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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of 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.

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Last on

Wed 17 Aug 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Josef Suk

    Burleska (4 Pieces Op.17)

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Performer: Charles Owen.
    • Warner.
  • Serafino Razzi

    O Vergin Santa

    Singer: D茅borah Cachet. Singer: Eva Za茂cik. Ensemble: Le Po猫me Harmonique. Conductor: Vincent Dumestre.
    • ALPHA.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Guitare Op.32

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • Chaminade: Piano Works - Eric Parkin.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Calme des nuits (2 Choruses Op.68)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Ruy Blas Op.95

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Nepenthe and the Muse

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Norwegian Artists' Carnival Op.14

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Chandos.
  • Maurice Durufl茅

    Pr茅lude et fugue sur le nom d'Alain Op.7 (Fugue)

    Performer: John Scott.
    • Maurice Durufle: Organ Music: John Scott.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Johan Halvorsen

    Passacaglia [after a theme by Handel]

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Daniel M眉ller鈥怱chott.
    • ORFEO.
  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Act 3 Prelude)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • DG.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    'Black key' Study in G flat major (12 Studies Op.10)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.20`4 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 20 Nos. 4-6.
    • BIS.
    • 4.
  • Stephen Foster

    Hard times come again no more

    Ensemble: Bruce Molsky and Anonymous 4.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D minor RV.235

    Performer: Julien Chauvin. Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge.
    • NAIVE.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus Iste

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Goodnight (On an Overgrown Path, Bk 1)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Schumann - Kinderszenen & Waldszenen; Janacek - On the overgrown path I..
    • HYPERION.
    • 7.
  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson De Nuit Op.15 no.1

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • The Lark Ascending.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 7.
  • Benjamin Britten

    When most I wink (Nocturne Op.60)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Insomnia.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 110.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: Michael Kendrick.
    • Heart of the Guitar: Michael Kendrick.
  • Henri Dutilleux

    Oboe Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Orchestrator: Kenneth Hesketh. Performer: Juliana Koch. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

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