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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 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 this week we focus on violinist Elena Urioste and pianist Tom Poster.

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 14 Jul 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Tarquinio Merula

    Ciaccona

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 14.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    I know that my Redeemer liveth

    Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Director: Owen Rees.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in C major, K.373

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Strings.
    • Mozart: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 301.
  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    The Threshing of the Wheat (Au sein de la nature)

    Performer: Mengjie Han.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major (2nd mvmt, Andante con moto)

    Orchestra: B鈥橰ock Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Pentatone.
  • Edward Elgar

    Romance, Op 62

    Performer: Karen Geoghegan. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch.
    • Karen Geoghegan plays Bassoon Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 011.
  • Antonio Caldara

    Non tremar, vassallo indegno (Temistocle)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: Concerto K枚ln. Director: Emmanuelle Ha茂m.
    • Caldara in Vienna - Forgotten Castrato Arias: Philippe Jaroussky.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Horizons.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 21.
  • Marianna Martines

    Symphony in C Major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Salzburger Hofmusik. Conductor: Wolfgang Brunner.
    • Martines: Symphony in C Major, Psalms 110 & 151.
    • CPO.
    • 201.
  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    The Threshing of the Wheat (Au sein de la nature)

    Performer: Mengjie Han.
  • William Byrd

    Ave verum corpus

    Conductor: Christopher Monks.
    • Naked Byrd.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Furiant (The Bartered Bride)

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Chandos.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Two Dialogues with Postscript [complete]

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud. Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg. Conductor: Giovanni Guzzo.
    • The Messenger.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7-9.
  • C. W. Orr

    The Carpenter's Son

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Mark Stone.
    • The Complete C. W. Orr Songbook Vol. 1.
    • Stone Records.
    • 16.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
    • RCA.
    • 2.
  • Kurt Weill

    Symphony No 2 (3rd mvmt, Allegro vivace)

    Conductor: Jac van Steen. Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra.
    • Kurt Weill: Symphony No. 2 & Violin Concerto, Op.12.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 103.
  • Leokadiya Kashperova

    The Threshing of the Wheat (Au sein de la nature)

    Performer: Mengjie Han.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Anvil Chorus (Il trovatore)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.
  • Harald S忙verud

    Kjempevisesl氓tten (Ballad of revolt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • The Long, Long Winter Night.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 22.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Song of the reapers (Pastoral - Lie strewn the white flocks)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Choir: Northern Sinfonia Chorus. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Autumn (6 脡tudes de concert- book 1 Op.35)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • hyperion.
    • 013.
  • Trad.

    Watching the white wheat

    Music Arranger: Chris Hazell. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Catrin Finch. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • DG.
  • Alexander Mosolov

    Zavod (Iron Foundry)

    Orchestra: USSR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • Melodiya.
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Sonata for harp and flute (Rondeau)

    Performer: Sandrine Chatron. Performer: Am茅lie Michel.
    • Le Salon de Musique de Marie-Antoinette.
    • AMBROISIE.
    • 14.
  • Suor Leonora d'Este

    Vespere autem sabbati

    Ensemble: Musica Secreta. Director: Laurie Stras.
    • Lucky Music.
  • Donald Grant

    Bha l脿 eile ann (There was a different day)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • The Jukebox Album.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 1601.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Ornamental Air for basset clarinet and orchestra

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Collins.
    • Mozart/Copland/Kats-Chernin: Works for Clarinet and Orchestra: Michael Collins.
    • Chandos.
    • 6-8.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Crystal streams in murmurs flowing (Susanna)

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Laurence Cummings.
    • CHANDOS.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    In the Bottoms: Honey (Humoresque)

    Performer: Monica Gaylord.
    • Black Piano, A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers.
    • MUSIC & ARTS.
    • 7.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Aladdin's Dream & Dance of the Morning Mists (Aladdin Suite)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Salonen Conducts Nielsen.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Claude鈥怞oseph Rouget de l鈥橧sle

    La Marseillaise

    Music Arranger: Hector Berlioz. Singer: Marcel Vanaud. Singer: Fran莽ois Le Roux. Singer: Fran莽oise Pollet. Singer: Tib猫re Raffalli. Singer: Olivier Picard. Choir: Ma卯trise des Hauts-de-Seine. Choir: Ch艙ur du Capitole de Toulouse. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • EMI.

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