Ma fin est mon commencement

    Ensemble: Orlando Consort.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos: Hough/Dallas Symphony Orchestra/Litton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Musical Offering, BWV1079: Canon4 (B) Per Augmentationem, Contrario Motu

    Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.

  • John Ireland

    Satirycon

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Let thy hand be strengthened, HWV 259

    Performer: Trevor Pinnock. Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Simon Preston.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Second Essay: Echo

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • Babel: Schumann, Shaw, Shostakovich.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 6.

  • Josef Suk

    Fantastic Scherzo

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Suk: Fantastic Scherzo, A Summers Tale: Czech PO, Mackerras.
    • Decca.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Partita no.4, BWV.828 (Allemande)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Sony.

  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle, D 550

    Orchestrator: Benjamin Britten. Singer: Neil Mackie. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.
    • Britten: Serenade etc: Neil Mackie/Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Bedford.
    • EMI.
    • 15.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Courtly Dances (Gloriana)

    Music Arranger: Julian Bream. Ensemble: Julian Bream Consort.
    • Sony Classical.

Broadcast

  • Thu 2 Jun 2022 09:00
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