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Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with 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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Fri 2 Dec 2022 09:00
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Music Played

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    España

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

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott, BWV 721

    Performer: Daniel Pioro. Performer: Jonathan Morton. Performer: Clio Gould. Performer: Oliver Wilson. Performer: Clare O'Connell. Performer: Katherine Tinker. Music Arranger: Daniel Pioro.
    • Saint Boy.
    • Platoon.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hänsel und Gretel (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Philips.

  • Cristoforo Caresana

    La Tarantella (La Tarantella 1675)

    Performer: L’Arpeggiata. Performer: Christina Pluhar.
    • Alla Napoletana.
    • Erato.

  • Frederic Longàs i Torres

    Aragón

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Blue-Eyes Fairy (The Starlight Express, Op.78)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Orchestra of Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Elgar: The Starlight Express.
    • Argo Records.
    • 15.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Alfred Schnittke

    Fugue & Pantomime (Suite in the Old Style)

    Performer: Olga Martynova. Performer: Andrey Doynikov. Performer: Dmitri Vlassik. Performer: Roman Mints.
    • Alfred Schnittke - Roman Mints / Katya Apekisheva.
    • QUARTZ.
    • 4-5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, K447 - 3rd mvt Allegro

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

  • Sally Beamish

    Seavaigers (Haven)

    Performer: Chris Stout. Performer: Catriona McKay. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • McKay Stout Music.

  • Jerome Kern

    All the Things You Are

    Lyricist: Oscar Hammerstein II. Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Joyce and Tony.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 20.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse sacrée et danse profane

    Performer: Lisa Wellbaum. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • DG.

  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Trio Sonata in F major Op 2 No 7, BuxWV 265

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • ALPHA.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dances Nos 20 and 21 orch Dvorak

    Orchestra: Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • DECCA.

  • John Adams

    Grand Pianola Music (On the dominant divide)

    Performer: Orli Shaham. Performer: Marc-André Hamelin. Ensemble: Synergy Vocals. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • John Adams: Absolute Jest / Grand Pianola Music.
    • San Francisco Symphony.
    • 9.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker - Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 20.

  • Liza Lehmann

    There are Fairies at the Bottom of our Garden

    Performer: Sarah Walker. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Helios.
    • CDH55422.

  • Silvio Amato

    Thinkerbell

  • Edward Elgar

    Severn Suite Op.87

    Ensemble: The Fairey Band. Conductor: James Gourlay.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma mère l'oye (Le jardin féerique)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 17.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Then dawn that mourns so glorious (The Seasons)

    Choir: Chór Narodowego Forum Muzyki. Orchestra: Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Haydn: The Seasons.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 221.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia, Op 26

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia/En Saga etc: Esa-Pekka Salonen.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Somei Satoh

    Bifu

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • In 27 Pieces: the Hilary Hahn Encores.
    • DG.
    • 2.

  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Proud Thames

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Maconchy: Serenata Concertante; Symphony for Double String Orchestra.
    • Lyrita.
    • 1.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Eclogue in F major Op.10

    Performer: Tom Poster. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 17.

  • William Byrd

    Cibavit eos

    Conductor: Graham Ross. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Sarabande and rigaudon, Op 93

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Jun Märkl.
    • Saint-Saens: Symphonic Poems.
    • NAXOS.
    • 5-6.

Broadcast

  • Fri 2 Dec 2022 09:00
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