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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Tom McKinney. This week's Essential Performers are violinist Elena Urioste and pianist Tom Poster.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

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 the first of five tracks this week showcasing the musical pairing of violinist Elena Urioste and pianist Tom Poster.

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

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Last on

Mon 11 Jul 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Nicola Porpora

    Carlo il Calvo (Overture)

    Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • El Maestro - Farinelli.
    • Archiv.
    • 2.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Capriccio Op.18

    Performer: Nils鈥怑rik Sparf. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • DG.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse chevaleresque Op.96`3

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • The Sibelius Edition - Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.103 in E flat major 'Drum Roll' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 8.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert waltz no.1 in D major Op.47

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    On the Seashore, Op.17

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in G major K.387 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • String Quartets Dedicated To Joseph Haydn.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 4.
  • Mason Bates

    Anthology of Fantastic Zoology (extract)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Mason Bates: Anthology of Fantastic Zoology.
    • CSO RESOUND.
    • 3-7.
  • Marin Marais

    L'Arabesque (Suitte d'un gout etranger)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Rolf Lislevand. Performer: Pierre Hanta茂.
    • Tous les matins du monde (Bande originale du film).
    • Aliavox.
    • 10.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Einsame D.800

    Singer: Ilker Arcay眉rek. Performer: Simon Lepper.
    • Franz Schubert: Der Einsame.
    • CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.
    • 14.
  • Johanna M眉ller-Hermann

    Heroic Overture Op.21

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French Suite no.5 in G major BWV.816 (Bourr茅e)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 26.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    'Raindrop' Prelude in D flat major (24 Preludes Op.28)

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • Prelude Chopin: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 15.
  • Gabriel Prokofiev

    Bass Drum Concerto (4th mvt)

    Performer: Joby Burgess. Orchestra: Ural Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Alexey Bogorad.
    • Gabriel Prokofiev: Saxophone Concerto, Bass Drum Concerto.
    • Signum Records.
    • 8.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Or la tromba (Rinaldo)

    Singer: Vivica Genaux. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Handel: Rinaldo.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 014.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Scherzo in D major, Op.16

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Chandos.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Nisi Dominus a 10 (Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610)

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Claudio Monteverdi, Vespers of 1610.
    • Coro.
    • 8.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ballade in C minor Op. 73

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Gordon Langford

    Rhapsody on Sea Shanties

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Roy Newsome.
    • Morning Cloud: Black Dyke Mills Band/Newsome/Heath.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Concert en sextuor no.4 in B flat

    Ensemble: Les Accents.
    • APARTE.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Unsent love letters

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Erik Satie

    Gnossienne no.1

    Music Arranger: Christian Garrick. Ensemble: The Budapest Cafe Orchestra.
    • Maestros of the Universe.
    • FLYING BLUE WHALE.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.2 in D major Op.36 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Beethoven for all.
    • Decca.
    • 004.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (Cantata no.42)

    Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Bach - Sinfonia.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

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