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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

Fri 27 Jan 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Sinfonia da Pacifica (3rd mvt, Allegro giocoso)

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.
    • ABC CLASSICS.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    2 Nocturnes Op.32 (no.2 in A flat major)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.
  • Diogenio Bigaglia

    Oboe Concerto in B flat major

    Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Ensemble: Zefiro.
    • ARCANA.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Humoresque in E flat major, Op 89 No 5

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas S酶nderg氓rd.
    • Prokofiev & Sibelius - Violin Concertos.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in G major, Wq.173

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Clara Schumann

    Abendfeier in Venedig

    Ensemble: Studio Vocale Karlsruhe. Conductor: Werner Pfaff.
    • Schumann - Die Chorwerke Vol. 2.
    • EBS.
    • 1.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Things to Come (Epilogue)

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Sir Arthur Bliss.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Les Barricades Mysterieuses

    Performer: Jean Rondeau. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Erato.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in A major, Op 46 No 5

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • DECCA ELOQUENCE.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Bagatelles Op.1 (no.3)

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud.
    • The Messenger.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 11.
  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    Violin Concerto in B flat major, Op 3 No 1

    Performer: Zefira Valova. Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • Benda, Graun, Saint-Georges, Sirmen: Violin Concertos.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 10-12.
  • Clara Schumann

    Abendfeier in Venedig

    Ensemble: Studio Vocale Karlsruhe. Conductor: Werner Pfaff.
    • Schumann - Die Chorwerke Vol. 2.
    • EBS.
    • 1.
  • Anonymous

    Bouree d'Avignonez

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Nkeiru Okoye

    My Name is Harriet, Now (Songs of Harriet Tubman)

    Singer: Louise Toppin. Orchestra: Dvo艡谩k Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Julius P. Williams.
    • Heart on the Wall: African American Art Songs for Orchestra.
    • Albany Records.
    • 15.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio (Overture)

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Beethoven: Overturen - Wiener Philharmoniker/Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 1.
  • M. Camargo Guarnieri

    Improvisation No 2 (Homage to Villa-Lobos)

    Performer: Max Barros.
    • Guarnieri: Piano Music, Vol. 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.
  • Vasily Kalinnikov

    Symphony No 1 in G minor (Scherzo and trio)

    Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Kalinnikov: Symphony No. 1 - Glazunov: La Mer, Spring.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.
  • Clara Schumann

    Abendfeier in Venedig

    Ensemble: Studio Vocale Karlsruhe. Conductor: Werner Pfaff.
    • Schumann - Die Chorwerke Vol. 2.
    • EBS.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cum dederit (Nisi Dominus)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus. Conductor: Jean鈥怌hristophe Spinosi.
    • Passion Jaroussky.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.
  • Reynaldo Hahn

    La Barcheta (Venezia)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Souvenirs De Venise.
    • Helios.
    • 13.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Death in Venice Suite (conclusion)

    Music Arranger: Steuart Bedford. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    Che si puo fare

    Performer: Leonardo Garc铆a Alarc贸n. Performer: Mariana Flores. Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea.
    • Ambronay.
  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    脡tude No 101 in C sharp major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult: 脡tudes.
    • BIS.
    • 123.
  • Harold Arlen

    Suite from 'The Wizard of Oz'

    Music Arranger: Herbert Stothart. Ensemble: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Hollywood Soundstage.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Vicente Lusitano

    Sancta Maria

    Ensemble: Marian Consort. Director: Rory McCleery.
    • Vicente Lusitano: Motets - 2.
    • Linn Records.
    • 8.
  • Dora Bright

    Piano Concerto No 1 in A minor (2nd mvmt, Intermezzo)

    Performer: Samantha Ward. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Somm.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat major, Op 33 No 2, 'The Joke' (Finale)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Chandos.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vysehrad (M谩 vlast)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel An膷erl.
    • SUPRAPHON.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light divine (Birthday Ode for Queen Anne)

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Performer: David Blackadder. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Elin Manahan Thoms: Eternal Light.
    • Heliodor.

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