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 – 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.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Slavonic Dance in C major, Op 46 No 1
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiřà Bělohlávek.- Decca.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Sonata No 17 in B flat major, K 570 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.- Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
- Philips.
- 6.
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Igor Stravinsky
Stravinsky: Concerto in E-Flat Major, 'Dumbarton Oaks': I. Tempo giusto
Ensemble: The Knights. -
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
Tu Es Petrus (Palestrina)
Choir: Coro della Radio Svizzera, Lugano. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.- Palestrina: Motets and Missa sine nomine.
- Arts Productions Ltd.
- 15.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Octet in E flat major, Op.20 (4th mvt)
Performer: James Ehnes. Ensemble: Seattle Chamber Players.- Onyx.
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George Frideric Handel
The Choice of Hercules: Yet can I hear that dulcet lay
Performer: Thomas Dunford. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Jupiter.- Erato.
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György Ligeti
6 Bagatelles (no.1)
Ensemble: London Winds.- Chandos.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- ALPHA.
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William Grant Still
Summerland (3 Visions)
Performer: Bruce Levingston.- Citizen.
- Sono Luminus.
- 201.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Waltz 2 (Suite no.2 for Jazz Band)
Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Charles Mutter. Performer: Michael Gray. Performer: Timothy Welch. Performer: Ben Dawson. Performer: Benjamin Hughes. Performer: Andrew Wood.- RISE.
- Decca.
- 12.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'
Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.- HALLE.
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Teresa Carreño
Une revue à Prague
Performer: Clara Rodriguez.- Teresa Carreno: Clara Rodriguez.
- Nimbus.
- 15.
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Joseph Canteloube
Bailero (Chants d'Auvergne)
Singer: Kate Royal. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Kate Royal.
- Warner Classics.
- 103.
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Carl Stamitz
Flute Concerto in D Major: III. Presto non assai
Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.- Haydn, A. Stamitz & C. Stamitz: Concertos.
- PENTATONE.
- 303.
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Jessica Curry
The Light We Cast (from 'Everybody's Gone to the Rapture' video game soundtrack)
Lyricist: Dan Pinchbeck. Choir: London Voices. Conductor: Ben Parry.- Sony.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence Op.70 (4th mvt)
Performer: Paul Neubauer. Performer: Colin Carr. Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.- Journeys: Emerson String Quartet.
- Sony Classical.
- 4.
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Domenico Scarlatti
Sonata in D Minor, Kk 32
Performer: Daria van den Bercken.- Domenico Scarlatti and Daria van den Bercken.
- Sony Classical.
- 12.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No 6 in F major, Op 68, 'Pastoral' (3rd mvt)
Conductor: David Zinman. Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra.- Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6: Tonhalle Orchestra, Zinman.
- Arte Nova Classics.
- 7.
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Henry Purcell
Music for a while (Oedipus)
Performer: Paul O’Dette. Singer: Drew Minter.- Purcell: Sweeter than Roses: Drew Minter.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 8.
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Gustav Holst
The Planets - suite (Op.32), Jupiter, the bringer of jollity
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Holst: Planets: Suite for Orchestra, Op. 32 (1916).
- I.M.P. Classics.
- 4.
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Jacques Offenbach
Gaite parisienne (Overture)
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.- DG.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Prokofiev: Pieces from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75 - 6. Montagues and Capulets (A
Music Arranger: Sergey Prokofiev.- Prokofiev: Pieces from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75: 6. Montagues and Capulets (Ar.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Sergey Prokofiev
The Young Juliet (Romeo and Juliet)
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- DECCA.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Lobgesang, Cantata H-U. 257 IV. Aria, O dass ich tausend Zungen hätte
Singer: Chen Reiss. Ensemble: Jewish Chamber Orchestra Munich. Conductor: Daniel Grossmann.- Onyx.
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Erik Satie
Gnossienne no.1
Music Arranger: Christian Garrick. Ensemble: The Budapest Cafe Orchestra.- Maestros of the Universe.
- FLYING BLUE WHALE.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe, violin & strings (BWV.1060) in C minor - Allegro
Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.- BIS.
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Hannah Peel
The Universe before Matter - first section
Orchestra: Paraorchestra. Conductor: Charles Hazlewood.- The Unfolding.
- REAL WORLD.
- 1.
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Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita
Ceffylau [Horses]
- ARC.
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Franz Liszt
19 Hungarian rhapsodies S.244 (no.6 in D flat major)
Performer: Martha Argerich.- DG.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Pur ti miro, pur ti godo (The Coronation of Poppea)
Singer: Roberta Invernizzi. Singer: Sonia Prina. Ensemble: Ensemble Claudiana. Director: Luca Pianca.- Naive.
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Carl Nielsen
Dance of the Cockerels (Maskarade)
Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Schønwandt.- DaCapo.
Broadcast
- Wed 26 Jul 2023 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3