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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music and the second of Kate Romano's five sketches of Vaughan Williams's life and music. Presented by Tom McKinney.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with 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 Vaughan Williams Snapshot – another of Kate Romano's sketches of the great composer's life and music which we're featuring throughout this week.

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

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Tue 24 May 2022 09:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Jean‐Joseph de Mondonville

    Sicut sagitta (Nisi Dominus)

    Choir: Purcell Choir. Orchestra: Orfeo Orchestra. Conductor: György Vashegyi.
    • Mondonville: Grands Motets.
    • Glossa.
    • 4.

  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Soupir (3 Poemes de Stephane Mallarme)

    Singer: Stéphane Degout. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Ross Edwards

    Arafura Dances (Second Maninya)

    Performer: John Williams. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • JCW3.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Piano sonata No 5 in C major, Op 135 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Alexander Melnikov - Sergei Prokofiev - Piano Sonatas Vol 3.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture in E flat major Op.24

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Anja Bihlmaier.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Sonata in A major (La Pastorella) for violin and continuo [MS A-Wm]

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: Nigel North. Performer: John Toll.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Soledad

    Ensemble: ESCUALO5.
    • Piazzolla: Tango Works.
    • BIS.
    • 2.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Le bourgeois gentilhomme (selection)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.

  • Alma Mahler-Werfel

    Laue Sommernacht (5 Songs)

    Singer: Olena Tokar. Performer: Igor Gryshyn.
    • Charmes.
    • ORCHID CLASSICS.
    • 1.

  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    MUJI2020

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • Playing The Piano 12122020.
    • Commmons.
    • 2.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Quattro versioni originali della 'Ritirata notturna di Madrid'

    Music Arranger: Luciano Berio. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Luciano Berio.
    • RCA.

  • Michael Abels

    Isolation Variation

    Performer: Hilary Hahn.
    • Abels: Isolation Variation.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

  • M. Camargo Guarnieri

    Brazilian Dance (Dances for Orchestra)

    Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Minczuk.
    • Dancas Brasileiras.
    • BIS.
    • 9.

  • John Ireland

    Intermezzo - Open Country (The Overlanders suite)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • John Wilson conducts Ireland.
    • Halle.
    • 6.

  • Ralph Towner

    Sargasso Sea

    Composer: John Abercrombie. Performer: John Abercrombie. Performer: Ralph Towner.
    • Sargasso Sea.
    • ECM Records.
    • 3.

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Asturias [Leyenda] (Suite española no.1)

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Albeniz: Iberia; Navarra; Suite Espanola - Larrocha.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Francis Bebey

    Guitar Makossa

    Music Arranger: John Williams. Performer: John Williams. Performer: John Etheridge. Performer: Paul Clarvis.
    • The Magic Box.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano concerto in G (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Cédric Tiberghien. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • David Popper

    Chanson villageoise (3 Pieces Op.62)

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Cécile Licad.
    • Hyperion.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no.3 'Pastoral' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no.3 'Pastoral' (4th mvt)

    Singer: Rebecca Evans. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Gabriel Pierné

    Canzonetta Op.19

    Music Arranger: Jelle Tassyns. Music Arranger: Jelle Tassyns. Performer: Annelien Van Wauwe. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.
    • Belle époque.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 301.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in C major Kk.159 'The Hunt'

    Music Arranger: Béla Fleck. Music Arranger: Chris Thile. Performer: Béla Fleck. Performer: Chris Thile.
    • Sony.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance - rondo brillant

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • With Love from Vienna.
    • Philips.
    • 3.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in B flat major, Op 28 No 21

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Chopin: 26 Preludes Scherzo NR. 2 - Martha Argerich.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 21.

  • Kathryn Rose

    Fall, Leaves, Fall

    Ensemble: Singer Pur.
    • Among Whirlwinds.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 15.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Don Giovanni K.527 (overture)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Piano sonata No 2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • In a State of Jazz.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

Broadcast

  • Tue 24 May 2022 09:00
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