Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

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

Thu 1 Dec 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Peter Warlock

    Bansles (Capriol Suite)

    Ensemble: Metamorphosen Berlin. Conductor: Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt.
    • Elgar-Britten-Warlock-Jenkins: Very British.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 20.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in G flat major, D 899 No 3

    Performer: Elisabeth Leonskaja.
    • Schubert: Impromptus: Elisabeth Leonskaja.
    • Teldec.
    • 3.
  • Ysaye Maria Barnwell

    Wanting Memories

    Choir: Cantus.
    • Cantus: Lockdown Sessions.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1401.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Polka)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Smetana: The Moldau; RLPO, Libor Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G minor for 2 violins and cello RV.578

    Performer: Amandine Beyer. Performer: Alba Roca. Performer: Marco Ceccato. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • Vivaldi: Festival de Sable.
    • ZIG ZAG TERRITOIRES.
    • 1-4.
  • Helena Munktell

    Le lac de Siljan (Suite dalecarlienne)

    Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.
    • Sterling.
  • Samuel Barber

    The School for Scandal (Overture)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Thomas Schippers.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Pierre de la Rue

    O salutaris hostia

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Clarinet Trio in E flat major, Op 44 (3rd mvt, Minuetto: Allegro)

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • Louise Farrenc: Piano Trios, Sextet.
    • CPO.
    • 10.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Bourr茅e (Suite in D major, TWV 55:D6)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Le Concert Spirituel: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 11.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Symphony in F sharp minor, Op 41 (1st mvt, Andante maestoso - Allegro con moto)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
  • Helena Munktell

    Le lac de Siljan (Suite dalecarlienne)

    Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.
    • Sterling.
  • Joan Ambrosio Dalza

    Alla Spagnola

    Ensemble: Capella de Ministrers. Director: Carles Magraner.
    • Capella de Ministrers.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Lullabye for Lucy

    Choir: Choir of St Mary's Music School. Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • Unicorn Kanchana.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in C major, Op 33 No 5

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • Beethoven: Bagatelles for Piano: Kovacevich.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Giovanni Sgambati

    In Church: Prelude and Canticle (Nuptial Symphony)

    Orchestra: Orchestra sinfonica di Roma. Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia.
    • Sgambati: Symphony No. 2 in E-Flat Major & Nupital Symphony.
    • Naxos.
    • 105.
  • Jehan Alain

    Litanies

    Performer: Marie鈥怌laire Alain.
    • J. Alain: Litanies: Marie-Claire Alain.
    • Erato.
    • 1.
  • Matthew Locke

    Fantasie (Consort of 4 parts No 3 in F major)

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • VIRGIN VERITAS.
  • Helena Munktell

    Le lac de Siljan (Suite dalecarlienne)

    Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.
    • Sterling.
  • Edvard Fliflet Br忙in

    Out Towards the Sea

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • NORWEGIAN CLASSICAL FAVOURITES VOL.2.
    • NAXOS.
    • 009.
  • Jean Sibelius

    The Spruce [Fir-tree] (5 Pieces Op.75)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's Dream Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    The Blue Bird, Op.119 no.3

    Choir: Swedish Chamber Choir. Conductor: Simon Phipps.
    • Like to the Lark.
    • Chandos.
    • 07.
  • Alan Hovhaness

    Symphony No 50, 'Mount St Helens' (2nd mvt, Spirit Lake)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Hovhaness: Symphonies Nos. 1, 'Exile Symphony' and 50, 'Mount St. Helen'.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Hjort-Anders Olsson

    骋盲谤诲别产测濒氓迟别苍

    Ensemble: R盲ttviks Spelmanslag.
    • The Best Loved Swedish Music And Folk Songs.
    • Parlophone Sweden.
    • 18.
  • Giovanni Battista Sammartini

    Symphony in F major (3rd mvmt, Allegro assai)

    Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Sammartini, G.B.: Symphonies J-C 4, 9, 16, 23, 36, 62.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Tina Davidson

    Blue Curve of the Earth

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • DG.
  • George Enescu

    Romanian Rhapsody No 1

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Constantin Silvestri.
    • EMI.
  • Karl Goldmark

    Magische T枚ne (Die K枚nigin von Saba)

    Singer: Nicolai Gedda. Orchestra: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Heinrich Bender.
    • 100 Best Tenor Arias.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 607.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Paladins (Air de furie)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • Rameau: Suite Les Paladins: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Leonhardt.
    • Philips.
  • Havergal Brian

    In Memoriam

    Conductor: Sir Charles Groves. Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Havergal Brian: In Memoriam & Gothic Symphony Part One.
    • Heritage Records.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Thu 1 Dec 2022 09:00

Our Classical Century

Our Classical Century

Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.

Time Travellers: the podcast

Time Travellers: the podcast

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.