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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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.

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Last on

Mon 15 Aug 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    La R茅jouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Zefiro. Conductor: Alfredo Bernardini.
    • Arcana A 386.
    • Arcana.
    • 4.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Andante Soave, Op.5 no.6

    Performer: B茅atrice Rauchs.
    • Fanny Mendelssohn - Piano Music.
    • BIS.
    • 17.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite: Alla marcia

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Okko Kamu.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works: Various orchestras and conductors.
    • Finlandia.
    • 4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The Apothecary (Overture)

    Orchestra: Haydn Sinfonietta Vienna. Conductor: Manfred Huss.
    • Haydn: The Complete Overtures: Haydn Sinfonietta Wien/Manfred Huss.
    • BIS.
    • 2.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Quintet no.2 in A major Op.81 (Dumka)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Alexander Kerr. Performer: Wolfram Christ. Performer: Georg Faust.
    • Dvor谩k: Violin Concerto - Piano Quintet.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 105.
  • Aaron Copland

    Hoe-Down (Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo)

    Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eduardo Mata.
    • Copland: Appalachian Spring, El Salon Mexico, Rodeo: Ormandy, Mata.
    • RCA.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in C major RV.187

    Performer: Julien Chauvin. Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge.
    • Vivaldi : Concerti per violino VIII "Il teatro".
    • NAIVE.
    • 1.
  • William Walton

    'Spitfire' Prelude and Fugue

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.
  • Florence Price

    Fantasie No. 2 in F sharp minor

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Roots.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 14.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Bachiana brasileira no. 5 (Aria)

    Performer: Elsa Dreisig. Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • Bach Inspirations.
    • Warner.
    • 12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in E flat major, K.375 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists.
    • Linn.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens (Prince Igor)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Tchaikovksy:1812 / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Balakirev: Islamey : Esa-Pekka S.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O clarissima Mater

    Ensemble: Sequentia. Conductor: Barbara Thornton.
    • Hildegard von Bingen: Symphoniae - Geistliche Ges盲nge.
    • deutsche harmonia mundi.
    • 5.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Udite, o rustici (L'Elisir d'amore)

    Singer: Renato Capecci. Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Roma. Conductor: Francesco Molinari鈥怭radelli.
    • Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 112.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Elements

    Lyricist: Tom Lehrer. Singer: Tom Lehrer.
    • Dr Demento's 30th Anniversary Collection.
    • Rhino.
    • 3.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.1 in D major Op.11 (6th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Tudor.
  • Scott Joplin

    The Easy Winners

    Music Arranger: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Leila Josefowicz. Performer: John Novacek.
    • Philips.

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