Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Today's Essential Performers are Concerto Caledonia. 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 five Scottish ensembles, starting today with Concerto Caledonia.

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

3 hours

Last on

Mon 6 Jun 2022 09:00
BBC Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

Tom McKinney

Next

Georgia Mann

See all episodes from Essential Classics

Music Played

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Italiana (Ancient Airs and Dances - suite no.3)

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos.
    • Bella Tuscany: Music Inspired by Tuscany.
    • Telarc.
    • 3.

  • Paul Jeanjean

    Clair matin

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Music for Clarinet and Piano: Bliss/Quentin.
    • EMI.

  • Niels Wilhelm Gade

    String Sextet in E flat major Op.44 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic String Octet.
    • MDG - GOLD.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    June: Barcarolle (The Seasons Op.37b)

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Tchaikovsky - The Seasons.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.85 in B flat major H.1.85 'La Reine' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Haydn: Complete Paris Symphonies Nos. 82-87.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 5.

  • Wilhelm Fitzenhagen

    Concert Waltz Op.13

    Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Ingemar Brantelid. Performer: Henrik Dam Thomsen. Performer: Fredrik Sjölin.
    • 48 Strings: Music for 1, 2, 4 & 12 Cellos.
    • Naxos.
    • 301.

  • Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco

    Guitar Concerto no.1 in D major Op.99 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: John Williams. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Guitar Concertos by Rodrigo, Villa-Lobos and Castelnuovo-Tedesco.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.

  • Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev

    String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 31: II. Scherzino. Allegretto vivace

    Ensemble: Spectrum Concerts Berlin.
    • Taneyev: String Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 31 & Piano Quartet in E Major, Op. 20.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.

  • Trad.

    Thalassa lypisou

    Singer: Katerina Papadopoulou. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin.

  • John Foulds

    Keltic Overture Op.28

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • J Foulds, Keltic Suite: BBC Concert Orchestra/Corp.
    • Epoch.
    • 1.

  • Thomas Adès

    Les amusements (3 Studies from Couperin)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Thomas Adès.
    • Ades: Tevot, Violin Concerto, Three Studies.
    • EMI.
    • 5.

  • Bob Chilcott

    Singing by numbers (Everyone sang)

    Choir: Wellensian Consort. Conductor: Christopher Finch.
    • Chilcott: Everyone Sang - A Little Jazz Mass.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Franz Liszt

    Mephisto Waltz no.1 'The Dance in the Village Inn'

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Liszt - The Collection.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water music - suite in F major HWV.348 (Hornpipe)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Handel: Water Music: The English Concert, Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 8.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1, Groves, Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • DENON.
    • 22.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann)

    Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Singer: Stéphanie d'Oustrac. Choir: Chœur des Musiciens du Louvre. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Anne Sofie von Otter sings Offenbach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Franz Schubert

    Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D.774

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau.
    • DG.

  • Harry Carroll

    Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia

    Ensemble: Laurel & Hardy.
    • Laurel & Hardy (Original Motion Picture Soundtracks).
    • Soundtrack Classics.
    • 6.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Andante e rondo ungarese Op.35 (Rondo)

    Performer: Laurence Perkins. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Bassoon concertos, Mozart/M Haydn/Stamitz/Weber.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • Michael Torke

    Sky - concerto for violin and orchestra (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tessa Lark. Orchestra: Albany Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Alan Miller.
    • TROY.

  • Franz Schubert

    Sonatina in G minor D.408 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Pieter Wispelwey. Performer: Paolo Giacometti.
    • Pieter Wispelwey - Schubert: Arpeggione Sonate, 3 Sonatinas.
    • Channel Classics.

  • James Oswald

    Thistle (Airs for the Seasons)

    Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia. Director: David McGuinness.
    • Colin's Kisses: The Music of James Oswald.
    • Linn.
    • 2-3.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Concert piece Op.40

    Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • The Romantic Piano Concerto 70 - Beach, Chaminade & Howell.
    • HYPERION.
    • 6.

  • Trad.

    Do the Birds Worry?

    Music Arranger: Cyrillus Kreek. Choir: Vox Clamantis. Performer: Anna-Liisa Eller. Performer: Marco Ambrosini. Performer: Angela Ambrosini. Conductor: Jaan-Eik Tulve.
    • ECM.

  • Traditional Catalan

    Song of the Birds

    Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Ensemble: Cellos of the City of Birmingham Orchestra.
    • DECCA.

  • André Caplet

    Quintet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Les Vents Français - Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.

  • William Walton

    5 Bagatelles (Alla Cubana)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Dreams & Fancies.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • 3.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in E flat major Wq.183`2

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • CPE Bach: Symphonies, Cello Concertos, etc: Bylsma/OAE/Leonhardt.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Mon 6 Jun 2022 09:00
    BBC Radio 3

Our Classical Century

Our Classical Century

Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.

Time Travellers: the podcast

Time Travellers: the podcast

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.