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Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

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.

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  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the priest, HWV 258

    Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Orchestra: The English Concert. Performer: Simon Preston. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Handel: Coronation Anthems: Preston, Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
    • 1.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major Op.42

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: The Complete Waltzes: Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Eric Coates

    The Three Men: I. The Man from the Country

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Eric Coates: Orchestral Works, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 02.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in G major, Op 18 No 2 (3rd mvmt, Scherzo)

    Ensemble: Tokyo String Quartet.
    • RCA.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Strathspey (Four Scottish Dances, Op 59)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • Arnold: Homage to the Queen etc, PO / Irving.
    • EMI.
    • 39.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Promenade & Gnome (Pictures from an Exhibition)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures Reframed.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1-2.

  • Leonard Cohen

    Hallelujah

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Didier Osindero. Performer: Alinka Rowe. Performer: Yong Jun Lee.
    • Inspiration.
    • Decca.
    • 12.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in G major for 2 mandolins, RV 532 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Ugo Orlandi. Performer: Dorina Frati. Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.
    • The Magic of the Mandoline - Greatest Concertos. Mandoline and string orchestra.
    • Erato.
    • 1.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Un soir de neige

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Poulenc: Figure Humaine.
    • Signum.
    • 8-11.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Prince Igor (Overture)

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Arthur Fiedler.
    • RCA LIVING STEREO.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Berceuse Op.16

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Florent Boffard.
    • Faure: Violin sonatas: Isabelle Faust/Florent Boffard.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.

  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    Lament for string orchestra

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Collins.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Farruca (The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No 2)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Music Arranger: Michael Lewin.

  • John Ireland

    Sea Fever

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • NAXOS.

  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man (大象传媒 Philharmonic Studio Concerts)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • William Grant Still

    Prelude (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexa Still. Performer: Michael Steer. Performer: Susan DeWitt Smith. Ensemble: New Zealand String Quartet.
    • KOCH.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in B minor Op.2`8

    Ensemble: The Purcell Quartet. Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Chandos.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Spring (3 Botticelli Pictures)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.

  • Franz Liszt

    2 Konzertet眉den, S. 145: No. 2, Gnomenreigen

    • Liszt: Paganini 脡tudes (Original 1838 Version).
    • Dynamic.
    • 302.

  • Bohuslav Martin暖

    The Frescoes of Piero della Francesca (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: Karel An膷erl. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Supraphon.

  • William Walton

    Fa莽ade Orchestral Suite No. 1: IV. Tango - Pasodobl茅

    Conductor: Jan Latham-Koenig. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Walton: Fa莽ade Orchestral Suites Nos. 1, 2 and 3, Siesta, Sinfonia Concertante,.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Music for Strings, Percussion and Celeste (Andante tranquillo)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
    • RCA.

  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint (Fast)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Wind Octet, Op 65

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, Pt.1, no.2; Every valley shall be exalted [tenor air]

    Singer: Richard Lewis. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
    • EMI.

  • Max Richter

    Mercy

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Fugal Concerto Op.40`2

    Performer: William Bennett. Performer: Peter Graeme. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Imogen Holst.
    • Holst: Brook Green Suite, Lyric Movement, Fugal Concerto: ECO, Imogen Holst.
    • Lyrita.
    • 3.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.4: 4) Finale

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Alpha.

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