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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

Fri 2 Jun 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra (Fugue)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Simon Rattle on EMI Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Italian Concerto, BWV971: 1st movement

    Performer: Glenn Gould.
    • COLUMBIA.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Concerto for Harmonica and Orchestra, Op. 46 (I. Grazioso)

    Performer: Antonio Serrano. Orchestra: Belgian National Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Zollman.
    • PAVANE.
  • Simone Molinaro

    Molinaro: Ballo detto "Il Conte Orlando" - Saltarello

    • Terpsichore: Renaissance and Early Baroque Dance Music.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 20.
  • Anthony Holborne

    Galliard: The Teares Of The Muses

    • Anthony Holborne: The Teares Of The Muses 1599.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 2.
  • Anthony Holborne

    Almaine: The Honie-Suckle

    • Anthony Holborne: The Teares Of The Muses 1599.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 20.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio No. 2 in G Major, Op1 /2 - (iv. Finale Presto)

    Ensemble: Sukovo trio.
    • Complete Piano Trios.
    • SUPRAPHON.
  • Carl Orff

    Der Mond - "Wenn ihr nachts aus der Taberne"

    Conductor: Wolfgang Sawallisch. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Choir: Wilhelm Pitz.
    • Orff: Die Kluge & Der Mond.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Flute Concerto (I. Allegro moderato)

    • BIS.
  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    String quartet No 4 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Silesian String Quartet.
    • Bacewicz: Complete String Quartets.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Le Rouet d'Omphale Op.31

    Ensemble: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Escales.
    • Chandos.
    • 05.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    For Airi

    • Caprices.
    • Rubicon.
    • 30.
  • William Byrd

    Hornpipe in C major MB.27.39 for keyboard

    Performer: Daniel-Ben Pienaar.
    • AVIE.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 25 in G Minor, K. 183: I. Allegro con brio

    • SWR Classic.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Proud Songsters (Earth and Air and Rain)

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Orford Ness (Suffolk Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Pieces de clavecin en concerts No. 4 in Bb Major (L'indiscrete)

    • RAMEAU: Pieces de clavecin en concerts.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Pieces de clavecin en concerts No. 4 in Bb Major (La Rameau)

    • RAMEAU: Pieces de clavecin en concerts.
    • BIS.
    • 13.
  • Richard Strauss

    Le Tic-Toc Choc & La Lutine (Divertimento after Couperin Op.86)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Kurt Weill

    Alabama Song

    Librettist: Bertolt Brecht. Singer: Lotte Lenya. Ensemble: The Four Admirals. Orchestra: Orchestra of Kurfurstendamm, Berlin. Conductor: Hans Sommer.
    • VIDEO ARTISTS INTERNATIONAL.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

    Music Arranger: Jesse Diener-Bennett. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Orchestra: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.
    • Golijov: Azul.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 102.
  • Arnold Schoenberg

    Pierrot Lunaire (excerpt)

    Singer: Jane Manning. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Jan谩膷ek: V媒lety pana Broucka - edited by Jiri Zahr谩dka / C谩st 1: V媒let pana Brou

    Lyricist: Svatopluk Cech. Lyricist: Viktor Dyk. Lyricist: Leos Jan谩膷ek. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Janacek: The Excursions of Mr Broucek.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel & Gretel (Evening Prayer and Dream Pantomime)

    Singer: Jennifer Larmore. Singer: Ruth Ziesak. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel.
    • TELDEC.
    • 17.
  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Prelude to Act III)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • DG.
  • Antonio Francisco Javier Jose Soler Ramos

    Sonata in G Minor, R. 87

    • Favourite Spanish Encores.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Guillaume Dufay

    Vasilissa ergo gaude

    Ensemble: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Guillaume Dufay

    Adieu ces bons vins de Lannoys

    Conductor: Michael Posch. Ensemble: Ensemble Unicorn.
    • Discover Early Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Howard Skempton

    Lento

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
    • Skempton - Lento.
    • NMC.
    • 1.
  • Edvard Grieg

    The Brook, Op 62 No 4 (Lyric Pieces)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.
  • Alberto Nepomuceno

    Symphony in G Minor (1. Allegro con enthusiasmo)

    Conductor: Fabio Mechetti. Orchestra: Minas Gerais Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Nepomuceno: Symphony in G Minor, O Garatuja Prelude & S茅rie brasileira.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Fri 2 Jun 2023 09:00

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