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Classical soundtrack for your morning

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.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Sabre Dance (Gayane)

    Conductor: Aram Khachaturian. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • Legends - Khachaturian: Spartacus: Wiener Philharmoniker.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Grande valse brillante, Op 18

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • Chopin - Complete Waltzes (Alice Sara Ott).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 001.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Stephen Marvin. Performer: Jeanne Lamon. Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • J.S. Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos; Tafelmusik, Lamon.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Amy Beach

    Piano Concerto in C sharp minor, Op 45 (2nd mvt, Scherzo - Perpetuum mobile)

    Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • Beach / Chaminade / Howell: Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 003.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Serenata in vano FS.68

    Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.
    • Chamber Music for Horn.
    • Deux-Elles.
    • 10.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le Corsaire - overture, Op.21

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique B谩tiz.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique; Le Carnaval Romain; Le Corsaire.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 6.
  • Julius Fucik

    Der alte Brummb盲r

    Performer: Alan Pendlebury. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • The Moldau: RLPO/Libor Pesek.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 11.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Trio No.4 "Dumky", Op.90 (4th mvt: Andante moderato)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg. Performer: Veronika Jar暖拧kov谩. Performer: Peter Jar暖拧ek.
    • Dvorak: The Complete Piano Trios.
    • Supraphon.
    • 16.
  • Dominique Phinot

    Exsurge quare obdormis

    Choir: Siglo de Oro. Conductor: Patrick Allies.
    • The Mysterious Motet Book of 1539.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • 8.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Symphony No 3 in C minor (Finale)

    Performer: Olivier Latry. Orchestra: Liege Philharmonic. Conductor: Pascal Roph茅.
    • CYPRES.
  • Peter Warlock

    3 Belloc songs (3. My own country)

    Performer: David Willison. Singer: Benjamin Luxon.
    • Benjamin Luxon Sings Warlock Songs.
    • Chandos.
    • 27.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Chorale

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Director: David Le Page.
    • Timelapse.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 12.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Armide (Act V: Passecaille)

    Ensemble: Caf茅 Zimmermann.
    • ALPHA.
  • Hans Christian Lumbye

    Champagne Galop

    Orchestra: Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giordano Bellincampi.
    • MARCO POLO.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Hungarian Sketches for orchestra (Slightly Tipsy)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Bartok: Hungarian Connections, Chicago Symmphony Orchestra.
    • Decca.
    • 6.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Mendelssohn Felix and Fanny.
    • ERATO.
    • 7.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 93 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 11.
  • John Ireland

    Sea fever

    Singer: Jonathan Lemalu. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • EMI.
  • William Alwyn

    The Crimson Pirate

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Pirate King [The Pirates of Penzance]

    Music Arranger: Bob Chilcott. Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • Here's A Howdy Do.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 7.
  • John Dowland

    Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard, P.19

    Performer: Nigel North.
    • Dowland, J.: Lute Music, Vol. 2 - Dowland's Tears.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Private Lives of Elizabeth & Essex (Main Title; Darling; Finale)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • DG.
  • Trad.

    Captain Pugwash Theme (Trumpet Hornpipe)

    Performer: Tom Edmundson. Music Arranger: Philip Lane.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.23 in A major K.488 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Dolce Cantavi

    Performer: TENET.
    • The Secret Lovers.
    • Avie.
    • 13.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Zdenka's Variations arr. for wind quintet

    Music Arranger: Alban Wesly. Ensemble: Calefax.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Danza espanola No.1 [La Vida Breve]

    Performer: Katona Twins. Performer: David Garcia Mir. Music Arranger: Peter Katona. Music Arranger: Zolt谩n Katona.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Notturno

    Performer: David Quigley.
    • AVIE.
  • Crist贸bal de Morales

    Parce mihi Domine [Officium defunctorum for 4 voices]

    Ensemble: Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • HYPERION.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sarabande from Keyboard suite in D minor, HWV 437

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Music Arranger: Olivier Four茅s. Ensemble: Daniel Hope Ensemble.
    • DG.
  • Edward MacDowell

    Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor, Op.23 (2nd mvt: Presto giocoso)

    Performer: Seta Tanyel. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • MacDowell: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 etc. (Hyperion Romantic Piano Concerto 25).
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.

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  • Fri 29 Dec 2023 09:00

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