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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

Mon 6 Mar 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Ethel Smyth

    March Of The Women

    Music Arranger: Juliette Pochin. Choir: Ladies of the Kantos Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Suffrage Sinfonia. Conductor: Alice Farnham.
    • The Lost Women Of Music.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.3 in A minor 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: J枚rg Widmann.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish" & The Hebrides - J枚rg Widmann:.
    • Orfeo.
    • 5.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Violin Sonata in F major Op.5 no.4 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Locatelli Trio.
    • Corelli: Violin Sonatas: The Locatelli Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Prince Igor (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet in E flat major for piano and wind K.452 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Performer: Neil Black. Performer: Dame Thea King. Performer: Anthony Halstead. Performer: Graham Sheen.
    • Mozart / Beethoven: Quintets for Piano & Winds.
    • CBS Masterworks.
    • 5.
  • Anna Clyne

    Masquerade

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Anna Clyne: Mythologies.
    • Avie.
    • 1.
  • John Sheppard

    Libera nos

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Renaissance: Music for inner peace.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 16.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Gunilla S眉ssmann.
    • AVIE.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Hymn - 2001

    Ensemble: Musiques Nouvelles. Conductor: Jean鈥怭aul Dessy.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    7 Bagatelles Op.33 (no.7 in A flat major)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Beethoven: Bagatelles: Steven Osborne - piano.
    • Hyperion.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony no.3 in C minor (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Na茂s (Overture)

    Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Conductor: Christophe Rousset.
    • Rameau: Ouvertures: Les Talens Lyriques, Rousset.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    The Seal Man

    Performer: Golda Schultz. Performer: Jonathan Ware.
    • ALPHA.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    L'italiana in Algeri (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Overtures (The Chamber Orchestra of Europe feat. conductor: Claudio Abbado).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 003.
  • Lera Auerbach

    24 Preludes (Nos 3 and 4)

    Performer: Christine Bernsted. Performer: Ramez Mhaanna.
    • Lera Auerbach: 24 Preludes for Violin & Piano, Op. 46.
    • Naxos.
    • 202-203.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    From Bohemia's Woods and Fields (M谩 vlast)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • DG.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella - Suite (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yoel Levi.
    • TELARC.
  • James Hook

    The Lass of Richmond Hill

    Singer: Joseph Cornwell. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.
    • Fairest Isle - A New National Songbook: Bott/Cornwell/Parley of Instruments/Holm.
    • Hyperion.
  • Anna Clyne

    In your blood (Dance)

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Avie.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Clair de lune (2 Songs Op.46)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • A Verlaine Songbook.
    • BIS.
    • 25.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Nielsen: Aladdin-Suite, Helios U.A.: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Sonata in Bb major for harp and flute (Rondeau)

    Performer: Sandrine Chatron. Performer: Am茅lie Michel.
    • Le Salon de Musique de Marie-Antoinette.
    • AMBROISIE.
    • 14.
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Sinfonia Pacifica

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.
    • ABC CLASSICS.
  • Muzio Clementi

    Preludio alla Mozart in A major (Musical Characteristics)

    Performer: Andreas Staier.
    • Andreas Staier - Concertos & Solo Works for Fortepiano.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 18.
  • Max Bruch

    Symphony no.3 in E major Op.51 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gurzenich Orchestra of Cologne. Conductor: James Conlon.
    • Bruch: Symphonies 1-3.
    • EMI.
    • 2.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Alma redemptoris Mater

    Choir: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Alla marcia)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka鈥怭ekka Saraste.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No.1, Karelia etc: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Saraste.
    • RCA.
    • 8.

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