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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.

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Thu 8 Dec 2022 09:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings, Op 48 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble. Conductor: Jonathan Morton.
    • Linn.

  • Thomas Weelkes

    To shorten winter's sadnesse

    Music Arranger: Nikolaus Newerkla. Ensemble: Quadriga Consort.
    • Quadriga Consort - On a Cold Winter's Day.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 7.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Piano Trio no.3 in F minor, Op.65 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Dvořák: Piano Trios Nos. 3 & 4.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.

  • Nainita Desai

    My Mind is Still

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Elsa Bradley. Performer: Leif Kaner‐Lidström. Ensemble: VOCES8.
    • Infinity.
    • Decca.

  • Luigi Boccherini

    Cello Concerto in D Major, G. 476: I. Allegro

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Music Arranger: Ton Koopman. Conductor: Ton Koopman. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra.
    • Yo-Yo Ma Plays Bach & Boccherini.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • BIS.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Concerto in D minor for violin, piano and strings (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Richard Tognetti. Performer: Polina Leschenko. Orchestra: Australian Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Stravinsky: Concerto in E-Flat Major, 'Dumbarton Oaks': I. Tempo giusto

    Ensemble: The Knights.

  • Dora Pejačević

    Piano Quintet in B minor Op.40 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Oliver Triendl. Ensemble: Quatuor Sine Nomine.
    • Pejacevic: Chamber Works.
    • CPO.
    • 2.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Harold in Italy Op.16 (Serenade)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Les Nuits d'été.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 3.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'ocean (Miroirs)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • ERATO.

  • Sir James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • VCM RECORDS.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Theme and Variations Op.42

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue No 15 in G major BWV 860

    Performer: Olli Mustonen.
    • Ondine.

  • George Lloyd

    Symphony no.6 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: George Lloyd.
    • George Lloyd: Overture, 'John Socman'; Sixth Symphony; Tenth Symphony (November.
    • Albany Troy.
    • 4.

  • Harri Wessman

    Water under snow is weary [Vesi väsyy lumen alle]

    Conductor: Erkki Pohjola.
    • Kuoroklassikoita / Choral Favourites.
    • Fazer Records/Finlandia.
    • 23.

  • Armas Järnefelt

    Praeludium

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • EMI.

  • Joe Bishop

    At The Woodchopper's Ball

    Composer: Woody Herman. Performer: Woody Herman and His Orchestra.
    • Pop Radio Vol. 10.
    • Documents.
    • 3.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Alessandro (Overture)

    Orchestra: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: Roy Goodman.
    • Handel: Arias and Duets from the era of 'The Rival Queens'.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Leó Weiner

    Romanze

    Performer: Ditta Rohmann. Performer: Melinda Felletár. Orchestra: MÁV Szimfonikus zenekar. Conductor: Valéria Csányi.
    • Weiner: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Egberto Gismonti

    Forrobodo

    Performer: Joanna MacGregor. Music Arranger: Joanna MacGregor. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Joanna MacGregor: Live in Buenos Aires.
    • Warner Classics and Jazz.
    • 10.

  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Tarantelle, Op 6

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Saint-Saens: Chamber Music: The Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.

  • Thomas Enhco

    Silence

    Composer: Vassilena Serafimova. Performer: Thomas Enhco.
    • Bach Mirror (Extended Edition).
    • Masterworks.
    • 9.

  • Richard Strauss

    Duett-concertino AV.147 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ernst Ottensamer. Performer: Stepan Turnovsky. Orchestra: Academy of London. Conductor: Richard Stamp.
    • Strauss: Duet Concertino, Prelude to Capriccio – Copland: Clarinet Concerto, App.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 103.

  • John Dowland

    The Shoemaker's Wife

    Performer: Paul O’Dette.
    • Dowland: Musicke for the Lute.
    • Astree.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 48 in C major 'Maria Theresia' i (Allegro)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • ARCHIV.

Broadcast

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