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Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

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 17 Feb 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Joyeuse marche

    Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • Chabrier: Oeuvres pour orchestre: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Plasson.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    My Joys Op.74 no.12

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • DECCA.
    • 8.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jacques Ammon.
    • Spheres: Daniel Hope.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for cor anglais after BWV 54

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Orchestra: The English Concert.
    • Voices Of Bach Albrecht Mayer.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Pau Casals

    Sardana

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Guy Johnston. Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • DECCA.
  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Butterworth/Delius: English Rhapsody: Halle, Elder.
    • Halle.
    • 4.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony no.3 in D major Op.33 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard Concerto in F major H.18.3 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Vocalise for flute, clarinet and harp

    Ensemble: Korros Ensemble.
    • Convivium.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Anvil Chorus (Il trovatore)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Rhapsody in G minor, Op.79 No.2

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • SONY.
  • Anna Disley-Simpson

    February Twilight

    Conductor: Ben Parry. Ensemble: NYCGB Fellowship.
    • Young Composers Scheme, Vol. 3.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 501.
  • Richard Blackford

    Canticle of Winter

    Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Carr. Performer: Amy Dickson.
    • Pieta.
    • Nimbus Alliance.
    • 10.
  • Franz Schubert

    Quartet in G major D.96 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Wolfgang Schulz. Performer: Wolfram Christ. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher. Performer: Georg Faust.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Eduard K眉nneke

    Dance Suite for jazz band and large orchestra, Op 26: Overture (Foxtrot)

    Orchestra: Staatsoperette Dresden. Conductor: Ernst Theis.
    • Suites & Overtures for the Radio, Vol. 2.
    • CPO.
    • 301.
  • Anon.

    Kemp's Jig

    Ensemble: The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments.
    • SSAI RECORDS.
  • George Butterworth

    Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad)

    Singer: Christopher Maltman. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel, Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad: Maltman, Vigno.
    • Hyperion.
    • 27.
  • Michael Hurd

    Sinfonia Concertante (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • English String Miniatures, Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Scott Joplin

    Weeping willow

    Performer: Marcus Eley. Performer: Lucerne DeSa. Music Arranger: Marcus Eley.
    • But Not Forgotten: Music by African-American Composers for clarinet and piano.
    • SONO LUMINUS.
    • 11.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Linden Lea

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Author: William Barnes. Singer: Janet Baker.
    • The Very Best Of: Janet Baker.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Trad.

    Bridge Over The River Ash

    Lyricist: Trad.. Music Arranger: Dave Swarbrick. Music Arranger: Dave Mattacks. Music Arranger: Dave Pegg. Music Arranger: Simon Nicol.
    • Angel Delight.
    • Universal-Island Records Ltd..
    • 3.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B flat major, RV.166

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Vivaldi - Concerti per archi II.
    • Naive.
    • 28-30.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Poetic Tone Pictures, Op 85 (No 5 Peasant's ballad)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Dvor谩k: Poetic Tone Pictures, Op.85.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in A Major Op.20 no.6 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 20 Nos. 4-6.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Symphony in D minor. First movement

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion CDA67985.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Moondog

    F眉r Fritz [Chaconne in A minor]

    Performer: Dominique Ponty. Performer: Stefan Lakatos.
    • Shiiin.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Seraph (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major Op.90 'Italian' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos.3 & 4: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Harnoncourt.
    • Teldec.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in B flat major, Op.119 no.11

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Beethoven: Alfred Brendel plays, vol.4.
    • Vox Box.
    • 37.
  • Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Waltz no.1 'The Dance in the Village Inn'

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Liszt - The Collection.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

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