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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

0915 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.

1030 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1100 New Year New Music – our Radio 3 presenters recommend a piece of new music.

1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

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Mon 3 Jan 2022 09:00
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Music Played

  • William Boyce

    Overture no.12 in G major

    Orchestra: Cantilena. Conductor: Adrian Shepherd.
    • Boyce: Overtures and Concerti Grossi.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    The Wish, Op.74 no.1

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.

  • Victor Ewald

    Brass Quintet no.2 Op.6 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Munich Brass.
    • ORFEO.
    • 3.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet Op.64)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado about Nothing - Suite Op.11 (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Korngold: Orchestral Works: London Symphony Orchestra/Previn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5-8.

  • Kerry Andrew

    Apples, Plums, Cherries

    Choir: Juice Vocal Ensemble.
    • Snow Queens.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ferdinand Hérold

    Zampa (Overture)

    Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Halász.
    • Opéra-Comique Overtures.
    • Naxos.
    • 401.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Singet dem Herrn - alles was Odem hat (Cantata BWV.190)

    Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Bernhard Crusell

    Clarinet Concerto no.2 in F minor Op.5 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchesra.
    • Chandos.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Trio for flute, oboe and piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Juliette Bausor. Performer: Daniel Bates. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • Stone Records.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The House of Life (Silent Noon)

    Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Performer: Geoffrey Parsons.
    • On The Idle Hill of Summer.
    • EMI.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.1 in C minor 'The Bells of Zlonice' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Decca.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Mambo (West Side Story)

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bernstein: 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Suite, Slava!, CBS Music & A Bernstein Birth.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Questa o quella (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Rolando Villazón. Orchestra: Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra of Milan. Conductor: Daniele Callegari.
    • Rolando Villazon: Tenor.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 11.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Loudly Let The Trumpet Bray (Iolanthe)

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Choir: Glyndebourne Chorus. Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan highlights.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 108.

  • Count Basie

    One o'clock jump

    Performer: The Count Basie Orchestra.
    • Masters Music.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Re-invention No.1 [After J S Bach Invention no.8]

    Performer: Genevieve Lacey. Ensemble: Flinders Quartet.
    • Reinventions.
    • ABC Classics.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Legenda Op.54`5

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • Ondine.

  • Miguel Llobet Solés

    Canciones populares Catalanas

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • BBC New Generation Artists recording.

  • György Ligeti

    Romanian Concerto

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.
    • Teldec.

  • James McMillan

    Vidi aquam

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    ...As Others See Us... (Thomas Stearns Eliot)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir James MacMillan.
    • RCA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in D major Op.70 no.1 'Ghost' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Graeme Koehne

    The Persistence of Memory

    Performer: David Nuttall. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.
    • ABC.

  • George Onslow

    Nonet in A major Op.77 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Initium.
    • Timpani.

  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction and Allegro Op.47

    Ensemble: LSO String Ensemble. Conductor: Roman Simović.
    • LSO LIVE.

Broadcast

  • Mon 3 Jan 2022 09:00
    BBC Radio 3

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