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Tom McKinney

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

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

0930 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.

1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 17 Nov 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Richard Strauss

    Also sprach Zarathustra Op.30 (Introduction)

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Strauss.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 36.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in D major H.16.37 (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: Viviane Chassot. Performer: Viviane Chassot.
  • Leos Janáček

    Sinfonietta, 3rd movement; Moderato

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
  • Josef Rheinberger

    Abendlied in E flat major (6 Pieces Op.150)

    Performer: Christopher Herrick. Performer: Paul Barritt.
    • Suites for organ, violin & cello Op 149 and six pieces for violin & organ Op150.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E flat major, RV.253 'La Tempesta di Mare'

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Vivaldi: Il Cimento dell'armonia e dell'Inventione.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 13-15.
  • Julie Cooper

    Dream (Contemplation Suite)

    Singer: Grace Davidson. Performer: Camilla Pay. Performer: Justin Pearson. Performer: Justin Pearson. Ensemble: Oculus Ensemble. Conductor: Jessica Cottis.
    • Julie Cooper: Continuum.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 501.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Mendelssohn/Bruch - Violin Concertos; Romance: Janine Jansen.
    • Decca.
  • Nicolas Dalayrac

    L'Éclipse totale: Ouverture

    Conductor: Hélène Clerc-Murgier. Orchestra: Les Monts du Reuil.
    • Amour, bannis ma crainte.
    • Aparté.
    • 117.
  • Franz Liszt

    La Campanella

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Liszt - My Piano Hero.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Big Rhap

    Orchestra: Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bram Tovey.
    • ABC.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Violeta Parra

    Gracias a la vida

    Singer: Yaniv d'Or. Ensemble: Ensemble NAYA. Conductor: Amit Tiefenbrunn.
    • Naxos.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Autumnal Sketch Op.8

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • ONYX.
  • Pedro Iturralde

    Pequena Czarda

    Music Arranger: John Harle. Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca.
  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Sonata in C, Op. 1 no 5

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • ALPHA.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No.1 - 1st mvt 'Longing'

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Kellen Gray.
    • Linn.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    The Rose

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Ensemble: 12 Ensemble. Choir: The Choir of Royal Holloway.
    • Winter Songs.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Robert Schumann

    Träumerei (Kinderszenen Op.15)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Kinderszenen / Kreisleriana.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Oh Fair to See, Op. 13b: No. 2, Oh Fair to See

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: John Mark Ainsley.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op.43

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Decca.
  • Fabian André

    Dream A Little Dream Of Me

    Composer: Wilbur Schwandt. Singer: Ella Fitzgerald. Singer: Louis Armstrong. Orchestra: Sy Oliver’s Orchestra.
    • Vintage Music No. 66 - LP: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • Vintage Music.
    • 12.
  • William Byrd

    Venite, exultemus Domino

    Choir: The Cardinall’s Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.
    • Byrd: Infelix Ego: The Cardinall's Musick, Andrew Carwood.
    • Hyperion.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony No 5 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Vaughan williams: Symphonies nos. 4 & 5: BBC Symphony Orchestra, Davis.
    • Teldec.
    • 7.
  • Charles Trenet

    Beyond The Sea (La Mer)

    Composer: Albert Lasry. Composer: Jack Lawrence. Performer: Stéphane Grappelli. Performer: Django Reinhardt. Ensemble: Quintette du Hot Club de France.
    • Djangology.
    • RCA Bluebird.
    • 4.
  • John Field

    Piano Sonata in A major, Op 1 No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Míċeál O'Rourke.
    • John Field: Four Piano Sonatas: Miceal O'Rourke.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Violin concerto in G minor Op.80 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca.
    • 20.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study in G flat major, Op 10 No 5, 'Black key'

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    An Orkney Wedding, with Sunrise

    Performer: Robert Jordan. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • Peter Maxwell Davies - An Orkney Wedding With Sunrise and other works.
    • LINN.
    • 9.

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