Great classical music for your morning
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 – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Malcolm Arnold
Four Scottish Dances (No 1, Strathspey)
Conductor: Malcolm Arnold. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
- Lyrita.
- 15.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Erbarme dich, mein Gott (St Matthew Passion, BWV. 244)
Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: François Leleux. Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Radoslaw Szulc.- Lisa Batiashvili: Bach.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 15.
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Fanny Mendelssohn
Introduction and Capriccio in B minor
Performer: Martina Frezzotti.- Piano Classics.
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William Grant Still
African Dancer (Suite for violin and piano)
Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.- Roots.
- Decca.
- 9.
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Gustav Holst
Uranus, the Magician (The Planets)
Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.- Holst: Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
- Chandos.
- 15.
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Astor Piazzolla
Libertango
Performer: Lucie Horsch. Performer: Carel Kraayenhof. Music Arranger: Max Knigge. Orchestra: Ludwig Orchestra.- Origins.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 2.
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)
Performer: John Wilbraham. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- The World of the Trumpet.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 15.
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Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No 2 (Danse bohème)
Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Favourite Orchestral Pieces: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Marriner.
- EMI.
- 007.
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Edward Elgar
Serenade for Strings
Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.- Chandos.
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Ernesto Lecuona
Los minstrels (Nineteenth Century Cuban Dances)
Performer: Clara Rodriguez.- Ernesto Lecuona - Clara Rodriquez - Piano.
- Meridian.
- 12.
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Léo Delibes
Valse; Mazurka (Coppélia)
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.- DECCA.
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Florence Price
String Quintet in E minor
Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet. Performer: Michelle Cann.- Uncovered Vol 2: Florence B Price.
- Azica Records.
- 20-22.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV.425
Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.- Avi Avital Vivaldi.
- DG.
- 7.
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Igor Stravinsky
Pulcinella Suite (Sinfonia)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.- Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète & Pulcinella Suite.
- Linn Records.
- 11.
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William Herschel
Symphony No 2 in D major (1st mvt)
Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.- Herschel: Symphonies: London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert.
- Chandos.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Song to the Moon (Rusalka)
Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Performer: Phillip McCann. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Roy Newsome.- CHANDOS.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.- WARNER CLASSICS.
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George Frideric Handel
Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)
Singer: Miah Persson. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: René Jacobs.- Haendel - Rinaldo.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 14.
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Johnny Mandel
Main Title from 'The Sandpiper'
Performer: Michael Lovatt. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Hollywood Soundstage.
- Chandos.
- CHAN 5294.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence Op.70, arr. for string orchestra: 4th mvt; Allegro vivace
Orchestra: TrondheimSolistene. Director: oyvind Gimse.- Souvenir Part II.
- 2L.
- 4.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Lieder ohne Worte - book 2 Op.30: no.6; Venetianisches Gondellied in F sharp min
Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Yuja Wang. Music Arranger: Andreas Ottensamer.- DG.
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Caroline Shaw
And the Swallow (arr. for strings)
Music Arranger: Julian Azkoul. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.- Renewal.
- BIS.
- 501.
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Franz Biebl
Ave Maria
Choir: The Gentlemen of St John’s. Director: Christopher Robinson.- Music for Men's Voices.
- Priory.
- 5.
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Frédéric Chopin
Introduction and variations on a German air
Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.- Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
- London.
- 5.
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George Gershwin
Variations on 'I got rhythm'
Performer: Werner Haas. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edo de Waart.- Philips.
Broadcast
- Wed 13 Mar 2024 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3