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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, 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.

2 hours

Last on

Fri 26 Aug 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Armida (Overture)

    Orchestra: Haydn Sinfonietta Wien. Conductor: Manfred Huss.
    • Haydn: The Complete Overtures: Haydn Sinfonietta Wien/Manfred Huss.
    • BIS.
  • Aaron Copland

    Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo - 4 dance episodes)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Copland the Populist: Michael Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 1.
  • Orlando Gibbons

    O clap your hands; God is gone up

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Voces 8: A Choral Taspestry.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315, 'Summer'

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Ausencias

    Performer: S茅rgio Assad. Performer: Odair Assad. Performer: Nadja Salerno鈥怱onnenberg. Music Arranger: S茅rgio Assad.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Ballade in A minor

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Grant Llewellyn.
    • Argo.
  • Jean Sibelius

    5 Pieces, Op.81 (no.2 & no.1)

    Performer: Pekka Kuusisto. Performer: Raija Kerppo.
    • Ondine.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Sonata a 22 S.241 [1615 no.18]

    Ensemble: Berlin Brass. Performer: Andreas Sieling. Conductor: Lucas Vis.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in C major, K 373

    Performer: Thomas Zehetmair. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • The Teldec Recordings: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Teldec.
    • 3.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Le Colibri, Op.2 no.7

    Performer: Susan Manoff. Singer: Sandrine Piau.
    • Naive.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Octet in E flat major Op.20 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Rachel Roberts. Performer: Ori Kam. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Quirine Viersen.
    • Avi Music.
  • Elmer Bernstein

    The Magnificent Seven (main theme)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Elmer Bernstein.
    • Elmer Bernstein by Elmer Bernstein.
    • Denon.
    • 1.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Bachianas Brasileiras No.1, Introduction. Embolada

    Ensemble: Rondo Violoncello.
    • Rondo Violincello / Peter Buck.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Alberto Ginastera

    Malambo (Estancia Op.8a)

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A major, K 279

    Performer: Anne Queff茅lec.
    • MIRARE.

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