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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 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 4 Aug 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in F minor, D.935 no.4

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Schubert: Impromptus Op.90 and Op.142.
    • Philips Classics.
    • 8.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (Finale)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quintet No 2 in G minor, Op 111 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Thomas Kakuska. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Brahms: String Quartet No.1 etc..
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Henry Purcell

    Hear my prayer, O Lord, Z. 15

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • An English Coronation, 1902-1953.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 16.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Sonata No.3 in C major BWV.1005; 4. Allegro assai

    Performer: Bojan 膶i膷i膰.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Powder Her Face - suite

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Ades: Tevot, Violin Concerto, Three Studies.
    • EMI.
    • 8.
  • Johann Wilhelm Hertel

    Trumpet Concerto in D major

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Philips.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Passacaglia: The still night (Great Hills)

    Orchestra: Orchestra Nova. Conductor: George Vass.
    • McDowall: Shipping Forecast.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 2.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Trad.

    Chant et danse

    Director: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI.
    • Dimitrie Cantemir, Istanbul "The Book of the Science of Music...": Hesperion XXI.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 6.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E-Flat Major, RV 257; 1. Andante molto e quasi allegro

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

    3 Shakespeare Songs Op. 6; No. 1 Come away, death,

    Performer: Julius Drake. Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
    • The English Songbook.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 20.
  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de nuit, Op 15 No 1 arr for chamber orchestra

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.
    • Elgar: Enigma variations etc: London Philharmonic/Hilary Davan-Wetton.
    • Collins Classics.
  • Ferdinand Ries

    Piano Trio in G minor; 4. Rondo - Allegro ma non troppo

    Performer: Vlad Weverbergh. Performer: Jadranka Ga拧parovi膰. Performer: Vasily Ilisavsky.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    St Paul, Op.3 (Overture)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Volume 5.
    • Chandos.
    • 001.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Piano Quintet no.1 in D minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Anthony Marwood. Ensemble: Domus.
    • HYPERION.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Madamina, il catalogo e questo (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Tutto Mozart!.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 17.
  • Rachel Portman

    The Duchess

    Conductor: Rachel Portman. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • The Duchess (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Lakeshore Records.
    • 1.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Les baricades mist茅rieuses arr Williams

    Performer: Christophe Rousset.
    • Harmonia Mundi: HMX2908717.26.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.
  • Cole Porter

    You're the Top

    Singer: Sutton Foster. Singer: Colin Donnell. Orchestra: Anything Goes Pit Orchestra. Conductor: James Lowe.
    • Anything Goes (New Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Ghostlight Records.
    • 4.
  • Scott Joplin

    Something doing

    Performer: Dick Hyman.
    • Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
    • RCA.
    • 012.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Requiem: Introitus & Kyrie

    Singer: Joanne Lunn. Orchestra: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • LINN.
  • William Boyce

    Symphony no.7 in B flat major

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • L'oiseau Lyre.
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Etruscan Concerto (first movement: Promenade)

    Performer: Keith Jarrett. Orchestra: Brooklyn Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • MusicMasters Classics.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Concerto in F minor for bass tuba - 2nd movement; Romanza (Andante sostenuto)

    Performer: Patrick Harrild. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Vaughan Williams: The 9 Symphonies: LSO, Bryden Thomson.
    • Chandos.
  • Ivo Antognini

    The Angel

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Singer: Helena Paish. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Ferdinando Carulli

    S茅r茅nade in A Major, Op. 96 No. 1: II. Larghetto sostenuto

    Performer: Julian Bream. Performer: John Williams.
    • Together Again.
    • RCA Gold Seal.
    • 2.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.2 in E minor Op.27 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2, Prelude in C# Minor.
    • Chandos.
    • 103.

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