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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. 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.

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Last on

Mon 22 Aug 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Eduard Tubin

    Setu tants (Suite on Estonian Dances)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Double Bass Concerto, Valse Triste, Ballade for Violin & Orchestra, Eduard Tubin.
    • BIS.
    • 9.
  • Claude Debussy

    Nocturne and Scherzo

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Cecilia virgo

    Choir: Royal Holloway Choir. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • HYPERION.
  • Ferde Grof茅

    Mississippi (Mardi Gras)

    Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • Symphonic Jazz: Grofe & Gershwin.
    • BRIDGE.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.4 in E flat major K.495 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alessio Allegrini. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos: Allegrini/Orchestra Mozart/Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Bordel 1900 (L' Histoire du tango)

    Performer: Fernando Su谩rez Paz. Performer: Odair Assad.
    • NONESUCH.
    • 13.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Paride ed Elena (Overture)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • DG Archiv.
  • Bohuslav Martin暖

    Dream of the Past

    Orchestra: Sinfonia Varsovia. Conductor: Ian Hobson.
    • Martin暖: Early Orchestral Works, Vol. 3.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 301.
  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Invocatio

    Ensemble: Wihan Quartet.
    • Kol Nidrei: Elegy For Pamela.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in G major Op.3`3

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Performer: Rachel Brown. Director: Richard Egarr.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Mein Sehnen, mein Wahnen (Die Tote Stadt)

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • DECCA.
  • Luciano Berio

    Rendering [after Schubert] (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Berio - Realisations.
    • Chandos.
    • 001.
  • George Gershwin

    I got plenty o' nuttin' (Porgy and Bess)

    Singer: Willard White. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Willard White: A Gala Celebration.
    • RLPO Live.
    • 16.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    La Befana (Feste Romane)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Incoronazione di Poppea (Pur ti miro)

    Singer: N煤ria Rial. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • ERATO.
  • Robert Schumann

    Pantalon et Colombine (Carnaval, Op 9)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • In the Night.
    • HYPERION.
    • 22.
  • Professor Longhair & His New Orleans Boys

    Mardi Gras in New Orleans

    • Gems from Atlantic Records, Vol. 1.
    • Supreme Media.
    • 11.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.83 in G minor H.1.83 'The Hen' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Haydn: Complete Paris Symphonies Nos. 82-87.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 101.

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