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Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

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.

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Wed 30 Nov 2022 09:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Running Set

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Naxos.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    The Bells Op.35 (The Silver Sleigh Bells)

    Music Arranger: Daniil Trifonov. Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • DG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Concerto no.5 in A major K.219 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Warner.

  • William Byrd

    Mass for 4 voices (Gloria)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • The Tallis Scholars Sing William Byrd.
    • Gimell.
    • 7.

  • George Antheil

    Archipelago "Rumba"

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.
    • Chandos.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lute Suite BWV.996 (Gigue)

    Performer: Göran Söllscher.
    • J.S. Bach: Werke Fur Laute Vol.1.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Overture in C major Op.24

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mendelssohn: Overtures: LSO/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor Kk.89

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Ophira Zakai. Performer: Patrick Sepec. Performer: Yizhar Karshon.
    • Art of the Mandolin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Eric Coates

    Mayfair (London Again)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Avie.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Re-invention No.1 [After J S Bach Invention no.8]

    Performer: Genevieve Lacey. Ensemble: Flinders Quartet.
    • Reinventions.
    • ABC Classics.
    • 1.

  • Richard Strauss

    8 Lieder Op.49 (Waldseligkeit)

    Singer: Simon Keenlyside. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • EMI.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Má vlast)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • B. Smetana; Ma Vlast: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra/Belohlavek.
    • Supraphon.
    • 2.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Fantasia in C major H.17.4

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • WARNER.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A major RV.585

    Orchestra: Concerto Köln. Conductor: Werner Ehrhardt.
    • Capriccio.

  • Arthur Benjamin

    Jamaican rumba

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ernest Tomlinson.
    • Naxos.

  • Ludovic Lamothe

    Danza No.1 "Habanera"

    Performer: Célimène Daudet.
    • NoMadMusic.

  • Compay Segundo

    Chan Chan

    Ensemble: Buena Vista Social Club.
    • WORLD CIRCUIT.

  • Joshua Davis

    Rondo alla Mambo [After Mozart]

    Performer: Sarah Willis. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra. Conductor: José Antonio Méndez Padrón.
    • Alpha.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.1 in D major Op.11 (6th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Tudor.

  • Valentin Silvestrov

    2 Pieces

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • DG.

  • George Walker

    When lilacs last in the dooryard bloom'd (Lilacs)

    Singer: Latonia Moore. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.
    • CLEVELAND.

  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Flute Concerto in G Wq.169 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A major D.959 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Lu.
    • WARNER.
    • 2.

  • Fredrik Sjölin

    Naja's Waltz

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.

  • Enrique Granados

    La Maja de Goya 

    Performer: John Williams.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    How lovely are the messengers (St Paul Op.36)

    Choir: BBC National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Pezzo Capriccioso, Op.62

    Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • RCA.

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  • Wed 30 Nov 2022 09:00
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