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Classical soundtrack for your morning

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

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor "Für Elise"

    • Sommernachtskonzert 2021 / Summer Night Concert 2021.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 27.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty Act II - Polonaise

    Conductor: André Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 41.
  • Ruth Crawford Seeger

    Rissolty Rossolty

    Conductor: Oliver Knussen. Ensemble: Schönberg Ensemble.
    • Ruth Crawford Seeger: Music for Small Orchestra; Study in Mixed Accents; Three S.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 17.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Andante e Rondo ungarese, Op. 35: I. Andante

    • Karen Geoghegan Plays Works for Bassoon and Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Andante e Rondo ungarese, Op. 35: II. Rondo. Allegretto ungarese

    • Karen Geoghegan Plays Works for Bassoon and Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Two Violins in C Major, RV 558 - (I. Allegro molto)

    Conductor: Giovanni Antonini. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • The Collected Recordings of Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 113.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Wetterfahne (Winterreise)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Singer: Mark Padmore.
    • Schubert Winterreise: Mark Padmore - Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 34 in C Major, KV 338: (III. Finale (Allegro vivace))

    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 33, 34 & 35 "Haffner".
    • Denon.
    • 7.
  • John Dowland

    The Shoemaker's Wife

    Performer: Paul O’Dette.
    • Dowland: Musicke for the Lute.
    • Astree.
    • 1.
  • John Dowland

    Go from my windowe

    • Dowland: Complete Lute Works, Vol. 1.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • John Dowland

    Can She Excuse My Wrongs

    Performer: Paul O’Dette.
    • Complete Lute Music Vol 2.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 16.
  • Pauline Viardot

    Havanaise

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Havanaise Op.83

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Virgin.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 6 in D major, Op 60 (Scherzo - Furiant)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Decca.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Ouvertüren-Suite in D Major, TWV 55:D 21: II. 2. Plainte

    • Telemann: Schwanengesang - The Last Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 2.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Ouvertüren-Suite in D Major, TWV 55:D 21: III. 3. Réjouissance: Vivement

    • Telemann: Schwanengesang - The Last Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 3.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Ouvertüren-Suite in D Major, TWV 55:D 21: IV. 4. Carillon: Gracieusement

    • Telemann: Schwanengesang - The Last Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 4.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Ouvertüren-Suite in D Major, TWV 55:D 21: V. 5. Tintamare

    • Telemann: Schwanengesang - The Last Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 5.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Rondo capriccioso in E Major, Op. 14 - (I)

    • Mendelssohn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 25.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Rondo capriccioso in E Major, Op. 14 - (II)

    • Mendelssohn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 26.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ordo Virtutum (O nos peregrine sumus)

    Lyricist: Hildegard von Bingen.
    • Hildegard von Bingen/Ordo Virtutum.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ordo Virtutum (Anima processional I)

    Lyricist: Hildegard von Bingen.
    • Hildegard von Bingen/Ordo Virtutum.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ordo Virtutum (O dulcis divinitas)

    Lyricist: Hildegard von Bingen.
    • Hildegard von Bingen/Ordo Virtutum.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    Ordo Virtutum (Anima processional II)

    Lyricist: Hildegard von Bingen.
    • Hildegard von Bingen/Ordo Virtutum.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.
  • Thomas Adès

    Hotel Suite from "Powder Her Face": I. Overture

    • Thomas Adès: Märchentänze, Hotel Suite from Powder Her Face, Lieux retrouvé & Da.
    • ONDINE / Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Zefiro Torna, e 'l bel tempo rimena

    Choir: I Fagiolini. Conductor: I Fagiolini.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soave sia il vento from Cosi fan tutte

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Singer: Anne Sofie von Otter. Singer: Michele Pertusi. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte: London Voices/Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Solti.
    • Decca.
    • 20.
  • Gabriel Dupont

    La Maison dans les dunes: IV. Mon frère le Vent et ma sœur la Pluie

    • Gabriel Dupont: Complete Piano Music.
    • MSR Classics.
    • 18.
  • Trad.

    Blow the wind southerly

    Singer: Kathleen Ferrier. Performer: Phyllis Spurr.
    • Kathleen Ferrier - Vol.8: Blow the Wind Southerly.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fantasia in G major, BWV 572

    Performer: Kevin Bowyer.
    • The works for organ vol.12.
    • Nimbus.
    • 1.
  • Umberto Giordano

    Un dì, all'azzuro spazio (Andrea Chenier)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Verismo Arias: Jonas Kaufmann, Antonio Pappano.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Valsa da dor

    • Dance.
    • Chandos.
    • 19.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    5 Fantasiestücke, Op. 5 (V.Dance)

    • Dvořák: String Quartet, Op. 106; Coleridge-Taylor: Fantasiestücke.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Job "A Masque for Dancing", Scene VII: Elihu's Dance of Beauty and Youth - Pavan

    Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Vaughan Williams: Job "A Masque for Dancing", Old King Cole - An Orchestral Ball.
    • Onyx Classics.
    • 7.
  • Paul Wranitzky

    Symphony in D Minor "La Tempesta" (II. Adagio)

    • Paul Wranitzky: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard Concerto in F major Hob XVIII:3 (II Largo Cantabile)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • WARNER.
  • Léo Delibes

    Coppélia (Waltz)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Delibes: Coppelia: National Philharmonic Orchestra/Bonynge.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    King's Row Suite

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.
    • CHESKY.

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