
Tom McKinney
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.
Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of 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.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet Op.64)
Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.- DG.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Symphony No 1 in D - 'Classical' op25 - (Gavotte) arr. piano
Performer: Sergey Prokofiev.- NAXOS.
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Georges Bizet
Carmen Suite No. 2 - (II. Habanera)
Conductor: Semyon Bychkov. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie.- Bizet: Carmen Suites; L'Arlésienne Suites.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 15.
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Messa sopra l'aria della monica - ( I. Kyrie)
Conductor: Stephen Cleobury. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge.- Allegri's Miserere and Other Music of the Italian 16th Century.
- Warner Classics.
- 4.
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Anonymous
Se l'aura spira tutta vezzosa, F7.15
Composer: Girolamo Frescobaldi.- Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
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Niccolò Paganini
Violin Concerto No 1 in D Op 6 - (III. Rondo)
Conductor: Eije Oue. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.- Paganini / Spohr: Violin Concertos incld. Listening Guide.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 3.
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Irving Mills
Mood Indigo
Composer: Barney Bigard. Composer: Duke Ellington. Lyricist: Irving Mills. Lyricist: Barney Bigard. Lyricist: Duke Ellington.- Duke Ellington's Finest Hour.
- Verve Reissues.
- 8.
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Johannes Brahms
Sextet no. 1 in B flat major Op.18 for strings: 2nd mvt; Andante non troppo
Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.- ALPHA.
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Hector Berlioz
Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7: II. Le spectre de la rose
Singer: Janet Baker. Conductor: John Barbirolli. Orchestra: New Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra.- Icon: Dame Janet Baker.
- Warner Classics.
- 2.
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Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
Trio sonata no. 1 in G minor for 2 violins/flutes and continuo [1695]
Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot.- Audax.
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Jean‐Paul‐Égide Martini
Plaisir d'amour
Lyricist: Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian. Singer: Janet Baker. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.- Plaisir d'amour - A Celebration of the Art of Dame Janet Baker.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 1.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Symphony No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 11: I. Allegro di molto
- Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 4 \"Italian\".
- LSO Live.
- 1.
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Errollyn Wallen
Concerto Grosso (1st mvt)
Performer: Tai Murray. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Chi-Chi Nwanoku. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.- Spark Catchers.
- NMC Recordings.
- 101.
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Maurice Jarre
Lawrence of Arabia - (Overture)
Lyricist: Maurice Jarre. Conductor: Anthony Bremner. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- Lawrence of Arabia.
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
- 1.
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Maurice Jarre
Lawrence of Arabia - (The Miracle)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tony Bremner.- Lawrence of Arabia.
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
- 4.
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Maurice Jarre
Lawrence of Arabia - (The End/ Playoff Music)
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tony Bremner.- Lawrence of Arabia.
- Decca (UMO) (Classics).
- 13.
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Zbigniew Preisner
Closing Credits (From Bleu)
- Screenthemes 93.
- Rhino.
- 9.
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Noël Coward
Cavalcade: Twentieth Century Blues
Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.- Coward: The Noël Coward Songbook.
- Warner Classics.
- 13.
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Igor Stravinsky
Ebony Concerto; II. Andante
Conductor: Woody Herman. Orchestra: Woody Herman Orchestra.- Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto & Symphony in 3 Movements.
- Everest Records.
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Madeleine Dring
Blue Air (Colour Suite)
Performer: Leigh Kaplan.- Cambria.
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George Gershwin
Rhapsody in Blue
Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.- Gershwin: Rhapsody In Blue / Piano Concerto etc - Thibaudet, Baltimore Symphony.
- Decca.
- 1.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, BWV 1052 - (I. Allegro)
- Harmonia Mundi UK Limited.
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Joaquín Rodrigo
Fantasía para un Gentilhombre - (I. Villano y Ricercare)
Conductor: Louis Frémaux. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.- Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez & Fantasía para un Gentilhombre.
- Sony Classical.
- 4.
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Peteris Vasks
Concerto for Viola & String Orchestra (1st mvt)
Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Orchestra: Sinfonietta Rīga.- Pēteris Vasks: Viola Concerto & Symphony No. 1 "Voices".
- BIS.
- 1.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio, Op. 72: "O welche Lust" (Chor der Gefangenen),
Conductor: James Gaffigan.- Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 & Brahms: Nänie.
- Sony Classical/Sony Music.
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Paul Reade
Concerto for Flute and String Orchestra: (III. Allegro con spirito)
Conductor: Robin O’Neill. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.- A Celebration of Paul Reade.
- Signum Records.
- 18.
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Franz Schubert
Heidenröslein, Op. 3 No. 3, D. 257
- Schubert: Lieder.
- Warner Classics.
- 21.
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Heinrich Marschner
Der Kiffhäuser Berg, Op. 89: Overture
Orchestra: Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra Pardubice. Conductor: Dario Salvi.- Marschner: Overtures & Stage Music, Vol. 1.
- Naxos.
- 101.
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Gunild Keetman
Orff-Schulwerk: Gassenhauer
Orchestra: Slovenská filharmónia. Orchestra: English Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Czecho-Slovak Symphony Orchestra. Ensemble: Karl Peinkofer Percussion Ensemble.- Klassix for Kidz.
- Celestial Harmonies.
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- Mon 21 Aug 2023 09:00ѿý Radio 3