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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 Aug 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake, Op 20 (Act 1 Waltz)

    Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 22, TH 12 (1877 Version).
    • PENTATONE.
    • 202.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 49 No. 2

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp.26, 27 & 49.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 19.
  • John Adams

    Tromba lontana

    Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • John Adams: The Chairman Dances, Two Fanfares, Other Works.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 3.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Dixit Dominus

    Singer: Emma Kirkby. Singer: Rogers Covey‐Crump. Singer: David Thomas. Ensemble: Taverner Consort. Ensemble: Taverner Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • EMI.
  • Leroy Anderson

    The Waltzing Cat

    Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Fennell Conducts Leroy Anderson.
    • Mercury.
    • 03.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Oiseaux tristes (Miroirs)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in D major Op.3`6

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • Sony.
  • Francisco Tárrega

    Capricho Arabe

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Milos: The Guitar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 14.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: European Film Philharmonia Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph Israel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Voices of Spring, Op.410

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Danse macabre

    • Mélodies françaises, vol. 2: Saint-Saëns, Massenet & Gounod.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Trois Romances sans paroles, Op. 17

    • Fauré: Piano Music.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    3 Arias from Luisa Miller arr. Emanuele Muzio

    Music Arranger: Emanuele Muzio. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • DG.
  • Trad.

    Scarborough Fair

    Music Arranger: John Fox. Orchestra: The John Fox Symphonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Fox.
    • Campion Cameo.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Andante e rondo ungarese in C Minor for Bassoon & Orchestra, Op. 35, J. 158

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Mozart, R. Strauss & Weber: Pieces for Wind Soloist & Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.
  • Scott Joplin

    The Entertainer

    Performer: Dick Hyman.
    • Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
    • RCA.
    • 7.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Duet for Two Cats

    Singer: Felicity Lott. Singer: Ann Murray. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • EMI.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G minor Kk.30 'Cat's fugue'

    Performer: Scott Ross.
    • Scarlatti: Complete Keyboard Works: Scott Ross.
    • Erato.
    • 11.
  • Floyd Huddleston

    Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat

    Composer: Al Rinker. Lyricist: Floyd Huddleston. Lyricist: Al Rinker.
    • The Aristocats Original Soundtrack.
    • EMI Gold.
    • 4.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Serenade in E major Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Dvorak, Bartok, Wolf: Saito Kinen, Ozawa.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor, BWV 232 (Agnus Dei)

    Singer: Alfred Deller. Ensemble: Leonhardt‐Consort.
    • L'Art D'Alfred Deller.
    • Vanguard Classics.
    • 9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Flute Concerto in D major, K 314 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Wolfgang Schulz. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. Conductor: Leopold Hager.
    • Mozart: The complete wind concertos.
    • Teldec.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 9_ѿý National Orchestra of Wales

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.
  • Giovanni Felice Sances

    Stabat mater dolorosa

    Singer: María Cristina Kiehr. Ensemble: Ensemble La Fenice.
    • RICERCAR.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in C Minor, D. 958: IV. Allegro

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 958-960.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 401.
  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    La Gioconda - Dance of the Hours (extract)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: Robert Irving.
    • The Classic Experience - 135 of the greatest classical tracks.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Fri 25 Aug 2023 09:00

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