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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

Mon 21 Nov 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Rigaudon (Holberg Suite)

    Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Terje T酶nnesen.
    • SIMAX.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Adagio in G minor

    Composer: Remo Giazotto. Performer: Edward Brewer. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Albinoni/Pachelbel: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    脡tude no.41 in E flat major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult: 脡tudes.
    • BIS.
    • 108.
  • Gustav Holst

    Venus, the Bringer of Peace (The Planets)

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Performer: Dominic Martens. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Strauss / Holst: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 011.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.86 in D major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge. Conductor: Julien Chauvin.
    • Haydn: Stabat Mater, Symphonies Parisiennes Nos. 84 & 86.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 211.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Notes of Gratitude

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Holes in the Sky.
    • Masterworks.
    • 12.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Three Wonders (The Tale of Tsar Saltan - suite Op.57)

    Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • Suites by Russian Composers.
    • Melodiya.
    • 10.
  • Jean Mouton

    Salva nos, Domine

    Ensemble: Ensemble Cl茅ment Janequin. Ensemble: Diabolus in Musica.
    • Bayard Musique.
  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Kenneth Montgomery.
    • Percy Grainger: Famous Folk Songs: Bournemouth Sinfonietta.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.
  • Johannes Hieronymus Kapsberger

    Canario

    Performer: Matthew Wadsworth. Performer: Gary Cooper. Performer: Mark Levy.
    • Kapsberger/Piccinini: 14 Silver Strings: Matthew Wadsworth.
    • Deux-Elles.
    • 22.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino for flute, piano and chamber orchestra

    Performer: Anthony Robb. Performer: Diana Ambache. Ensemble: Ambache Chamber Ensemble.
    • Liberte, Egalite, Sororite.
    • Ambache.
    • 15-18.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Sonata no.17 in C major G.17 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann. Performer: Mariangiola Martello.
    • Boccherini's Dreams - works for cello and harpsichord.
    • arcantus Musikproduktion.
    • 4.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Verdi prati (Alcina)

    Singer: Della Jones. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Handel: Alcina.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    African Dance (African Suite)

    Music Arranger: Chris Cameron. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Josepha von Auernhammer

    6 Variations on a Hungarian Theme

    Performer: Judith Pfeiffer.
    • Dreyer Gaido.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.10 (Purgatorio)

    Orchestra: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jaap van Zweden.
    • Mahler & Shostakovich: Orchestral Works (Live).
    • Naxos.
    • 102.
  • John Cage

    Sonata No 5 (Sonatas and Interludes)

    Performer: John Tilbury.
    • DECCA.
  • Franz Schubert

    Danksagung an den Bach (Die Sch枚ne M眉llerin D.795)

    Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Performer: Justus Zeyen.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • George Crumb

    Variations on Sea Time (Vox Balaenae)

    Ensemble: Studio for New Music, Moscow Conservatory.
    • Butterfly Dance: Music by Americans.
    • Albany Records.
    • 8.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Songs My Mother Taught Me

    Singer: Paul Robeson. Orchestra: Ronnie Munro & His Orchestra.
    • Paul Robeson: The Complete EMI Sessions 1928-1939.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 24.
  • Sigfrid Karg鈥怑lert

    Marche triomphale 'Nun danket alle Gott'

    Performer: Simon Preston.
    • The World of The Organ, Simon Preston.
    • Decca.
    • 13.
  • Dag Wir茅n

    Serenade in C major Op.11 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wiren: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Marriner.
    • Decca.
    • 13.
  • Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny

    O霉 suis-je? (La belle Ars猫ne)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge. Conductor: Julien Chauvin.
    • Rivales.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 01.
  • Arnold Bax

    November Woods

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Bax: The Garden of Fand / Tintagel / November Woods.....
    • LYRITA.
    • 005.
  • Guglielmo Ebreo da Pesaro

    Petit Riens

    Ensemble: Ex Umbris.
    • Diamond of Ferrara.
    • DORIAN.
    • 12.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat major K.271 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos No.9 K.271 & No.21 K.467.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Valerie Coleman

    Red Clay & Mississippi Delta

    Ensemble: Imani Winds.
    • eOne.
  • Louis Couperin

    Chaconne

    Performer: Colin Booth.
    • Couperin: Harpsichord Music.
    • Fugue State.
    • 30.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Jester's Dance (The Snow Maiden)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.

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