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Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of 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.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 18 Aug 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Gallop from William Tell

    • Chandos Records Limited.
  • Franz Liszt

    Annees de pelerinage, premiere annee - Suisse - (II. Au lac de Wallenstadt)

    • Hyperion.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake Act II- (No. 13, Danses des cygnes: I. Tempo di valse)

    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20.
    • Chandos.
    • 22.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake Act II - (No. 13 Danses des cygnes : IV. Allegro moderat)

    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20.
    • Chandos.
    • 25.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake Act II - (No. 13, Danses des cygnes: VII. Coda . Allegro)

    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20.
    • Chandos.
    • 28.
  • Amanda Harberg

    Court Dances for Flute & Piano (III. Tambourin)

    Music Arranger: Julian Velasco.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Thomas Tallis

    Spem in Alium (arr. Kronos)

    Performer: Kronos Quartet.
    • Black Angels.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 4.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite from the Age of Gold, Op. 22: II. Polka

    Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France.
    • Ballets russes.
    • Parlophone (France).
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in G minor, BWV.578

    • La Dolce Volta.
  • Witold Lutos艂awski

    Variations on a Theme by Paganini, for piano & orchestra

    Composer: Alexander Warenberg. Performer: Denis Matsuev. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Wien - Berlin. Conductor: Rainer Honeck.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Henry Purcell

    Four Songs: No. 1 By Beauteous Softness

    Composer: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • Divine Music 鈥 An English Songbook.
    • Signum Records.
    • 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Premi猫re Suite d'Orchestre - (III. R锚ve)

    Music Arranger: Philippe Manoury.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite from the Age of Gold, Op. 22: II. Polka

    Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Parlophone France.
  • Mario Castelnuovo鈥怲edesco

    Guitar Concerto No. 1 In D Major, Op. 99 ( I. Allegretto)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Luis Antonio Garc铆a Navarro.
    • The Complete Concerto Recordings.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 34.
  • Alessandro Parisotti

    Parisotti: Se tu m'ami (formerly attributed to Pergolesi)

    Lyricist: Paolo Antonio Rolli.
    • Cecilia Bartoli - Arie Antiche: Se tu m'ami.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 16.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite - (Tarentella - Finale)

    Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta.
    • BIS.
  • Salvatore Sciarrino

    Storie di altre storie: III. Vivo (After D. Scarlatti)

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Kazushi Ono.
    • Winter and Winter.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in D Minor, Kk. 9 "Pastorale"

    • Scarlatti: Keyboard Sonatas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 18.
  • Hugo Alfv茅n

    Fest-ouverture Op.52

    Ensemble: Swedish Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • BIS.
  • Frederic Rzewski

    Variations on "The People United Will Never Be Defeated" (Final Variation)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Igot Levit Plays Bach, Beethoven and Rzewski.
    • Sony.
    • 38.
  • Michael Nyman

    The Final Score IX

    Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band.
    • AET (After Extra Time).
    • Venture.
    • 25.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Gloria in excelsis Deo (Gloria)

    Ensemble: Polyphony. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Director: Stephen Layton.
    • Poulenc: Gloria; Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour, Op 12

    Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Peter Pettinger.
    • Chandos.
  • John Ireland

    Goal & Wicket (from John Ireland's The Land of Lost Content)

    Lyricist: A. E. Housman. Singer: Peter Pears. Performer: Benjamin Britten.
    • Britten The Performer.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 25.
  • John Barry

    Born Free (Main Title)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Frederic Talgorn.
    • Born Free.
    • Varese Sarabande.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.39 in E flat major K.543 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 7.
  • Trad.

    Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond

    Music Arranger: Paul Campbell. Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rory Macdonald.
    • Homecoming - A Scottish Fantasy.
    • Decca.
    • 014.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    5 Fantasiest眉cke, Op. 5 - (III.Humoresque)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Dvo艡谩k: String Quartet, Op. 106; Coleridge-Taylor: Fantasiest眉cke.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Hardenberger/Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • John Dowland

    Flow, my tears

    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Turandot, Prinzessin von China - incidental music J.75, Op.37: Overture

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • BIS.
  • Chen Yi

    Suite for Cello & Chamber Winds - (II. Echoes of the Set Bells)

    Conductor: Sarah McKoin. Ensemble: Texas Tech Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
    • Chen Yi: Music for Wind Band.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Shui-Long Ma

    Bamboo Flute Concerto: III. Finale. Allegretto con gioco

    Music Arranger: H-H Chen.
    • Naxos Music UK Ltd.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Friday afternoons Op.7 for children's voices and piano: Old Abram Brown

    Performer: Alexander Wells. Choir: New London Children鈥檚 Choir. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • NAXOS.
  • Danny Elfman

    Piano Quartet - (V. Die Wolfsjungen)

    • Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven" and Piano Quartet.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

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  • Fri 18 Aug 2023 09:00

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