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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, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

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 – another track from our ensemble in focus this week, the vocal group Polyphony.

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

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Wed 4 May 2022 09:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Czech Suite Op.39 (Polka)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Dvorak: Violin concerto etc: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Swensen.
    • Linn.
    • 5.

  • Franz Schubert

    3 Pieces D.946 (no.1 in E flat minor)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Heino Eller

    Dawn [Zarya] - symphonic poem

    Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Olari Elts.
    • Baltic Sounds.
    • Ondine.
    • 101.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major RV.204 (La stravaganza)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Trad.

    Oh, what a beautiful city

    Music Arranger: Joe Clark. Singer: Nicole Cabell. Singer: Alyson Cambridge. Orchestra: Lake Forest Symphony. Conductor: Vladimir Kulenovic.
    • Sisters in Song.
    • Cedille.
    • 10.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    La Catedral

    Performer: John Williams.
    • The Great Paraguayan.
    • SONY.

  • Claude Debussy

    Suite no.1 (Fête)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Musicales Actes Sud.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Tzigane

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Nicola Benedetti: Fantasie.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Toccata marziale

    Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Donald Hunsberger.
    • Sony.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in C major K.545 (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: Edvard Grieg. Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Piotr Anderszewski.
    • WARNER.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Zärtliche Liebe, WoO 123

    Performer: Christoph Berner. Singer: Werner Güra.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Charles Ives

    Symphony no.2 K.V.11 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Ives: Symphonies Nos 1 and 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Ego sum panis vivus qui

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Richard Rodgers

    Oh, what a beautiful mornin' (Oklahoma!)

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Something Wonderful: Bryn Terfel sings Rodgers & Hammerstein.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • Ola Gjeilo

    Sunrise Mass [The Spheres] (Kyrie Eleison)

    Choir: Phoenix Chorale. Conductor: Charles Bruffy.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Scherzo no.3 in C sharp minor Op.39

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • DECCA.

  • Joaquín Turina

    La Oración de Torero Op.34

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Gustav Holst

    March (A Moorside Suite)

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • Brass From The Masters Vol. 2:.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Herr, unser Herrscher (St John Passion BWV.245)

    Choir: Polyphony. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • J.S.Bach: St John Passion: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Africa - fantasy in G minor Op.89 for piano and orchestra

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • Saint-Saëns: Works for Piano & Orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 601.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O vos imitatores

    Music Arranger: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae. Performer: Christian Forshaw. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Osvaldo Golijov

    Lullaby and Doina

    Performer: Tara Helen O'Connor. Performer: Todd Palmer. Performer: Mark Dresser. Ensemble: St. Lawrence String Quartet.
    • Osvaldo Golijov: Yiddishbbuk.
    • EMI.
    • 3-5.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.20`4 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Richard Wagner

    The Master-Singers of Nuremberg (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Wagner: Budapest Festival Orchestra.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Wed 4 May 2022 09:00
    BBC Radio 3

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