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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.

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Thu 16 Feb 2023 09:00
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  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    脡tude No 52 in C major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult: 脡tudes.
    • BIS.
    • 111.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cherubic Hymn (Liturgy of St John Chrysostom)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major, RV 204

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori.
    • Rachel: The Music I Love.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E flat major, Op 20 (3rd mvt, Tempo di menuetto)

    Performer: Emanuel Hurwitz. Performer: Cecil Aronowitz. Performer: Terence Weil. Performer: Adrian Beers. Performer: Gervase de Peyer. Performer: Keith Puddy. Performer: Peter Graeme. Performer: Sarah Barrington. Performer: William Waterhouse. Performer: Edgar Williams. Performer: James Buck. Performer: Neill Sanders. Orchestra: Melos Ensemble.
    • Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Helios Overture

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • DACAPO.

  • Sally Beamish

    Reckless

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • The Singing: Concertos and Orchestral Works by Sally Beamish.
    • BIS.
    • 12.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Classical Hits: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Humoresque (5 Fantasiestucke, No 3)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • Walter Lambe

    Nesciens mater

    Choir: Tonus Peregrinus. Conductor: Antony Pitts.
    • Naxos.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    February (Das Jahr)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • SONY.

  • Walter Piston

    The Incredible Flutist (ballet suite)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • American Masters: Piston: The Incredible Flutist - Hill: Prelude for Orchestra -.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1-12.

  • Sally Beamish

    Reckless

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • The Singing: Concertos and Orchestral Works by Sally Beamish.
    • BIS.
    • 12.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Za茂s (Entr'acte)

    Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • APARTE.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Channel firing

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Alpha.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Silent woods

    Performer: Enrico Dindo. Orchestra: Orchestra della Toscana. Conductor: Daniele Rustioni.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Works for Cello & Orchestra.
    • Dynamic.
    • 104.

  • Michael Praetorius

    La Bouree (Terpischore, No 32)

    Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.
    • Michael Praetorius - Dances and Motets.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.

  • Andrea Ramsey

    That which remains

    Choir: Cantus.
    • Cantus: Lockdown Sessions.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1701.

  • Sally Beamish

    Reckless

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • The Singing: Concertos and Orchestral Works by Sally Beamish.
    • BIS.
    • 12.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Le boeuf sur le toit

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Milhaud: La Creation du Monde, Le Boeuf sur le toit, Saudades do Brasil: Bernste.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Adams: The Shaker Loops/The Wound Dresser: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Alsop.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • William Walton

    Fa莽ade - An Entertainment: Jodelling Song; Scotch Rhapsody

    Author: Edith Sitwell. Narrator: Edith Sitwell. Ensemble: English Opera Group. Conductor: Anthony Collins.
    • Decca.

  • Jacques Ibert

    Divertissement

    Conductor: Jean Martinon. Orchestra: Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris.
    • Ibert: Divertissement / Bizet: Jeux D'Enfants - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, M.
    • Decca.

  • Cathy Berberian

    Stripsody (extract)

    Singer: Cathy Berberian.
    • WERGO.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Rite of Spring (Sacrifical Dance)

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Igor Stravinsky, The Rite of Spring: Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 14.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Polka (The Age of Gold)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in F minor, Op 20 No 5 (3rd mvt, Adagio)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • BIS.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Horseplay (2nd mvmt, Lively)

    Ensemble: Ensemble X.
    • AVIE.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Den Bergtekne (The Mountain Thrall)

    Singer: Palle Knudsen. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grieg: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello

    Symphony No 2 in G major, Op 1 No 4

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Conductor: Adrian Chandler.
    • "Behind Closed Doors", Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello, Vol. 1: Opus 1 Concerti &.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 401-402.

  • David Del Tredici

    Farewell

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 9.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in C minor K.388 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas. Director: Peter Whelan.
    • LINN.

  • Johanna M眉ller-Hermann

    Heroic Overture

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.

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  • Thu 16 Feb 2023 09:00
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