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Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

0930 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

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

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 3 Nov 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Grande valse brillante Op.18

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Chopin - Complete Waltzes (Alice Sara Ott).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 001.
  • William Byrd

    Laudibus in sanctis

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Ceremony and Devotion: Music for the Tudors.
    • Coro.
    • 2.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Zigeunerweisen Op.20

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major K.581 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Quintet: Martin Frost.
    • BIS.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symphony (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: London Symphony/Oboe Concerto: Halle/Elder.
    • Halle.
    • 3.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Nulla in mundo pax RV.630 for soprano (or tenor) and orchestra

    Singer: Grace Davidson. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Joseph Crouch.
    • Vivaldi & Handel.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 401.
  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    La Catedral [Benites R.: vol.1 p.58] [complete]

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • ERATO.
  • Nino Rota

    Nonetto: I. Allegro

    Performer: Daishin Kashimoto. Performer: Joaquín Riguelme García. Performer: Claudio Bohórquez. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Paul Meyer. Performer: François Meyer. Performer: Gilbert Audin. Performer: Benoît de Barsony. Performer: Olivier Thiery.
    • Nino Rota: Chamber Music.
    • Alpha.
    • 7.
  • Reinhard Keiser

    Croesus (Overture)

    Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Cadiz (Suite espanola)

    Ensemble: Katia Labèque. Ensemble: Marielle Labèque.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Clara Schumann

    Er ist gekommen, Op 12 No 2 (Rückert Lieder)

    Performer: Christoph Berner. Singer: Werner Güra.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    The Noonday Witch, Op 108

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in C major, H.15.21 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kungsbacka Trio.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios: Kungsbacka Piano Trio.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Michael Torke

    Green

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Argo.
  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • The Grainger Edition, Vol.2 - Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Robert Farnon

    The Westminster Waltz

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • SONY.
  • Eric Coates

    London Suite: III. Knightsbridge (March)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Tahiti Trot, Op. 16 (Tea for Two)

    Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Shostakovich: Jazz & Variety Suites.
    • BIS.
    • 501.
  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Sonata No 1 'Sonata-Fantasia', Op 39

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • HYPERION.
  • George Enescu

    2 Romanian Rhapsodies, Op. 11: No. 1 in A Major

    Conductor: Mariss Jansons. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Rhapsody (Live).
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 3.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O vos imitatores

    Music Arranger: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae. Performer: Christian Forshaw. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • When Sleep Comes: Evening Meditations for Voices & Saxophone.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 301.
  • Luise Adolpha Le Beau

    Cello Sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • HYPERION.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.92 in G major 'Oxford' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 91 & 92: Rene Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Fandango in D minor R.146

    Performer: Andreas Staier.
    • TELDEC.

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