
Tom McKinney
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is violinist Daniel Hope. Presented by Tom McKinney.
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with 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 Performers – this week we focus on violinist Daniel Hope.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Music Played
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Franz Ries
La Capricciosa
Performer: Vilde Frang. Performer: José Gallardo.- Homage.
- WARNER.
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Bedrich Smetana
Dance of the Comedians (The Bartered Bride)
Conductor: Christoph von Dohnányi. Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra.- Smetana: Overtures and Dances: The Cleveland Orchestra/Dohnanyi.
- Decca.
- 9.
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Carl Nielsen
Wind Quintet, Op.43 (2nd mvt)
Performer: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.- Carl Nielsen / Paul Taffanel - Wind Quintets.
- Sony Classical.
- 1-4.
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Arnold Schoenberg
Gurrelieder (Seht die Sonne!)
Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Choir: CBSO Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.- SIGNUM.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg concerto no.3 in G major BWV.1048
Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
- Naive.
- 14.
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Grand Scherzo, Op.57
Performer: Philip Martin.- HYPERION.
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Maurice Ravel
Alborada del gracioso
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- Maurice Ravel: Ma Mère L’oye; Boléro; Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales; Pavane Pou.
- Chandos.
- 9.
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Kassiani
Tin pentachordon lyran [The 5-stringed Lute]
Ensemble: VocaMe. Director: Michael Popp.- CHRISTOPHORUS.
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Claude Debussy
String Quartet in G minor, Op.10 (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- Debussy, Ravel and Dutilleux: String Quartets.
- Debut.
- 2.
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Johannes Brahms
4 Ballades Op.10 (no.1 in D minor 'Edward')
Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.- Brahms: Piano Works.
- BIS.
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Charles Avison
Concerto Grosso in A major Op.9`3
Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.- The Avison Ensemble: Avison: Concerti Grossi, op. 9 & op. 10.
- Divine Art.
- 4.
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Leonard Cohen
Hallelujah
Singer: Anna Prohaska. Orchestra: La Folia Barockorchester. Conductor: Robin Peter Müller.- ALPHA.
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Franz Schubert
Piano Trio in B flat major D.898 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Vienna Piano Trio.- Schubert: Complete Piano Trios vol.2: Vienna Piano Trio.
- MDG.
- 3.
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Howard Hanson
Symphony no.2 Op.30 'Romantic' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- Hanson: Symphony No. 2 'Romantic'.
- Naxos.
- 2.
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Maurice Ravel
Daphnis et Chloé Suite no.2 (Lever du jour)
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
- EMI Classics.
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George Harrison
Here comes the sun
Music Arranger: Christopher Austin. Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Ensemble: Navarra String Quartet.- Mercury.
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Richard Strauss
Alpine Symphony (On the Summit; Vision; Mists Rise)
Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.- PENTATONE.
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Joseph Haydn
The Creation (In the beginning...)
Singer: Neal Davies. Singer: Mark Padmore. Choir: Chetham's Chamber Choir. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- Haydn: The Creation.
- Archiv Produktion.
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Eugène Gigout
Toccata for organ in B minor
Performer: Christopher Herrick.- Northern Lights.
- Hyperion.
- 11.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in D minor (Allegro)
Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Alfonso Ferrabosco
Pavan no.2 on seven notes
Ensemble: B-Five Recorder Consort. Conductor: Sofie Vanden Eynde.- Coviello Classics.
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Joseph-Nicolas-Pancrace Royer
Harpsichord Suite no.2 (L'Amiable; gracieux) [Pieces de Clavecin, 1746]
Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.- ERATO.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor Wq.170 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.- C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos.
- harmonia mundi.
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James McMillan
Seven Last Words from the Cross (Verily, I say unto thee)
Choir: Polyphony. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- HYPERION.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Lute Partita in C minor BWV.997 (Prelude)
Performer: Evangelina Mascardi.- Bach: Complete Lute Works.
- Arcana.
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Igor Stravinsky
Firebird (conclusion)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- LSO LIVE.
Broadcast
- Mon 4 Apr 2022 09:00ѿý Radio 3