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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

0915 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.

1030 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1100 Essential Five – another brilliant piece for Advent.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 1 Dec 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat in E flat major BWV.243a (Magnificat anima mea)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • Linn.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Valse Suite, Op.71 (Andante)

    Performer: Monica Gaylord.
    • Black Piano, A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers.
    • MUSIC & ARTS.
    • 24.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quintet in E flat major Op.97 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet. Performer: Pavel Nikl.
    • Dvorak: Quintets Op. 81 & 97.
    • Supraphon.
    • 6.
  • Émile Waldteufel

    Les Patineurs, Op.183

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Fantasia para un gentilhombre (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Milos Aranjuez.
    • DG.
    • 8.
  • Antonio Caldara

    Lo seguitai felice (L'Olimpiade)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: Concerto Köln. Director: Emmanuelle Haïm.
    • Caldara in Vienna: Philippe Jaroussky.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.
  • Béla Bartók

    For Children (excerpts)

    Performer: Fülöp Ránki.
    • Bartók: Piano Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 802.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.4 in C minor D.417 'Tragic' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 104.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    December: Christmas (The Seasons Op.37b)

    Orchestrator: Douglas Gamley. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Decca Eloquence.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    December (The Year)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • SONY BMG.
  • Iiro Rantala

    My Finnish Calendar (December)

    Performer: Iiro Rantala.
    • ACT.
  • Federico García Lorca

    Sevillanas del siglo XVII (Canciones espanolas antiguas)

    Singer: Fatma Said. Performer: Rafael Aguirre.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor Op.54 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Henry Purcell

    What power art thou (King Arthur)

    Singer: Ashley Riches. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Purcell: King Arthur, 1691.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 402.
  • Giacomo Meyerbeer

    Les Patineurs (Pas de patineurs; Finale)

    Orchestra: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • DECCA.
  • Vince Guaraldi

    Skating (A Charlie Brown Christmas)

    Ensemble: Vince Guaraldi Trio.
    • A Charlie Brown Christmas.
    • FANTASY.
    • 7.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Lieutenant Kije - suite Op.60 (Troika)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Quartet no.9 in G major TWV.43:G4 [Paris Quartet no.3] (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Florilegium.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E flat major Op.20 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Octet.
    • NIMBUS.
  • Arvo Pärt

    O Immanuel (7 Advent Antiphons)

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.31 in D major K.297 'Paris'

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • LINN.
  • Claude Debussy

    La cathédrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • William Grant Still

    Land of romance (Africa)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony/In Memoriam/Africa (Symphonic Poem).
    • NAXOS.
    • 3.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor RV.522, Op.3`8

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • L'Estro Armonico.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
    • 4-6.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sabbath morning at sea (Sea Pictures Op.37)

    Singer: Bernadette Greevy. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Warner.
  • Jenny McLeod

    Rock Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eugene Albulescu. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Uwe Grodd.
    • Naxos.

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