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A feast of great music

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

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

Wed 4 Oct 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Girl Crazy (Overture)

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue & Popular Orchestral Works.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no.4 in E minor Op.44`2 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.
    • Erato.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle in E flat major, Op.33'1 - Andante grazioso quasi allegretto

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Beethoven: Fur Elise, Bagatelles Opp. 33, 119 & 126.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    7 Bagatelles, Op. 33: 5. Allegro ma non troppo (C Major)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Beethoven: Fur Elise, Bagatelles Opp. 33, 119 & 126.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.
  • Wilhelm Friedemann Bach

    Sinfonia in D major

    Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Conductor: Stephan Mai.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Anne Lovett

    Infinity for vocal ensemble

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Infinity.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Mel Bonis

    Barcarolle in E flat major, Op. 71

    Performer: Mengyiyi Chen.
    • Mel Bonis: Complete Music for Solo Piano, Volume One.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • Anonymous

    Volte (Terpsichore)

    Ensemble: Collegium Terpsichore. Conductor: Fritz Neumeyer.
    • Renaissance Dance Music.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Petrushka (Pt. 1)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, Petrushka, The Firebird & Apollon musag猫te.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Luigi Cherubini

    String Quartet No.2 in C major (4th mvt. Allegro vivace)

    Ensemble: Quartetto David.
    • Cherubini - String Quartets Vol. 1.
    • BIS.
  • Luciano Berio

    I wonder as I wander (Folk Songs)

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Performer: Todd Palmer. Performer: Bridget Kibbey. Performer: Ljova. Performer: Eric Poland. Performer: Gordon Gottlieb. Performer: Erik Friedlander.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • William Walton

    Battle in the Air (Battle of Britain Suite)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Walton: Battle of Britain Suite etc.: ASMF/Marriner.
    • Chandos.
    • 17.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D major, BWV 972 after Antonio Vivaldi

    Ensemble: Dresden Bach Soloists.
    • Christophorus.
  • Traditional Spiritual

    Deep River

    Music Arranger: Norman Luboff. Choir: London Adventist Chorale. Singer: Verna-Jean Gervais. Conductor: Ken Burton.
    • Deep River, spirituals and gospel songs.
    • PARADISUM.
    • 2.
  • Florence Price

    The Mississippi River (conclusion)

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • Price: Symphony No. 3, The Mississippi River & Ethiopia's Shadow in America.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.
  • Kate Rusby

    Underneath the Stars

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Infinite Shining Heavens (Songs of Travel)

    Singer: Neal Davies. Orchestra: 贬补濒濒茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel/Job.
    • 贬补濒濒茅.
    • 6.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Moto perpetuo in C major, Op.11

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: G枚ran S枚llscher.
    • Paganini: For Two: Gil Shaham/Goran Sollscher.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 22.
  • Gustav Holst

    Neptune, the Mystic (The Planets Op.32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Folk Dances for orchestra

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 6 in B flat major, K238 - first mov.

    Performer: Jeneba Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Alpha.
  • Franz Schubert

    Deutsche in C major and 2 trios (5 German Dances and 7 Trios, D.90)

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Gabrielle Lester. Performer: Diemut Poppen. Performer: Richard Lester.
    • Schubert Soir茅e.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Ernesto Lecuona

    Danzas Afro-Cubanas: La conga de media noche

    • Dance.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony in A major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li猫ge. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Symphonies.
    • BIS.
    • 104.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Fratres

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Cyclopes (Pieces de Clavecin)

    Music Arranger: Raaf Hekkema. Performer: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • Rameau: Nouvelles Suites: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • MDG.
    • 14.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Das Jahr: 12 Characterstucke: No. 10. October

    Performer: Liana 葮erbescu.
    • Mendelssohn-Hensel, F.: Keyboard Music, Vol. 1 - Das Jahr: 12 Characterstucke.
    • CPO.
    • 110.
  • Gra偶yna Bacewicz

    Violin Concerto No 3 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Joanna Kurkowicz. Conductor: 艁ukasz Borowicz. Orchestra: Orkiestra Polskiego Radia w Krakowie.
    • Chandos.

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