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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

Mon 21 Aug 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet Op.64)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • DG.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D - 'Classical' op25 - (Gavotte) arr. piano

    Performer: Sergey Prokofiev.
    • NAXOS.
  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No. 2 - (II. Habanera)

    Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie.
    • Bizet: Carmen Suites; L'Arl茅sienne Suites.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.
  • Girolamo Frescobaldi

    Messa sopra l'aria della monica - ( I. Kyrie)

    Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge.
    • Allegri's Miserere and Other Music of the Italian 16th Century.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Anonymous

    Se l'aura spira tutta vezzosa, F7.15

    Composer: Girolamo Frescobaldi.
    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 6 - (III. Rondo)

    Conductor: Eije Oue. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Paganini / Spohr: Violin Concertos incld. Listening Guide.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.
  • Irving Mills

    Mood Indigo

    Composer: Barney Bigard. Composer: Duke Ellington. Lyricist: Irving Mills. Lyricist: Barney Bigard. Lyricist: Duke Ellington.
    • Duke Ellington's Finest Hour.
    • Verve Reissues.
    • 8.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Sextet no. 1 in B flat major Op.18 for strings: 2nd mvt; Andante non troppo

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • ALPHA.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Les Nuits d'茅t茅, Op. 7: II. Le spectre de la rose

    Singer: Janet Baker. Conductor: John Barbirolli. Orchestra: New Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra.
    • Icon: Dame Janet Baker.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • 脡lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre

    Trio sonata no. 1 in G minor for 2 violins/flutes and continuo [1695]

    Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot.
    • Audax.
  • Jean鈥怭aul鈥惷塯ide Martini

    Plaisir d'amour

    Lyricist: Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. Singer: Janet Baker. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Plaisir d'amour - A Celebration of the Art of Dame Janet Baker.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro di molto

    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 4 \"Italian\".
    • LSO Live.
    • 1.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Concerto Grosso (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tai Murray. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Chi-Chi Nwanoku. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • Spark Catchers.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 101.
  • Maurice Jarre

    Lawrence of Arabia - (Overture)

    Lyricist: Maurice Jarre. Conductor: Anthony Bremner. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Lawrence of Arabia.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 1.
  • Maurice Jarre

    Lawrence of Arabia - (The Miracle)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tony Bremner.
    • Lawrence of Arabia.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 4.
  • Maurice Jarre

    Lawrence of Arabia - (The End/ Playoff Music)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tony Bremner.
    • Lawrence of Arabia.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 13.
  • Zbigniew Preisner

    Closing Credits (From Bleu)

    • Screenthemes 93.
    • Rhino.
    • 9.
  • No毛l Coward

    Cavalcade: Twentieth Century Blues

    Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Coward: The No毛l Coward Songbook.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Ebony Concerto; II. Andante

    Conductor: Woody Herman. Orchestra: Woody Herman Orchestra.
    • Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto & Symphony in 3 Movements.
    • Everest Records.
    • 2.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Blue Air (Colour Suite)

    Performer: Leigh Kaplan.
    • Cambria.
  • George Gershwin

    Rhapsody in Blue

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue / Piano Concerto etc - Thibaudet, Baltimore Symphony.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052 - (I. Allegro)

    • Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Fantas铆a para un Gentilhombre - (I. Villano y Ricercare)

    Conductor: Louis Fr茅maux. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez & Fantas铆a para un Gentilhombre.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Concerto for Viola & String Orchestra (1st mvt)

    Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Orchestra: Sinfonietta R墨ga.
    • P膿teris Vasks: Viola Concerto & Symphony No. 1 "Voices".
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Fidelio, Op. 72: "O welche Lust" (Chor der Gefangenen),

    Conductor: James Gaffigan.
    • Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 & Brahms: N盲nie.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Paul Reade

    Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra: (III. Allegro con spirito)

    Conductor: Robin O鈥橬eill. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • A Celebration of Paul Reade.
    • Signum Records.
    • 18.
  • Franz Schubert

    Heidenr枚slein, Op. 3 No. 3, D. 257

    • Schubert: Lieder.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 21.
  • Heinrich Marschner

    Der Kiffh盲user Berg, Op. 89: Overture

    Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Dario Salvi.
    • Marschner: Overtures & Stage Music, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Gunild Keetman

    Orff-Schulwerk: Gassenhauer

    Orchestra: Slovensk谩 filharm贸nia. Orchestra: English Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Czecho-Slovak Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble: Karl Peinkofer Percussion Ensemble.
    • Klassix for Kidz.
    • Celestial Harmonies.
    • 15.

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