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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.

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Music Played

  • Carl Nielsen

    Maskarade (Overture)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica.
    • Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica: After Mozart.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 7.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Alexandre Tharaud: Chopin; Journal Intime.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 15.

  • Claude Debussy

    Syrinx

    Performer: Katherine Bryan.
    • LINN.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major for 2 trumpets RV.537

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Performer: Reinhold Friedrich. Orchestra: I Musici.
    • Philips.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker Op.71 (Coffee 'Arabian Dance')

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Rakastava, Op 14

    Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Baltic Runes.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 002.

  • Ethel Barns

    La chasse

    Performer: Clare Howick. Performer: Sophia Rahman.
    • British Women Composers.
    • NAXOS.
    • 14.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Rhapsody, Op.45 No.1

    Orchestra: Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • DECCA ELOQUENCE.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade in E minor for strings, Op 20

    Performer: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    Vocalise for flute, clarinet and harp

    Ensemble: Korros Ensemble.
    • Convivium.

  • Franz Schubert

    Standchen (Schwanengesang D.957)

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Warner Classics.

  • John Hebden

    String Concerto in C major Op.2`2

    Performer: Andrew Morris. Orchestra: Cantilena. Conductor: Adrian Shepherd.
    • Hebden: Six Concertos for String: Cantilena, Shepherd.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Festive Overture Op.96

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Shostakovich: Symphony No.2 etc: Royal Philhamonic Orchestra/Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Evelyn Glennie

    Light in darkness for marimba

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie.
    • RCA Victor.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Theme and Variations Op.42

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Ben Oakland

    Java Jive

    Composer: Milton Drake. Ensemble: The Ink Spots. Ensemble: The Ink Spots.
    • Whispering.
    • Bringins Music.
    • 8.

  • Stuart Duncan

    Your Coffee is a Disaster

    Composer: Chris Thile. Composer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Stuart Duncan. Performer: Chris Thile. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer.
    • Sony.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Tahiti Trot, Op 16

    Composer: Vincent Youmans. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Neeme Jarvi: Highlights from a 30-Year Recording Career.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Coffee, I must have coffee (Coffee-Cantata, BWV.211)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Director: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • J.S.Bach: Secular Cantatas BWV 210 & 211.
    • BIS.
    • 14.

  • Frank Loesser

    Coffee Break

    Lyricist: Frank Loesser. Singer: Charles Nelson Reilly. Singer: Claudette Sutherland. Conductor: Elliot Lawrence.
    • How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 4.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op.65 No.6

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: IV

    Conductor: Andris Nelsons. Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra.
    • Brahms: The Symphonies.
    • BSO Classics.
    • 8.

  • Eric Coates

    By the sleepy lagoon

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

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wind Octet in E flat major, Op 103 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Bl盲serensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • Beethoven: Octet etc.: Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble.
    • EMI.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Requiem Op.48 (Agnus Dei)

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • EMI CLASSICS.

  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Rondena (Iberia Bk.2)

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Albeniz: Iberia; Navarra; Suite Espanola - Larrocha.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto polonois in G major

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.

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