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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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Wed 12 Apr 2023 09:00
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Music Played

  • Jules Massenet

    Toccata

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Ravel/Debussy/Massemet: Various works: Bavouzet/BBC SO/Tortelier.
    • Chandos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 1.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Easter (5 Mystical Songs)

    Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Choir: Corydon Singers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • Vaughan Williams: Serenade, Flos Campi, Five Mystical Songs.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg: Orchestral Music: Ruud.
    • BIS.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet in B flat major Op.34 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.

  • Albert Roussel

    The Spider's Banquet: Entrance of the Ants

    Orchestra: Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire. Conductor: Pascal Rophé.
    • Dukas: Polyeucte Overture & L'apprenti sorcier - Roussel: Le festin de l'araigné.
    • BIS.
    • 202.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Pierrette Op.41

    Performer: Mark Viner.
    • PIANO CLASSICS.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.5 in E flat major Op.82 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • Decca.

  • Trad.

    Calusari no.1

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Emilia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Viktor Kopatchinsky. Performer: Martin Gjakonovski.
    • Naive.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • DG.

  • Giovanni Battista Martini

    Toccata

    Music Arranger: Marie‐Claire Alain. Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Performer: Simon Preston.
    • DG.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    Harp Concerto (Lullaby)

    Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis. Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ward Stare. Conductor: Ward Stare.
    • American Rapture.
    • Azica.
    • 3.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Saul (O Lord, whose mercies numberless)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Handel: Saul.
    • ARCHIV.
    • 24.

  • Hans Rott

    Symphony no.1 in E major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • RCA.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in C minor Op.18 no.4 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 4-6.
    • BIS.
    • 4.

  • Jean Lhéritier

    Surrexit pastor bonus

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV.169 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben' (Sinfonia)

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

  • Hector Berlioz

    La Damnation de Faust (Song of the Flea)

    Singer: Christopher Purves. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Berlioz: La damnation de Faust.
    • Lso Live.
    • 112.

  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Dance of the Bumblebee (Spalicek)

    Orchestra: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Conifer.

  • Josquin des Prez

    El Grillo

    Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Director: Paul Hillier.
    • Erato.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • RCA.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves (Nabucco)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Verdi Choruses.
    • DECCA.
    • 3.

  • Agustín Barrios Mangoré

    La Catedral [Benites R.: vol.1 p.58] [complete]

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia.
    • ERATO.

  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata for arpeggione and piano in A minor (1st mvt.)

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Thomas Adès

    Märchentänze (1st mvt)

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Adès: Orchestral Works.
    • Ondine.
    • 11.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard Concerto in D major, H.18.11 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • EMI CLASSICS : CZS-574789 2.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 7.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in G major Op.2`12 (Ciacona)

    Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Latina. Director: Giordano Antonelli.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi: 88875174822.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.

  • Herbert Howells

    Te Deum and Jubilate 'Collegium regale' (Te Deum)

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Performer: Owain Park. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

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