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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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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture, Op 62

    Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Brahms: Symphony 4; Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 1.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Prelude in D flat major 'Raindrop' (24 Preludes Op.28)

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Fur Elise, Piano Music by Beethoven, Chopin, etc.: Ashkenezy etc..
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Hymn to the Virgin

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Singer: William Goldring. Singer: Christopher de la Hoyde. Singer: Simon Wall. Singer: Reuben Thomas. Conductor: Christopher Robinson.
    • Britten: Rejoice The Lamb, Hymn to St. Cecilia: Choir of St John's College, Camb.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise

    Performer: Leonard Elschenbroich. Performer: Alexei Grynyuk. Music Arranger: Leonard Rose.
    • Rachmaninov: Cello Sonata & Vocalise.
    • Onyx.
    • 8.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Clemens R枚ger. Performer: Jochen Ple脽. Performer: Henrik Wahlgren. Performer: Susanne Wettermann. Performer: Sebastian Breuninger. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • John Williams

    Hedwig's Theme

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone (AKA Philosopher's Stone) Original Motion.
    • Atlantic Records.
    • 19.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96 'American' - final movement

    Performer: Sacconi Quartet.
    • Sacconi Records.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Symphony no. 1, 1st mvt; Allegro

    Orchestra: Virginia Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Adolphus Hailstork: An American Port of Call.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Deux Serenades (No. 1 Serenade pour mon amour)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Mikko Franck.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Richard Strauss

    Waltz sequence no.2 (Der Rosenkavalier, Op.59)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.
    • EMI.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    In the Woods (Wainscot Pond)

    Performer: Ji Hyung Park.
    • Scarlatti, Alb茅niz, Takemitsu & Others: Works for Guitar.
    • Naxos.
    • 601.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Whither must I wander? (Songs of Travel)

    Singer: Christopher Maltman. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel: Maltman/Vignoles.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18.

  • Mel Bonis

    Oph茅lie (Trois femmes de legende)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wind Serenade in E flat, K 375 - iv. Minuet

    Orchestra: European Union Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Santiago Mantas.
    • Mozart: Wind Serenades.
    • Divine Art.
    • 11.

  • Claude Debussy

    La cath茅drale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • Debussy: Preludes Books I & II: Zoltan Kocsis.
    • Philips.
    • 10.

  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody No 3 in D

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies: Budapest Festival Orchestra, Fischer.
    • Philips.

  • Edward Elgar

    Four Part-Songs, Op. 53: No. 4, Owls

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Music of the Spheres: Part Songs of the British Isles.
    • Signum Records.
    • 12.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    On an Overgrown Path, Book 1 (The barn owl has not flown away)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Schumann - Kinderszenen & Waldszenen; Janacek - On the overgrown path I..
    • HYPERION.
    • 10.

  • Thomas Vautor

    Sweet Suffolk Owl

    Ensemble: Gesualdo Consort. Conductor: Gerald Place.
    • Vautor: Sing on Sister - Songs of Divers Airs and Natures.
    • Meridian Records.
    • 11.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Ballad of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures from an Exhibition)

    Music Arranger: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Giuseppe Sinopoli.
    • DG.

  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    脡tudes, Book 2: No. 10, Der Zauberlehrling

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.
    • Gy枚rgy Ligeti Edition, Vol. 3.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird (Finale)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • EMI.

  • Judith Weir

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: William Howard. Ensemble: The Schubert Ensemble.
    • NMC.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 - finale

    Performer: Jean Johnson. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Avie.

  • Eric Coates

    Mayfair (London Again)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Avie.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • G.F. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks: English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    The Sheltering Sky

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Playing The Piano 12122020.
    • Commmons.
    • 10.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 1 in D major, 'Titan' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • BR Klassik 900143.
    • BR Klassik.
    • 2.

  • Max Bruch

    8 Pieces, Op.83 - no.7 in B major

    Ensemble: ensemble incanto.
    • Johannes Brahms/Max Bruch.
    • EBS.
    • 11.

  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Adams: Harmonielehre etc: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

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