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.
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Music Played
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Madeleine Dring
Festival Scherzo
Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Conductor: Robert Salter.- HYPERION.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV.230
Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.- Johann Sebastian Bach: Motets.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 1.
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Aram Khachaturian
Yerevan
Ensemble: Aznavoorian Duo.- Gems from Armenia.
- Cedille.
- 7.
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Alan Hovhaness
Symphony no.2 'Mysterious Mountain' (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- Delos.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Magic Flute (Overture)
Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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H. Leslie Adams
Etude No 13 in A flat major
Performer: Thomas Otten.- H. Leslie Adams: Piano Etudes, Part II.
- Albany Records.
- 13.
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Howard Hanson
Nymphs and Satyr
Performer: Holly Blake. Orchestra: Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Spalding.- Hanson: Organ Concerto.
- Naxos.
- 003.
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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.
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Freda Swain
The Red Flower
Performer: Timon Altwegg.- Swain: Piano Works, Vol. 1.
- Toccata Classics.
- 13.
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Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅
Cueca
Performer: John Williams.- The Great Paraquayan.
- Sony Classical.
- 3.
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Johannes Brahms
Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 56a
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- DECCA.
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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.
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Simon Mayr
L'Amor Conjugale - Act 1 Sinfonia
Performer: Opera Fuoco. Conductor: David Stern.- Aparte.
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Nino Rota
Legend of the Glass Mountain (The Glass Mountain)
Orchestra: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra.- SILVA SCREEN.
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John Psathas
Fragments (View from Olympus)
Performer: Michael Houstoun. Performer: Pedro Carneiro.- View from Olympus.
- Rattle.
- 5.
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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.
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Oscar Peterson
Land of the Misty Giants (Canadiana)
Ensemble: The Oscar Peterson Trio.- The Canadiana Suite.
- Limelight.
- 8.
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Alexander Borodin
Symphony No 1 in E flat major (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.- Naxos.
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Eric Whitacre
Sleep
Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.- Whitacre: Cloudburst & other choral works: Polyphony, Stephen Layton.
- Hyperion.
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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.
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Avet Terterian
Cello sonata (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Aznavoorian Duo.- Gems from Armenia.
- Cedille.
- 11.
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Karen Tanaka
Jardin des Herbes: Sweet Violet
Performer: Calvert Johnson.- Soliloquies.
- Albany Records.
- 17.
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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.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Cum Dederit (from Nisi Dominus)
Performer: Roman Reznik. Performer: Delphine Constantin-Reznik.- Baroque Masterpieces for Bassoon and Harp.
- Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
- 13.
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Johann Nepomuk Hummel
Sappho von Mitilene - Suite Op.68 (Overture)
Ensemble: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.- Hummel - Ballet Music.
- Chandos.
- 1.
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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.
Broadcast
- Tue 3 May 2022 09:00成人快手 Radio 3