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Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

0930 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.

1045 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 1 Nov 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Dance 1 (Suite no.2 for jazz band)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in A major (6 Pieces Op.118)

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud.
    • ERATO.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Chaconne (Pha毛ton, Act 1)

    Ensemble: Caf茅 Zimmermann.
    • Les Grandes Eaux Musicalles de Versailles.
    • Alpha.
    • 1.
  • Amelia Warner

    Proposal (Mr. Malcolm's List)

    Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra.
    • Mr. Malcolm's List (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Music.Film.
    • 14.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini: William Tell: Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Kassiani

    O Vasilevs tis doxis Christos (Christ, the King of Glory)

    Ensemble: VocaMe. Director: Michael Popp.
    • CHRISTOPHORUS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Notturno no.5 in C major, H.2.29

    Ensemble: Mozzafiato. Ensemble: L鈥橝rchibudelli.
    • Sony.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Hymn to Nature (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh)

    Orchestra: Gurzenich Orchestra of Cologne. Conductor: Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko.
    • Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov & Lyadov: Works.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 201.
  • William Byrd

    The Earl of Oxford's March

    Ensemble: Dowland Consort. Director: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Heavenly Noyse: Download Consort/Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Fred Onovwerosuoke

    5 Kaleidoscopes (no.3)

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • African Pianism.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 403.
  • Amanda Maier-Rontgen

    Violin Concerto in D minor

    Performer: Cecilia Zilliacus. Orchestra: V盲ster氓s Sinfonietta. Conductor: Kristiina Poska.
    • db Productions.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Laurent Lef猫vre. Performer: Olivier Doise.
    • Poulenc: Complete Chamber Music Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
  • Giovanni Battista Bononcini

    Ombra mai fu (Xerse)

    Singer: Simone Kermes. Ensemble: Musiche Nove. Director: Claudio Osele.
    • Simone Kermes - Colori D'Amore - Le Musiche Nove; Claudio Osele.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture Op.62

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Beethoven: Overtures: Harnoncourt, COE.
    • Teldec.
    • 1.
  • Mykola Lysenko

    Nocturne in C sharp minor Op.19

    Performer: Arthur Greene.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • Juan Ara帽茅s

    A la vida bona (Chacona) for 4 voices

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Choir: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Villancicos y danzas criollas 1550-1750: Hesperion XXI/Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.
  • Caroline Shaw

    The Beech Tree (Plan and Elevation)

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Orange.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Pater Omnipotens (Ordo Virtutum)

    Choir: Cantus Anthimi.
    • Laus Trinitati.
    • IndigoBoom.
    • 2.
  • Maurice Durufl茅

    Tu es Petrus (4 Motets sur des themes gregoriens)

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Timothy Brown.
    • French Choral Music.
    • MERIDIAN.
    • 7.
  • Gustav Holst

    St Paul's Suite Op 29`2 (Finale; The Dargason)

    Orchestra: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Jonathan Rees.
    • Wilson: St Kentigern Suite: Scottish Ensemble, Jonathan Rees.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 23.
  • Trad.

    When the Saints Go Marching In

    Singer: Louis Armstrong. Singer: Danny Kaye.
    • Anthology Vol. 3.
    • Barajazz.
    • 14.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    St Michael Archangel (Church Windows)

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Respighi: Vetrate Di Chiesa - Impressioni Brasiliane - Rossiniana.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Saint Nicholas (The Birth of Nicholas)

    Singer: David Hemmings. Singer: Peter Pears. Choir: Girls' Choir of Sir John Leman School, Beccles. Choir: Boys' Choir of Ipswich School Preparatory Department. Performer: Ralph Downes. Orchestra: Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • DECCA.
  • Georges Bizet

    L' Arlesienne - suite no.1 (Entr'acte - Adagietto)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Bizet: Suites from L'Arlesienne and Carmen: Ulster Orch, Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.
  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    24 Preludes in Jazz Style Op.53 (no.17)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • HYPERION.
  • Paul Wranitzky

    Symphony in D major Op.37 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic. Conductor: Rolf Gupta.
    • Paul Wranitzky: Symphonies Opp. 37, 50 & 51.
    • CPO.
    • 106.
  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Autumn in Albania (4 World Seasons)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Graham Bradshaw.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Concerto [1934] (Adagio)

    Performer: Michelle Cann. Orchestra: New York Youth Symphony. Conductor: Michael Repper.
    • New York Youth Symphony - Florence Price: Ethiopia's Shadow in America; Piano Co.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 5.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Anche in mezzo a perigliosa (L'odio vinto dalla constanza)

    Singer: Max Emanuel Cen膷i膰. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Director: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Venezia - Opera Arias of the Serenissima.
    • ERATO.
    • 105.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Der Freisch眉tz Selection for Wind (Wir winden dir den Jungfernkranz)

    Performer: Gernot Schmalfuss. Performer: Christian Hartmann. Performer: Dieter Kl枚cker. Performer: Waldemar Wandel. Performer: Klaus Wallendorf. Performer: Wolf-Jurgen Eisermann. Performer: Karl-Otto Hartmann. Performer: Eberhard Buschmann. Music Arranger: Wenzel Sedlak. Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Weber: Der Freischutz (Harmoniemusik), Consortium Classicum.
    • MD&G.
    • 15.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony no.2 in B minor (3rd and 4th mvts)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Silvio Varviso.
    • Decca.

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