
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.
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Music Played
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Manuel de Falla
Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo)
Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.- Harmonia mundi.
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Claude Debussy
Fêtes (Nocturnes)
Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.- Debussy and Ravel: Pierre Boulez conducts.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 2.
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Mystery (Rosary) sonata no.11 'The Resurrection of Jesus'
Performer: Amandine Beyer. Ensemble: Gli Incogniti.- Harmonia Mundi.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
The Market Place (The Gadfly - suite Op.97a)
Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Shostakovich: Cheryomushki; The Bolt; etc.
- DECCA.
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Louise Farrenc
Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.- Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
- DIVOX.
- 3.
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Michael Torke
Bright Blue Music
Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.- Michael Torke - Ecstatic Orange etc..
- Argo.
- 005.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major BWV.1050 (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
- Naive.
- 6.
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Xavier Dubois Foley
Shelter Island
Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Xavier Dubois Foley.- DECCA.
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François‐Adrien Boïeldieu
Harp Concerto in C major (3rd mvt)
Performer: Marisa Robles. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Iona Brown.- DECCA.
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Jean Sibelius
Finlandia Op.26
Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.- Sibelius: Symphony No.1, Karelia etc: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Saraste.
- RCA.
- 9.
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Jean‐Philippe Rameau
L'Amour est le dieu de la paix (Anacréon)
Singer: Sandrine Piau. Orchestra: Les Paladins. Conductor: Jérôme Corréas.- Le Triomphe De L'Amour.
- Naive.
- 3.
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Emmanuel Chabrier
L'étoile (Overture)
Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- Chabrier: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande/Neeme Jarvi.
- Chandos.
- 11.
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Elena Kats‐Chernin
Pitter Patter
Performer: Goldner String Quartet. Performer: Diana Doherty. Performer: Elena Kats‐Chernin.- ABC.
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Jan Dismas Zelenka
Benedictus & Hosanna (Missa Divi Xaverii ZWV.12)
Singer: Hana Blažíková. Choir: Collegium Vocale 1704. Orchestra: Collegium 1704. Director: Václav Luks.- Accent ACC 24301.
- Accent.
- 13.
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Antonín Dvořák
Symphony no.9 in E minor 'From the New World' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.- BR Klassik.
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Madeleine Dring
Blue Air (Colour Suite)
Performer: Leigh Kaplan.- Cambria.
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Bill Evans
Blue In Green
Performer: Miles Davis. Performer: Miles Davis. Performer: John Coltrane. Performer: Bill Evans. Performer: Paul Chambers. Performer: Jimmy Cobb.- Complete Columbia Recordings.
- Columbia.
- 5.
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Charles Villiers Stanford
The Blue Bird, Op.119 no.3
Choir: Swedish Chamber Choir. Conductor: Simon Phipps.- Like to the Lark.
- Chandos.
- 07.
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Percy Whitlock
Wessex Suite (The Blue Pool)
Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.- Marco Polo.
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Arthur Sullivan
We sail the ocean blue (H.M.S. Pinafore)
Lyricist: William Gilbert. Ensemble: Cast of Ohio Light Opera. Orchestra: Ohio Light Opera Orchestra. Conductor: J. Lynn Thompson.- H.M.S. Pinafore.
- Albany Records.
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Arthur Bliss
2 Studies for Orchestra Op.16 (no.2)
Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.- Bliss – Cello Concerto & Music for Strings.
- Naxos.
- 7.
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Clancy Eccles
A new division upon the ground bass of "John come and kiss me"
Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Thomas Dunford.- The Mad Lover.
- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto no. 25 in C major K.503 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.- Mozart: Piano Concertos, Vol. 7.
- Chandos.
- 7.
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Aaron Jay Kernis
Musica Celestis
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.- Kernis: Second Symphony, Musica Celestis etc..
- Argo.
- 004.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Prelude and Fugue in E major BWV.854 (Bk 1, The Well-Tempered Clavier)
Performer: Angela Hewitt.- Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
- Hyperion.
- 13.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony No.4 in F minor (4th mvt)
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4 - Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition.
- Lso Live.
- 104.
Broadcast
- Mon 20 Feb 2023 09:00ѿý Radio 3