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Tom McKinney

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

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

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 6 Dec 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in D minor BWV.1052R (1st mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Franz Liszt

    Liebestraume - 3 notturnos S.541 (no.3 in A flat major)

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • Warner.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Norwegian Artists' Carnival Op.14

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Adoro te devote

    Singer: Lucy Sun. Singer: Annabel Green. Singer: Susannah Hill. Singer: Edward Cunningham. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Sonata a 22 S.241 [1615 no.18]

    Ensemble: Berlin Brass. Performer: Andreas Sieling. Conductor: Lucas Vis.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Midnight on the Great Western (Winter Words)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Britten: Canticle 1/Michelangelo sonnets etc: Johnson/Johnson.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Violin Concerto no.1 in A minor Op.77 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Echoes of Time: Lisa Batiashvili/Symphonieorchester des Beyerischen Rundfunks.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quintet in E flat major Op.44 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Sinfonietta in A major Op.48, rev. from Op.5: 1st mvt; Allegro giocoso

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dima Slobodeniouk.
    • Poulenc, Prokofiev & Britten: Sinfoniettas.
    • BIS.
    • 5.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Omaggio a Szymanowski (Nuevos estudios sencillos)

    Performer: Graham Anthony Devine.
    • Leo Brouwer, Guitar Music Volume 4.
    • NAXOS.
    • 16.
  • Karol Szymanowski

    9 Preludes Op.1 (no.2 in D minor)

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • Karol Szymanowski: Piano Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Cello Concerto no.2 in D minor Op.119 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Lynn Harrell. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio K.418

    Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • ERATO.
  • Philip Herbert

    Elegy [In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence]

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
  • Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer

    Harpsichord Suite no.2 (L'Amiable; gracieux) [Pieces de Clavecin, 1746]

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • ERATO.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet in B flat major Op.34 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Entrance of the Emperor and his Court (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Antal Dorati Conducts Kodaly Hary Janos Suite Bartok Hungarian Sketches and Roum.
    • Mercury Living Presence.
  • Eug猫ne Gigout

    Toccata in B minor

    Performer: Colin Walsh.
    • Great European Organs No.15: Colin Walsh.
    • Priory.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Erlk枚nig D.328

    Orchestrator: Max Reger. Singer: Thomas Quasthoff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations (Variation 13)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
    • 14.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Night mail

    Author: W. H. Auden. Narrator: Simon Russell Beale. Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • NMC.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Whither must I wander (Songs of Travel)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • Naxos.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Music Arranger: Joanna MacGregor. Performer: Joanna MacGregor. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Joanna MacGregor: Live in Buenos Aires.
    • Warner Classics and Jazz.
    • 14.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Symphony in E flat major Op.1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
  • Dick Koomans

    The Jogger

    Ensemble: Sirena Recorder Quartet.
    • BIS.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in E major Wq.182`6

    Orchestra: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • James McMillan

    Christmas Oratorio (My love and tender one are you)

    Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • LPO.
  • Ferenc Farkas

    Ugros (Ancient Hungarian Dances)

    Ensemble: Galliard Ensemble.
    • Deux-Elles.
  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried Idyll

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.

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