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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performers are British choir Polyphony. Presented by Tom McKinney.

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 Essential Performers – this week we focus on the British choir Polyphony.

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

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Mon 2 May 2022 09:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Albert Ketèlbey

    Bank holiday ('appy 'ampstead)

    Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bob Sharples.
    • The World of Ketelbey: In A Monastery Garden, etc..
    • Decca.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Vedrò con mio diletto (Giustino)

    Singer: Jakub Józef Orliński. Ensemble: Il Pomo d’Oro. Director: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Erato.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus Op.43 (Finale)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • SONY.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Get Well Rag

    Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 401.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence Op.70 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Gérard Korsten.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Franz Krommer

    Concerto in E flat major Op.91 for 2 clarinets and orch: 3rd mvt; Alla Polacca

    Performer: Sabine Meyer. Performer: Wolfgang Meyer. Orchestra: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Jörg Faerber.
    • Clarinet Works By Krommer & Rossini.
    • EMI.
    • 6.

  • Guillaume Dufay

    Se la face ay pale

    Performer: Cut Circle. Performer: Jesse Rodin.
    • MUSIQUE EN WALLONIE.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    Waltz in G major, Op 8 No 4

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Sony.

  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Chorale (from Diptych)

    Performer: Joseph Wicks.
    • Regent.

  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Concerto a 8 in G major, ZWV.186

    Ensemble: Collegium 1704.
    • Zelenka: Komposizione per Orchestra.
    • Supraphon.
    • 10-12.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Song without Words in D major Op.102 no.2

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder Ohne Worte: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 20.

  • Gerald Finzi

    It was a lover and his lass (Let us garlands bring, Op 18)

    Singer: Christopher Maltman. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • English Orchestral Songs: Maltman/BBC SSO/Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Nocturne (King Christian II - suite Op.27)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No. 7 in C Major, Op. 105 & Other Orchestral Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 201.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Baryton Trio in D major (1st mvmt, Adagio)

    Performer: Simone Eckert. Performer: Bettina Ihrig. Performer: Dorothee Palm. Ensemble: Hamburger Ratsmusik.
    • Haydn & Friends.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 201.

  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Celebration

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Sony.

  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Le Malade Imaginaire - suite

    Ensemble: Tempesta di Mare.
    • Comedie et tragedie.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 16-25.

  • Richard M. Sherman

    A Spoonful of Sugar (Mary Poppins)

    Composer: Robert B. Sherman. Singer: Julie Andrews. Orchestra: Studio orchestra.
    • The Magic Of Disney.
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 6.

  • Scott Joplin

    Solace [A Mexican Serenade]

    Performer: William Bolcom.
    • Euphonic Sounds - The Scott Joplin Album.
    • OMEGA.
    • 12.

  • Paul Manz

    E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Director: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

  • King Oliver

    Dr Jazz

    Composer: Walter Melrose. Performer: Louis Armstrong.
    • Satchmo Plays King Oliver (Remastered).
    • Avid Entertainment.
    • 5.

  • Athanasius Kircher

    Tarantella napoletana

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • La Tarantella - Antidotum Tarantulae.
    • Alpha.
    • 3.

  • Jón Leifs

    Icelandic Folk Dances, Op 11 (No 4)

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • Bis.

  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus iste

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

  • Joseph Bodin de Boismortier

    Serenade no.1 'Simphonie francoise' Op.39 (Chaconne)

    Orchestra: Le Concert Spirituel. Director: Hervé Niquet.
    • Boirmortier: Ballets de Village: Serenade.
    • Naxos.
    • 23.

  • Ina Boyle

    Violin Concerto

    Performer: Benjamin Baker. Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Ina Boyle - Overture - Symphony No.1 - Psalm.
    • Dutton.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento for wind in F major, K 213 (1st mvt, Allegro spiritoso)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.

  • Galina Grigorjeva

    In paradisum

    Choir: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Ondine.

  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Concertante Quartet in C major, Op 15 No 3

    Ensemble: Levare Quartet.
    • BBC recording.

  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik D.547

    Singer: Elly Ameling. Performer: Dalton Baldwin.
    • The Artistry of Elly Ameling.
    • Philips.
    • 14.

  • Ildebrando Pizzetti

    Canti della stagione alta (final movement, Rondo: Allegro)

    Performer: Marisa Borini. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Alberth.
    • Fuga.

Broadcast

  • Mon 2 May 2022 09:00
    BBC Radio 3

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