
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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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Tambourin en rondeau
Performer: Martin Fröst. Performer: Roland Pöntinen. Performer: Sebastien Dubé. Music Arranger: Roland Pöntinen.- SONY.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70 (4th mvt)
Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Blythe Teh Engstroem. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Stephan Koncz.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Franz Schubert
Impromptu in A flat major, D.899 no.4
Performer: Maria João Pires.- Le Voyage Magnifique - Schubert: Impromptus: MAria Joao Pires.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Maurice Ravel
La Valse
Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.- CHANDOS.
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Herbert Howells
Minuet 'Grace for a fresh egg'
Performer: Laurence Perkins. Performer: Michael Hancock.- Voyage of a sea-god.
- HYPERION.
- 18.
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George Frideric Handel
Dixit Dominus HWV.232 (opening chorus)
Ensemble: Vox Luminis. Conductor: Lionel Meunier.- Alpha.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Cello Sonata No 1 in C Minor, Op 32 (1st mvt)
Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.- Cello Music from Proust's Salons.
- BIS.
- 401.
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Regino Sáinz de la Maza
Zapateado
Performer: Thibaut Garcia.- Erato.
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Jean Sibelius
Pohjola's Daughter, Op 49
Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.- Sibelius: Symphony Nos. 3, 5 & Pohjola's Daughter.
- Alpha.
- 7.
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Emily Hall
The End of the Ending (Version for Chamber Ensemble)
Performer: Héloïse Werner. Ensemble: The Hermes Experiment.- Delphian.
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Louise Farrenc
Sextet in C minor Op.40 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.- Les Vents Français - Winds & Piano.
- Warner Classics.
- 106.
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Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni
La Statira (Sinfonia in D)
Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.- Signum.
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Robin Milford
The Darkling Thrush Op.17
Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.- Dutton Epoch.
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Modest Mussorgsky
Pictures at an Exhibition: V. Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
Performer: Behzod Abduraimov.- Alpha.
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Louis Armstrong
Big Butter And Egg Man
- The Wonderful Duets.
- Avid Entertainment.
- 17.
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Vernon Elliott
Ivor The Engine - Suite (Main Theme)
Performer: The Vernon Elliot Ensemble.- The Vernon Elliott Ensemble - Ivor The Engine & Pogles Wood.
- Trunk Records.
- 1.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ave verum corpus
Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.- The Music of King's: Choral Favourites from Cambridge.
- Kings College Cambridge.
- 6.
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Modest Mussorgsky
Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Pictures at an Exhibition)
Music Arranger: Tomita. Performer: Tomita.- RCA.
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Joseph Haydn
Symphony No 83 in G minor, 'The Hen' (4th mvt)
Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Bruno Weil.- Haydn: Paris Symphonies Nos. 82, 83 & 84: Tafelmusik/Weil.
- Sony Classical.
- 8.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E major, BWV854 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)
Performer: Andreas Staier.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Violin Concerto in E flat major RV.253 'La Tempesta di Mare'
Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.- Alpha.
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Bongani Ndodana-Breen
Safika: 3 African Migrations, No 1
Performer: Samantha Ege. Ensemble: Castle of Our Skins.- Lorelt.
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Emilie Mayer
Symphony No. 3 in C Major "Military": III. Scherzo. Allegro
Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.- Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7.
- CPO.
- 103.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Musette tendre en rondeau
Performer: Martin Fröst. Performer: Roland Pöntinen. Performer: Sebastien Dubé. Music Arranger: Roland Pöntinen.- SONY.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
Hymne à la Nuit
Music Arranger: Joseph Noyon. Choir: La Chapelle de Québec. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.- Atma.
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César Franck
String Quartet in D major (2nd mvt)
Ensemble: Zaide Quartet.- Franck - Chausson.
- NoMadMusic.
- 2.
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Franz Schubert
Der Wanderer D.649
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: James Newby.- I wonder as I Wander: Beethoven, Schubert, Mahler and Britten.
- BIS.
- 4.
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Edvard Grieg
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op 16 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Alice Sara Ott. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.- Wonderland - Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto, Lyric Pieces.
- DG.
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- Fri 30 Dec 2022 09:00ѿý Radio 3