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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 14 Apr 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Bourr茅e fantasque

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Neeme Jarvi conducts Chabrier.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 6.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Triana (Iberia Bk 2)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - Fantasia.
    • DG.
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major D.803 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Gaudier Ensemble.
    • Schubert: Octet: The Gaudier Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C Op. 3

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2009.
    • EMI.
    • 7-8.
  • Cl茅ment Janequin

    La guerre

    Ensemble: Ensemble Cl茅ment Janequin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Prelude to Libuse

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Menuet antique

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Erato.
  • Andrea Falconieri

    Folias echa para mi Senora Dona Tarelilla de Carallenos

    Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Altre Follie 1500-1750: Hesperion XXI/Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 7.
  • John Adams

    Lollapalooza

    Ensemble: New World Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • New World Jazz: New World Symphony, Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • BMG Classics.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Three-Part Invention in E flat major, BWV 791

    Performer: Dmitry Sitkovetsky. Performer: Yuri Zhislin. Performer: Luigi Piovano.
    • J S Bach Goldberg Variations 15 Sinfonias The Art Of Transcription.
    • Nimbus.
  • Louiguy

    La Vie en Rose

    Singer: V茅ronique Gens. Ensemble: I Giardini.
    • Alpha.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • AVI MUSIC.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Africa - fantasy in G minor Op.89 for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Works for Piano & Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 601.
  • Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco

    Greeting Cards, Op. 170: No. 36, Sarabande on the Name of Rey de la Torre

    Performer: Andrea de Vitis.
    • Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Greeting Cards for Guitar.
    • Naxos.
    • 109.
  • Marianna Martines

    Concerto per Cembalo in G Major: 2nd mvt Adagio

    Performer: Nicoleta Paraschivescu. Ensemble: La Floridiana.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Anonymous (15th Century)

    The Agincourt Carol

    Ensemble: The Binchois Consort. Conductor: Andrew Kirkman.
    • Music For The 100 Years War.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18.
  • Benjamin Britten

    One Ever Hangs; Agnus Dei (War Requiem)

    Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Choir: Ch贸r NFM. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    The Battle and Defeat of Napoleon (Hary Janos Suite, Op 35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite - Dances of Galanta...: BFO, Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 11.
  • William Walton

    Agincourt song (Henry V)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton.
    • EMI.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Hans Vonk.
    • Mozart: Clarinet concerto K.622: Meyer/Staatskapelle Dresden/Vonk.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Don Carlo - Act III: Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza (chorus)

    Lyricist: Francois Joseph M茅ry. Lyricist: Camille du Locle. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan.
    • Verdi Choruses.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66, MWV 33: III. Scherzo

    Ensemble: Van Baerle Trio.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Trios.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 7.
  • Howard Shore

    The Forest (1st mvt)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Orchestra: National Arts Centre Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Decca.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri (Op.70) vers. for str, harp & org

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla.
    • DG.
  • William Cornysh

    Ah Robin

    Music Arranger: Roderick Williams. Choir: The SDASA Chorale. Ensemble: I Fagiolini.
  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    Two Roses: No 1 (Au sein de la nature)

    Performer: Mengjie Han.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 257 [complete]

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Benedetti Baroque Orchestra.
    • Baroque.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

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