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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

0915 Playlist starter 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1030 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1100 Essential Five 鈥� the last piece in this week's focus on music for Advent.

1130 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

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Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Chopin: Journal Intime: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 26 in E flat major, K 184

    Conductor: 脕d谩m Fischer. Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Vol.6: Danish National Chamber Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Dacapo.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence Op.70 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Paul Neubauer. Performer: Colin Carr. Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Journeys: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Motet: O magnum mysterium

    Choir: Cambridge King's College Choir. Conductor: Philip Ledger. Conductor: Philip Ledger.
    • Palestrina: Masses and Motets.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 20.

  • Benjamin Britten

    At the Mid Hour (Folk Song Arrangements, Vol 4, "Moore's Irish Melodies")

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Ailish Tynan.
    • An Irish Songbook.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 2201.

  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Legende Op.17

    Performer: Bomsori. Orchestra: Wroclaw Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • Violin on Stage.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Well-Tempered Clavier Book 2: Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major (BWV. 873)

    Performer: Andreas Staier.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Jan Anton铆n Losy

    Chaconne in F Major

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Note d鈥檕ro.
    • BIS.
    • 801.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Onyx.

  • Hannah Peel

    Sunrise through the Dusty Nebula

    Ensemble: Tubular Brass. Conductor: Sandy Smith.
    • My Own Pleasure.

  • Edward Elgar

    La capricieuse, Op.17

    Orchestrator: S酶ren Barfoed. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto: Sol Gambetta.
    • RCA.
    • 7.

  • George Gershwin

    I Got Rhythm (Girl Crazy Suite)

    Music Arranger: Barbara Hannigan. Orchestrator: Bill Elliott. Singer: Barbara Hannigan. Orchestra: Ludwig Orchestra. Conductor: Barbara Hannigan.
    • ALPHA.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op 6 No 7

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Handel: Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op.6 Il Giardino Armonico - Giovanni Antonini.
    • L鈥橭ISEAU LYRE.
    • 6.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Pritchard.
    • EMI.

  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Spanish Guitar Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Sextet

    Performer: Louise Williams. Performer: Raphael Wallfisch. Ensemble: Lindsay String Quartet.
    • ASV.

  • Franz Liszt

    Sonetto 104 del Petrarca (Annees de pelerinage, 2ieme annee)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • VIRGIN.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Photography (Vivace)

    Orchestra: Orchestra X. Conductor: Nicholas Kok.
    • NMC.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Caprice on Danish and Russian Airs Op.79

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.

  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in F minor, D 935 No 4

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • Schubert: Impromptus D899 & D935: Krystian Zimerman.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Andrzej Panufnik

    Lullaby

    Orchestra: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: 艁ukasz Borowicz.
    • CPO.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14 (Excerpts Arr. for Brass Septet & Percussion): No.8 A Pine Forest in Winter

    Music Arranger: Matthew Knight. Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14 (Excerpts Arr. for Brass Septet & Per.
    • Naxos.
    • 2901.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Op. 71): No. 3a, Children's Gallop and Dance of the Parents

    Music Arranger: Matthew Knight. Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, TH 14 (Excerpts Arr. for Brass Septet & Per.
    • Naxos.
    • 501.

  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Hungarian Sketches

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Bartok: Orchestral Works Vol.1: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 3.

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