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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

Fri 28 Jul 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus (Overture)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Concerto in C minor for piano, trumpet and strings, Op 35 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Performer: Peter Masseurs. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No.11 in E (II. Andante & III. Menuetto)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Sine Nomine.
    • Schubert: The String Quartets.
    • Cascavelle.
    • 51.
  • Sophia Corri Dussek

    Harp Sonata (second and third movements)

    Performer: Judy Loman.
    • Harp Showpieces.
    • Naxos.
    • 010.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill' (Sogni dell autore)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Christian Curnyn. Performer: Catherine Rimer. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Nicola Benedetti, Italia.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Shruthi Rajasekar

    Numbers

    Choir: National Youth Choirs of Great Britain. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • Young Composers Scheme.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    An Wasserflüssen Babylon BWV.653

    Music Arranger: Phantasm. Ensemble: Phantasm.
    • The Well-Tempered Consort - 1.
    • Linn.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Op.27

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Erik Griswold

    How Strange the Change (mvts 1 & 2)

    Performer: Jemima Drews. Performer: Dario Scalabrini. Performer: Sarah Butler. Performer: Alex Raineri. Performer: Brendan Joyce. Performer: Jonny Ng. Performer: Anna Colville. Performer: Katherine Philip.
    • How Strange the Change.
    • ABC Classics.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Legends Op.59 (no.6 in C sharp minor)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15: 6. Rollicum-Rorum

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Lyricist: Thomas Hardy. Singer: Jonathan Lemalu.
    • Jonathan Lemalu: Song recital.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 113.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in D major Wq.183`1

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Laudate dominum (Vespers K339)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Music Arranger: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Pauline Hall

    Ariettes oubliées (Verlaine Suite)

    Orchestra: Norwegian Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Eggen.
    • Norway in Music: Pauline Hall.
    • Simax.
    • 003.
  • Charles Williams

    Devil's Galop

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics vol.1.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Waltz No 4

    Performer: Dezso Ranki.
    • QUINTANA.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Soldier's Tale (The Devil's Dance)

    Ensemble: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Stravinsky: Le Chant du rossignol: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Soldier's Tale (The Devil's Triumphal March)

    Ensemble: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Stravinsky: Le Chant du rossignol: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Après un rêve, Op 7 No 1

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Cécile Licad. Music Arranger: Pau Casals.
    • Casals Encores: Gerhardt/Licad.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Anna Meredith

    Blackfriars

    Performer: Anna Meredith. Music Arranger: Richard Jones. Ensemble: Ligeti Quartet.
    • Nuc.
    • Mercury Classics.
    • 9.
  • William Byrd

    Christe qui lux es et dies

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • The Deer's Cry.
    • Coro.
    • 002.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Violin Concerto 'Distant Light' (Andante II)

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • PÄ“teris Vasks: Distant Light, Piano Quartet & Summer Dances.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • Mateo Flecha

    Riu riu chiu

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • A Spanish Nativity.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 8.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Sonata No.8 in B flat (III. Vivace)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Silver Age.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • William Grant Still

    Mother and Child (Suite for violin and piano)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Roots.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 10.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Drink up, the wine is here! (from The Seasons)

    Orchestra: Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra. Choir: Chór NFM. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Haydn: The Seasons.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 10.
  • Rachel Portman

    Emma "main theme"

    Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Reel Love - The Cinematic Romance Album.
    • Silva Screen Records.
    • 13.
  • Rachel Portman

    Emma "Frank Churchill Arrives"

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Emma.
    • Hollywood Records.
    • 4.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No 2 in D minor, orch Hallen

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Brahms: Hungarian Dances &Dvorak: Slavonic Dances: Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Fri 28 Jul 2023 09:00

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