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The ideal morning mix of classical music

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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Thu 21 Dec 2023 09:00
大象传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Act 3 Polonaise)

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Claude Debussy

    搁锚惫别谤颈别

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • Noriko Ogawa - Debussy Piano Music, Volume 5.
    • BIS.
    • 6.

  • William Grant Still

    Serenade

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • Still: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Traditional Folk

    On Christmas Night

    Performer: Maddy Prior & The Carnival Band.
    • Regus Records.
    • RRC1135.

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the Tumblers (The Snow Maiden)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 15.

  • Francesco Geminiani

    Concerto grosso No 5 in G Minor (arr. from Corelli's Sonata Op 5 No 5)

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Performer: Lucy Gould. Performer: Stewart Eaton. Performer: William Conway. Performer: Enno Senft. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Stefan Maass. Performer: Stefan Rath.
    • Air - a baroque journey.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 14.

  • Anonymous

    Intonent Hodie

    Choir: Anonymous 4.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • HMU907232.

  • Sulpitia Cesis

    Hodie gloriosus

    Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Director: Candace Smith.
    • Tactus.
    • TC572801.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.4 in E minor Op.98 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4.
    • Pentatone.
    • 203.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborado del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

  • Johnny Marks

    Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel Und Gretel (Overture)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Florence Price

    Song For Snow

    Choir: VocalEssence. Performer: Paul Shaw. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • Clarion.
    • CLR907CD.

  • Elena Langer

    Snow

    Performer: Roman Mints. Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • HMU 907669.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E-Flat Major (6th mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble 360.
    • Nimbus.
    • NI6112.

  • Gustav Holst

    A Winter Idyll

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Circus Polka

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Stravinsky in America: London Symphony Orchestra, Tilson Thomas.
    • RCA.

  • Erik Satie

    Acrobates (Parade)

    Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Satie 鈥� Parade, Mercure, Relache, Gymnop茅dies, Gnossiennes.
    • Helios.
    • 5.

  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Vesti la giubba (I Pagliacci)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Verismo Arias: Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride: Dance of the Comedians

    Conductor: Leonard Bernstein. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic.
    • Leonard Bernstein Conducts Dvor谩k and Smetana ((Remastered)).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.

  • Julius Fucik

    Entry of the Gladiators, Op.68

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Smetana: The Moldau; RLPO, Libor Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 12.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Quintet No. 2, Op. 81 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • SUPRAPHON.

  • Duke Ellington

    Sugar Rum Cherry (The Nutcracker Suite)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Grams.
    • Decca.
    • 28948548712.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Nacque, e il Gran messia (Cantata pastorale)

    Singer: Matthew White. Ensemble: Les Voix Baroques.
    • Disperato Amore.
    • Analekta.
    • 17.

  • 脡mile Waldteufel

    The Skaters, Op.183

    • The Great Waltzes: The Essential Collection.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wenn wir in hochsten Noten sein BWV 641

    Performer: Marie Rouqui茅. Performer: Etienne Floutier.
    • Pan Classics.
    • PC10384.

  • Bo Holten

    First Snow (part 1)

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers.
    • Da Capo.
    • 8.224214.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano Concerto No. 1 in D-Flat Major, 1st mvt: Allegro brioso

    Performer: Vadym Kholodenko. Conductor: Miguel Harth-Bedoya. Orchestra: Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Piano Concertos No. 1, 3 & 4.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • John Williams

    Somewhere In My Memory

    Choir: Hall茅 Children's Choir. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Stephen Bell.
    • Halle Concerts Society.
    • CDHLL7545.

  • Franz Schubert

    Moments Musicaux, D 784 (No 4 in C sharp minor)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff.
    • Great Pianist of the 20th Century: Andras Schiff.
    • Philips.
    • 10.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Alla marcia)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia/Luonnota U.A. : Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • DG.
    • 3.

Broadcast

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