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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Presented by Tom McKinney.

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.

2 hours

Last on

Wed 24 Aug 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arl茅sienne Suite no.2 (Farandole)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Bizet: L'Arlesienne Suites no. 1 & 2, Carmen Suite no. 1: LSO, Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Vincent d鈥橧ndy

    Farandole vari茅e (Suite Op.91)

    Ensemble: Soloists of Luxembourg Philharmonic.
    • Vincent D'Indy: Musique de chambre.
    • Timpani.
    • 15.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Va pensiero (Nabucco)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • The Opera Album 2002.
    • Virgin.
    • 9.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    The Age Of Anxiety [Symphony no.2] (Conclusion)

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • NAXOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in E major, BWV.1042 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque - J.S. Bach violin concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    Elegie

    Singer: Nicole Cabell. Performer: Lucy Mauro.
    • Mademoiselle: Premi猫re audience 鈥 Unknown Music of Nadia Boulanger.
    • Delos.
    • 201.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Sinfonietta (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Korngold: Sinfonietta: Andrew Litton.
    • Dorian.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Trio in E flat major, K 498 'Kegelstatt' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
  • Percy Grainger

    Green Bushes

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Keith Brion.
    • Grainger: Power of Love (The).
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • William Grant Still

    Africa (Land of Romance)

    Performer: Elizabeth Newkirk.
    • the Americanist.
    • Bright Shiny Things.
    • 4.
  • Thomas Arne

    Rise, Glory, rise (Rosamond)

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.
    • Three Baroque Tenors: Ian Bostridge, Bernard Labadie.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Escualo

    Performer: Odair Assad. Performer: S茅rgio Assad.
    • Sergio and Odair Assad Play Piazzolla.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 04.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Philips.
  • George Frideric Handel

    As steals the morn (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Singer: Topi Lehtipuu. Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • 狈础脧痴贰.
  • Charles Ives

    The Unanswered Question (2 Contemplations)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke鈥檚. Conductor: John Adams.
    • John Adams: American Elegies.
    • Elektra Nonesuch.
    • 1.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Make Our Garden Grow (Candide)

    Singer: Jerry Hadley. Singer: June Anderson. Singer: Adolph Green. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Bernstein - Candide.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 016.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no. 3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Istv谩n Kert茅sz.
    • Schubert: Symphonies 1-9.
    • Decca.
    • 04.

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