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Refresh your morning with classical 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.

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Wed 13 Dec 2023 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Borodin/Glinka/Mussorgsky: Romantic Russia: London Symphony/Solti.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Sch枚n Rosmarin

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.
    • The Romantic Violin: Joshua Bell.
    • Decca.
    • 5.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in D major, Op 3 No 6

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Handel: Concerti grossi Op. 3 Nos. 1-6, HWV312-317.
    • Philips.
    • 22-23.

  • Claude Debussy

    Pr茅lude 脿 l'apr猫s-midi d'un faune

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.

  • Anon.

    Santa Lucia

    Performer: Markus Leoson. Performer: Svante Henryson. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter.
    • DG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 28 in C major, K 200 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Symphonies 28,29,35: Berliner Philharmoniker, Abbado.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Crist贸bal de Morales

    Officium defunctorum: Circumdederunt me

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Morales: Requiem - Music for Philip II.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.

  • Percy Grainger

    The Sussex Mummers' Christmas Carol

    Performer: Kenneth Sillito. Performer: Hamish Milne.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Ma Vlast)

    Orchestra: Symfonick媒 orchestr hlavn铆ho m臎sta Prahy FOK. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Dvorak: New World Symphony: Prague Symphony Orchestra/Pesek.
    • Sony.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations (Aria)

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • DG.

  • Gustav Holst

    In the Bleak Midwinter (From Hymns for the English Hymnal)

    Music Arranger: James Morgan. Music Arranger: Juliette Pochin. Conductor: James Morgan.
    • Carols Revisited - Christmas with the 大象传媒 Singers.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G major, Op 77 No 1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • EMI.

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Dance of the Hours - conclusion (La Giaconda)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Phaeton (Chaconne)

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • APARTE.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal Source of Light (Birthday Ode for Queen Anne)

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux Aurumque

    Music Arranger: Joby Burgess. Music Arranger: Joby Burgess. Ensemble: Joby Burgess Marimba Quartet. Ensemble: Joby Burgess Marimba Quartet.
    • Eric Whitacre: Marimba Quartets.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Lullabye for Lucy for chorus [1982]

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.

  • Ronald Binge

    Elizabethan Serenade

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • HYPERION.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Clarinet Trio in E flat major, Op.44 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Diana Ambache. Performer: Joan Enric Lluna. Performer: Naomi Butterworth.
    • 大象传媒 Music.

  • Nigel Hess

    A Christmas Overture

    Conductor: Stephen Bell. Orchestra: Hall茅. Ensemble: Hall茅 Choir. Ensemble: Hall茅 Youth Choir. Ensemble: Hall茅 Children's Choir.
    • A Christmas Celebration.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major, Op.19 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 2: Perahia/Haitink.
    • CBS.
    • 7.

  • Francesco Geminiani

    Concerto Grosso no.11 in E major after Corelli

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Geminiani: Concerti Grossi: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 18.

  • Arturo M谩rquez

    Danz贸n no.2

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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