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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

Thu 9 Mar 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 3 in E flat major Op. 55 'Eroica'; 3. Scherzo

    Performer: Claire Huangci. Music Arranger: Ferdinand Ries. Ensemble: CHAARTS.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for String In E, Op. 22: III. Scherzo, vivace

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta. Conductor: Candida Thompson.
    • The Bohemian Album.
    • Channel Classics Records.
    • 3.
  • Richard Strauss

    Verf眉hrung, Op 33 No 1

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • DECCA.
  • Muzio Clementi

    Piano Sonata in E flat major, Op 23 No 1

    Performer: Howard Shelley.
    • HYPERION.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    Madrigali: 6 "FireSongs" on Italian Renaissance Poems; 6. Se per havervi, oime

    Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: Chamber Choir of Europe. Conductor: Nicol Matt.
    • Light Eternal 鈥 The Choral Music of Morten Lauridsen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 9.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Indes galantes (Overture)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor; 5. Rondo-finale

    Orchestra: Orchestre symphonique de Montr茅al. Conductor: Rafael Payare.
    • Pentatone.
  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de nuit, Op. 15 No. 1

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Estrellita.
    • BIS.
    • 11.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 103 in E-Flat Major, Hob. I:103 "Drum Roll": I. Adagio - Allegro con spiritu

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • Haydn: London Symphonies Nos. 100 - 104.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.
  • Amy Woodforde-Finden

    Kashmiri Song (4 Indian Love Lyrics)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • In Praise of Woman.
    • HELIOS.
    • 017.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet Op.2 'Gradus ad Parnassum' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zerfiesse, mein Herze (St John Passion, BWV 245)

    Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Performer: Peter Frankenberg. Performer: Netherlands Bach Society. Singer: Caroline Stam. Conductor: Jos van Veldhoven.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Claude Debussy

    Saxophone Rhapsody

    Performer: Theodore Kerkezos. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yuri Simonov.
    • Legende: Theodore Kerkezos.
    • Onyx.
  • Richard Wagner

    Magic Fire Music (Die Walkure)

    Singer: James Morris. Orchestra: Bavarian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • EMI.
  • Claude Debussy

    Les soirs illumin茅es par l'ardeur du charbon

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 25.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance

    Performer: Celino Romero. Performer: Pepe Romero. Performer: Celin Romero. Performer: Celedonio Romero.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Thomas Morley

    Fyer, Fyer!

    Choir: Reading Phoenix Choir. Conductor: Christopher Hann.
    • Fyer, Fyer!.
    • Reading Phoenix Choir.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Jarre

    Lara's Theme (Doctor Zhivago)

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • SILVA SCREEN RECORDS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 12 in A Major, K. 414: III. Rondeau. Allegretto

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 11, 12 & 14.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    The Witching Hour - Concerto for Eight Double Basses 4. Vassilissa the beautiful

    Performer: Kees Boersma. Performer: Timothy Dunin. Performer: Alex Henery. Performer: Max McBride. Performer: Kirsty McCahon. Performer: Matthew McDonald. Performer: Robert Nairn. Performer: Caro Vigilante. Orchestra: Australian World Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Briger.
    • Women of Note Volume 3.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 8.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Praise the Lord (Solomon)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • DG.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Will Everitt

    Be Kind to Yourself

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriella Teychenn茅.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Romance Op.11

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in E flat major, D 899 No 2

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Schubert: Four Impromptus, D899 & D935: Radu Lupu.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no.3 in E flat major Op.97 'Rhenish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Schumann : Symphonies 1-4 & Violin & Piano Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 110.

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