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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performers are British choir Polyphony. Presented by Tom McKinney.

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

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 Performers 鈥 our featured ensemble this week is the vocal group Polyphony.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 3 May 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Madeleine Dring

    Festival Scherzo

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Conductor: Robert Salter.
    • HYPERION.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV.230

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Yerevan

    Ensemble: Aznavoorian Duo.
    • Gems from Armenia.
    • Cedille.
    • 7.
  • Alan Hovhaness

    Symphony no.2 'Mysterious Mountain' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Delos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • H. Leslie Adams

    Etude No 13 in A flat major

    Performer: Thomas Otten.
    • H. Leslie Adams: Piano Etudes, Part II.
    • Albany Records.
    • 13.
  • Howard Hanson

    Nymphs and Satyr

    Performer: Holly Blake. Orchestra: Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Spalding.
    • Hanson: Organ Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 003.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    String Quartet no.17 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Rossini: 6 String Sonatas/Donizetti/Cherubini/Bellini.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Freda Swain

    The Red Flower

    Performer: Timon Altwegg.
    • Swain: Piano Works, Vol. 1.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 13.
  • Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅

    Cueca

    Performer: John Williams.
    • The Great Paraquayan.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 56a

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Richard Strauss

    Befreit, Op 39 No 4 (orchestral version)

    Singer: Ren茅e Fleming. Orchestra: Houston Symphony. Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Richard Strauss: 4 Last Songs; Orchesterlieder; Der Rosenkavalier Suite.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 5.
  • Simon Mayr

    L'Amor Conjugale - Act 1 Sinfonia

    Performer: Opera Fuoco. Conductor: David Stern.
    • Aparte.
  • Nino Rota

    Legend of the Glass Mountain (The Glass Mountain)

    Orchestra: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • SILVA SCREEN.
  • John Psathas

    Fragments (View from Olympus)

    Performer: Michael Houstoun. Performer: Pedro Carneiro.
    • View from Olympus.
    • Rattle.
    • 5.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill' (Sogni dell autore)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Christian Curnyn. Performer: Catherine Rimer. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Nicola Benedetti, Italia.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Oscar Peterson

    Land of the Misty Giants (Canadiana)

    Ensemble: The Oscar Peterson Trio.
    • The Canadiana Suite.
    • Limelight.
    • 8.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No 1 in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Naxos.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Whitacre: Cloudburst & other choral works: Polyphony, Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Harold in Italy Op.16 (Serenade)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Les Nuits d'茅t茅.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 3.
  • Avet Terterian

    Cello sonata (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Aznavoorian Duo.
    • Gems from Armenia.
    • Cedille.
    • 11.
  • Karen Tanaka

    Jardin des Herbes: Sweet Violet

    Performer: Calvert Johnson.
    • Soliloquies.
    • Albany Records.
    • 17.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Orchestrator: Claudio Viacava. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Ravel: Valley of the Bells, Jeux d'eau, Rapsodie espagnole, Le gibet, et al..
    • Cala Records.
    • 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cum Dederit (from Nisi Dominus)

    Performer: Roman Reznik. Performer: Delphine Constantin-Reznik.
    • Baroque Masterpieces for Bassoon and Harp.
    • Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
    • 13.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Sappho von Mitilene - Suite Op.68 (Overture)

    Ensemble: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Hummel - Ballet Music.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quintet no.2 in G major Op.111 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Roland Glassl. Ensemble: Mandelring Quartet.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Marche et cortege de Bacchus (Sylvia)

    Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • DECCA.

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  • Tue 3 May 2022 09:00

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