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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

Tue 14 Feb 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Zez Confrey

    Dizzy Fingers

    Performer: Piers Lane.
    • HYPERION.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • RCA.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Beau Soir: Janine Jansen/Itamar Golan.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Henry Purcell

    Rondeau (Abdelazer)

    Ensemble: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Rondeaux Royaux: The Brandenburg Consort, Roy Goodman.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto no.2 in G major Op.44 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Xiayin Wang. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Tchaikovsky / Khachaturian: Piano Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles Op.23 (Fughetta)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • John Wilbye

    Flora gave me fairest flowers

    Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.
    • John Wilbye: Draw On Sweet Night.
    • CORO.
    • 22.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.39 in E flat major K.543 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 7.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Quartet No 1 'The Kreutzer Sonata' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Turangalila-Symphonie (Final)

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet. Performer: Harada Takashi. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Fantasia in D minor TWV.40:36

    Performer: Paolo Pandolfo.
    • GLOSSA.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Piano Trio in C (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Andrej Bielow. Performer: Christian Polt茅ra. Performer: Oliver Triendl.
    • CPO.
  • Anders Hillborg

    The Strand Settings (Dark Harbour XI)

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • DECCA.
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Symphony in G major Op.11 no.1 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Jeanne Lamon.
    • TAFELMUSIK.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Komm, Jesu, komm! BWV.229

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Ensemble: Ensemble Allegria. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.
    • Bach: The Motets.
    • BIS.
    • 1-2.
  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Tevot (coda)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Ades: Tevot, Violin Concerto, Three Studies.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Henri Mulet

    Carillon-sortie in D major

    Performer: Christopher Herrick.
    • Organ Fireworks V.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Billy Mayerl

    Marigold

    Performer: Susan Tomes.
    • Loose Elbows - Susan Tomes plays the piano music of Billy Mayerl.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.
  • Richard Strauss

    Presentation of the Rose (Der Rosenkavalier)

    Singer: Brigitte Fassbaender. Singer: Lucia Popp. Choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier: Brigitte Fassbaender, Bavarian State Opera, Carlo.
    • Orfeo.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker - Suite)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker Suite; Maazel, the Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Telarc.
    • 9.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    So Deep

    Choir: The Elysian Singers. Director: Sam Laughton.
    • The Elysian Singers - Cantos Sagrados.
    • Signum.
    • 10.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.20 no.4 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, OP. 20 Nos. 4--6.
    • BIS.
    • 2.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Philips.
  • Egberto Gismonti

    Infancia

    Music Arranger: S茅rgio Assad. Performer: Odair Assad. Performer: S茅rgio Assad.
    • Saga dos Migrantes: Sergio and Odair Assad.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Pamela Harrison

    Drifting Away

    Performer: Robert Plane. Performer: Benjamin Frith.
    • RESONUS.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade Op.31

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Michael Thompson. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • CHANDOS.

Broadcast

  • Tue 14 Feb 2023 09:00

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