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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 – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 1 Jun 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Girl Crazy (Overture)

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue & Popular Orchestral Works.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet No 2 in D major (Scherzo)

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Borodin/Tchaikovsky: String quartets: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Teldec.
    • 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Syrinx

    Performer: James Galway.
    • RCA.
  • Margaret Hubicki

    Piano Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: James Kirby.
    • Chandos.
  • Luciano Berio

    Ritirata notturna di Madrid

    Composer: Luigi Boccherini. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Luciano Berio.
    • RCA.
  • Paul Schoenfield

    Dog Heaven (Four Parables)

    Performer: Jeffrey Kahane. Orchestra: New World Symphony. Conductor: John Nelson.
    • Schoenfield: Four Parables, Vaudeville, New World Symphony, Nelson.
    • Argo.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    St John Passion: Part 1; Herr, unser Herrscher (Chorus)

    Orchestra: Collegium Vocale Gent Orchestra. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Bach: Johannes-Passion, BWV 245.
    • PHI.
  • Valerie Coleman

    Afro-Cuban Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Imani Winds.
    • Koch International Classics.
  • Leo Brouwer

    Guitar Sonata (La Toccata de Pasquini)

    Performer: Cecilio Perera.
    • Cecilio Perera: Guitar Recital.
    • NAXOS.
    • 10.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: Orchestral works including Symphony no.3, The Wasps Overture,.
    • HALLE.
    • 7.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Doppelganger, D 957 No 13 (Schwanengesang)

    Performer: Gerold Huber. Singer: Christian Gerhaher.
    • Schubert: Schwanengesang & 4 Lieder: Gerhaher/Huber.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 13.
  • Elfrida Andrée

    Symphony No 2 in A minor (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Stockholm Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustaf Sjökvist.
    • Sterling.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Fantasia on The Last Rose of Summer, Op. 15

    Performer: Peter Donohoe.
    • Chandos.
  • Dario Marianelli

    Dog Happiness

    Conductor: Dario Marianelli.
    • Marianelli: Film Scores.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 67.
  • Benjamin Britten

    For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry (Rejoice in the Lamb Op.30)

    Composer: Imogen Holst. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Ensemble: The Dmitri Ensemble. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 11, 'G.R.S')

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Sir John Barbirolli.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 13.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Kitty-valse (Dolly Suite, Op.56)

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • Bizet, Ravel, Faure: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • Philips.
    • 16.
  • George Gershwin

    Walking the Dog (Arr. for Saxophone Quartet)

    Ensemble: Clair-Obscur Saxophone Quartet.
    • Memorias, Astor Piazzolla Memories in 6 Tableaux.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 114.
  • Charles Ives

    Slow March

    • Songs of Innocence.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 20.
  • Trad.

    I bought me a cat (Arr. Copland)

    Composer: Aaron Copland. Lyricist: Trad.. Lyricist: Aaron Copland. Singer: Marilyn Horne. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • The World of Copland.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.
  • William Byrd

    O God that guides the cheerful sun

    Singer: Laura Baldwin. Choir: Ebor Singers. Ensemble: Chelys Consort of Viols. Conductor: Paul Gameson.
    • RESONUS.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Rumores de la caleta: Malagueña (Recuerdos de Viaje)

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Favourite Spanish Encores.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Cello Concerto no.1 in C major H.7b.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Pentatone.
  • Augusta Holmès

    Allegro Feroce

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Jane Glover.
  • Arvo Pärt

    Summa

    Singer: Jaanika Kuusik. Singer: Kadri Hunt. Singer: Mikk Ãœleoja. Singer: Taniel Kirikal.
    • Part: The Deer's Cry.
    • ECM.
    • 12.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio Op.72 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Simon Rattle Edition: Beethoven.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 801.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Sinfonia in F major for recorder, viola da gamba and strings, TWV 50:3 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Holtslag. Performer: Mark Caudle. Ensemble: Parley of Instruments. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Telemann: Recorder Concertos: Peter Holtslag, The Parley of Instruments.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Naxos.

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