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Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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.

3 hours

Last on

Fri 25 Nov 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sinfonietta (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Poulenc: Concerto Pour 2 Pianos, Aubade, Sinfonietta: City of London Sinfonia, H.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Gloria (Magnificat in C major)

    Choir: The King’s Singers. Ensemble: Charivari Agréable. Director: Kah-Ming Ng.
    • Pachelbel Vespers; The King's Singers / Charivari Agreable.
    • Signum.
    • 12.
  • Dumisani Maraire

    Mai Nozipo [Mother Nozipo]

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Released 1985-1995 / Unreleased.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 1.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Luis Misón

    Sinfonia in B flat major

    Orchestra: Camerata Antonio Soler. Conductor: Javier José Mendoza.
    • El cielo y sus estrellas.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 105.
  • Percy Grainger

    Over the hills and far away

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Coates: The Merrymakers March etc: New Philharmonia/LPO/Boult.
    • Lyrita.
    • 10.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No.8 in G major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Dvořák: Symphonies Nos. 7-9.
    • DG.
    • 8.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Partita (Sarabande)

    Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth.
    • New Amsterdam.
  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux de vagues (La Mer)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Debussy: Nocturnes/La Mer/Jeux: Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Keyboard Sonata no.90 in F sharp minor

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's Spanish Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • William Mathias

    A Dance Overture Op.16

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.
    • Mathias: Orchestral Works.
    • Lyrita.
    • 001.
  • Trad.

    Hiraeth

    Lyricist: Trad.. Music Arranger: Alwyn Humphreys. Conductor: Gareth Jones. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Choir: The Black Mountain Male Chorus. Choir: Risca Male Choir.
    • Bryn Terfel - We'll Keep A Welcome.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 20.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Concertino, Op.107

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Great works for flute and orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 007.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat major, BWV.1051 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Kati Debretzeni. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, English Baroque Soloists.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 9.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical'

    Conductor: Claudio Abbado. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Claudio Abbado Conducts Prokofiev, Hindemith & Janá_ek.
    • Decca.
    • 1-4.
  • Georges Bizet

    Le Bal (Jeux d'enfants, Op.22)

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • Bizet;Faure;Ravel.
    • Philips.
    • 12.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Dolly Suite, Op. 56 (Arranged for Two Guitars by Julian Bream): I. Berceuse

    • Together.
    • RCA Gold Seal.
    • 13.
  • Bob Chilcott

    Nova! Nova!

    Conductor: David Flood.
    • Christmas Night.
    • Dean and Chapter of Canterbury.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude in F minor BWV 881, from Well-tempered Clavier, Book 2

    Music Arranger: Jacques Loussier. Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.
    • Universal Music Jazz.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No. 4 in A, "Italian" (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Mendelssohn: The 5 Symphonies.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 404.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: HÃ¥kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Hardenberger/Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • Sérgio Assad

    Menino

    Performer: Plínio Fernandes. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.
    • Saudade.
    • Decca Records US.
    • 18.
  • André Grétry

    Cher objet de ma pensée... (from Aucassin et Nicolette)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Ensemble: Le Concert de la Loge. Conductor: Julien Chauvin.
    • Alpha.
  • George Gershwin

    Promenade [Walking the Dog]

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • CBS.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op 47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christophe Gaugué. Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Robert Schumann: Complete Piano Trios, Quartet & Quintet.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 103.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sinfonia in D major RV.125

    Ensemble: Accademia dell’Annunciata. Conductor: Riccardo Doni.
    • Arcana.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata for 2 pianos in D, K.448: 3) Allegro molto

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Performer: Peter Serkin.
    • ECM.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony No. 4, Op. 29 "The Inextinguishable" - IV. Allegro

    Conductor: Fabio Luisi. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra.
    • Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.

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