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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.

3 hours

Last on

Tue 7 Mar 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • John Williams

    Olympic Fanfare and Theme (1984 Olympic Games)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Franz Schmidt

    Notre Dame (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • DG.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Pablo Ferr谩ndez. Performer: Lambert Orkis.
    • Sony Masterworks.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Zerreisset, zersprenget, zertr眉mmert die Gruft (Cantata BWV.205)

    Choir: Choir of the Age of Enlightenment. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • J. S. Bach, Secular Cantatas BWV.205 & 214.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 1.
  • George Gershwin

    Love walked in

    Music Arranger: Percy Grainger. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns/Ravel/Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Midnight (Cinderella Op.87)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • EMI.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Espana - rhapsody

    Ensemble: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Escales.
    • Chandos.
    • 01.
  • Judith Weir

    Ave Regina Caelorum

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • The Marian Collection.
    • Delphian.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.21 in C major K.467 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Robert Levin. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Richard Egarr.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 21 & 24.
    • Academy of Ancient Music.
    • 101.
  • Tiburtio Massaino

    Canzon 33

    Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Music From The Royal Court.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 39.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Trio sonata no. 1 in F major (Allegro assai)

    Performer: Heinz Holliger. Performer: Maurice Bourgue. Performer: Klaus Thunemann. Performer: Klaus Stoll. Performer: Jonathan Rubin. Performer: Christiane Jaccottet.
    • Zelenka: Trio Sonatas.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 4.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Violin Concerto in D major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • George Frideric Handel

    E vivo ancora?... Scherza infida (Ariodante)

    Singer: Lorraine Hunt Lieberson. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in B flat major, Op.97 'Archduke' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • Beethoven: Piano Trio in B flat, Op.97 'Archduke': The Florestan Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Os Justi

    Music Arranger: Stephen Hicks. Ensemble: Septura.
    • NAXOS.
  • Maurice Ravel

    L'heure espagnole (opening)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Ravel: L'Enfant Et Les Sortil猫ges; L'Heure Espagnole.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major Op.42

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: The Complete Waltzes: Ingrid Fliter.
    • EMI.
    • 6.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Prelude (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Philips.
  • Richard Strauss

    Der Rosenkavalier (Final Scene)

    Singer: R茅gine Crespin. Singer: Helen Donath. Singer: Yvonne Minton. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • R.Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier.
    • DECCA.
    • 13-14.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no.15 in A major Op.141 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Storg氓rds.
    • Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 12 and 15.
    • Chandos.
    • 108.
  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    6 Bagatelles (no.1)

    Ensemble: London Winds.
    • Chandos.
  • Katia Beaugeais

    Like Snowdrops You Will Shine

    Performer: Helena Rathbone. Ensemble: ACO Collective.
    • Collective Wisdom [Hush, Volume 18].
    • 8.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor Op.31

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin.
    • The Salzburg Recital.
    • DG.
    • 19.
  • Tarquinio Merula

    Ciaconna

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Il Giardino Armonica: Artist Portrait.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no. 31 in D major 'Horn Signal' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 13: Horn Signal.
    • ALPHA.
    • 2.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Sevilla (Suite Espanola No.1, Op.47)

    Music Arranger: Carlo Marchionni. Performer: Vojan Koceic.
    • Jos茅, Alb茅niz & Man茅n: Guitar Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside - Triumphal March - Vieni, o guerriero vindice (Aida)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Verdi Choruses.
    • Decca.
    • 14.

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