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Tom McKinney

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

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

Mon 14 Aug 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Barber of Seville (Overture)

    Orchestra: Münchener Kammerorchester. Conductor: Alexander Liebreich.
    • Rossini: Overtures: Munchener Kammerorchester/Liebreich.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jeanne Lamon. Performer: Stephen Marvin. Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • J.S. Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos; Tafelmusik, Lamon.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Tango

    Performer: James Crabb. Performer: Geir Draugsvoll.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Sextet for piano and wind in C minor, Op.40 (3rd mvt: Allegro vivace)

    Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Belinda Sykes

    Bailemos! A Dance Song after Rod Temperton's "Boogie Nights"

    Lyricist: Airas Nunes. Ensemble: Joglaresa. Singer: Victoria Couper. Director: Belinda Sykes.
    • Boogie Nights.
    • Joglaresa.
  • James Oswald

    Myrtle [Airs for the Seasons - Summer]

    Ensemble: Rezonance Baroque Ensemble.
    • Leaf Music.
  • Gordon Jacob

    Concerto for trombone & orchestra (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
    • BIS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Baryton Trio No.19 in A major, Hob.XI:19

    Ensemble: Esterházy Baryton Trio.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No.1 in E Minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Florence Price: Piano Concerto in One Movement; Symphony No. 1 in E Minor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.
  • Trad.

    Scarborough Fair

    Music Arranger: Simon Parkin. Performer: Sheku Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Plínio Fernandes.
    • uDiscover Classical 100 Artist Poll.
    • UMG Recordings, Inc..
    • 22.
  • Havergal Brian

    The Tinker's Wedding: Comedy Overture No. 2

    Orchestra: Russian State Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Walker.
    • Brian: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 16.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    Far in a western brookland

    • CHANDOS.
  • Nico Muhly

    Quiet Music

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer.
    • Sony.
  • John Sheppard

    Ave maris stella

    Choir: The Marian Consort. Conductor: Rory McCleery.
    • Delphian.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Ruy Blas, Op.95

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Mendelssohn: Overtures: Kurt Masur.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 1.
  • Paul Dukas

    Villanelle for horn and piano

    Performer: Peter Damm. Performer: Peter Rösel.
    • Französische Musik für Horn und Klavier.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 9.
  • Abel Selaocoe

    Zawose (for Hukwe Zawose)

    Performer: Simmy Singh. Performer: Colin Alexander. Performer: Max Baillie. Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Fred Thomas. Performer: Sidiki Dembélé. Performer: Mamadou Sarr. Singer: Alan Keary. Singer: CHERISE. Singer: Thandanani Gumede. Singer: Alice Zawadzki.
    • Where is ѿý / Hae ke Kae.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Robert Schumann

    Die Lotosblume, Op 25 No 7 (Myrthen)

    Singer: Karita Mattila. Performer: Ilmo Ranta.
    • Wild Rose: Karita Mattila/Ilmo Ranta.
    • Ondine.
    • 11.
  • Edward MacDowell

    To a Wild Rose [Woodland Sketches, Op.51]

    Music Arranger: Thomas Frost. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Bernstein: Candide; Barber: Adagio; other American masterpieces.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Thomas Arne

    Where the bee sucks (The Tempest)

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • The pure voice of Emma Kirkby.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Rose d'Anjou [Fleurs de France]

    Performer: Cristina Ariagno.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Francis McPeake

    Wild Mountain Thyme

    Singer: Judy Collins.
    • The Very Best Of.
    • Play Digital.
    • 6.
  • Vincent Rose

    Blueberry Hill

    Singer: Fats Domino.
    • All By Myself.
    • Snapper Music.
    • 16.
  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    Islamey, Op.18

    Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.
    • BIS.
  • Amy Beach

    Symphony in E minor, Op.32 "Gaelic" (2nd movement: A la siciliana)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn.
    • NAXOS.
  • Sebastiano Chilese

    Canzon Trigesimaprima a 8

    Ensemble: La Pifarescha.
    • The Splendour Of Venice: Music for Cornetts, Violins & Sackbuts.
    • Pan Classics.
    • 4.
  • Colin Charpentier

    Premier amusement for musette & cello (Ouverture - Loure; Gavotte)

    Performer: Amanda Babington. Performer: Claire Babington.
    • DEUX-ELLES.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Chorale

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Director: David Le Page.
    • Timelapse.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1201.
  • George Harrison

    Here comes the sun

    Music Arranger: Christopher Austin. Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Ensemble: Navarra String Quartet.
    • Mercury.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Sevilla (Suite espanola no.1)

    Orchestrator: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.

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