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Tom McKinney

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

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

0930 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 31 May 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Emil Nikolaus von Reznicek

    Donna Diana (Overture)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Opera Overtures and Incidental Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 14.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Handel: Messiah, HWV 56 / Pt. 3 - I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

    Lyricist: Charles Jennens. Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Orchestra: Barockorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Frieder Bernius.
    • Handel: Messiah, HWV 56.
    • Carus.
    • 20.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Pictures at an Exhibition (Marketplace at Limoges; The Catacombs)

    Performer: James Crabb. Performer: Geir Draugsvoll.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture in E minor, Op.23

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • Louise Farrenc: Symphony no.2, Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 5.
  • Trad.

    Bailava enTetuán

    Music Arranger: Belinda Sykes. Ensemble: Joglaresa. Director: Belinda Sykes.
    • Dancing in Tetuán.
    • Joglaresa.
    • 003.
  • Teresa Carreño

    Une revue à Prague

    Performer: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Teresa Carreno: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Nimbus.
    • 15.
  • George Walker

    Trombone Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: James DePreist.
    • BIS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Baryton Trio No.4 in A major, Hob.XI:4

    Ensemble: Esterházy Baryton Trio.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • John Dowland

    Time stands still

    Performer: Sean Shibe. Singer: Karim Sulayman.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Toru Takemitsu

    Wainscot Pond [In the woods]

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Little Suite for strings, Op 1 - II. Intermezzo

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Works by Grieg, Sibelius, Nielsen & Wiren.
    • Argo.
    • 9-11.
  • Samuel Barber

    The School for Scandal (Overture)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Thomas Schippers.
    • Sony Classical.
  • William Denis Browne

    To Gratiana Dancing & Singing

    Music Arranger: Roderick Williams. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Halle. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • Dominique Phinot

    Pater peccavi

    Ensemble: Brabant Ensemble. Director: Stephen Rice.
    • HYPERION.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor, Op 17 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
  • William Byrd

    Pavana Bray

    Performer: Domenico Cerasani. Music Arranger: Francis Cutting.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Abel Selaocoe

    Ka Bohaleng (On the Sharp Side)

    Performer: Abel Selaocoe. Performer: Rakhi Singh. Performer: Simmy Singh. Performer: Ruth Gibson. Performer: Sidiki Dembélé. Performer: Mamadou Sarr. Performer: Fred Thomas. Singer: Alice Zawadzki. Singer: Alan Keary.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Prague Waltzes

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Dvorak: Legends: Prague Waltzes: Buadapest festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer.
    • Phillips.
    • 16.
  • Gabriela Montero

    Mi Venezuela llora

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Solatino.
    • EMI.
    • 027.
  • Antonio Lauro

    4 Valses Venezolanos: No. 3, Natalia "Vals Criollo"

    • John Williams - The Guitarist.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.
  • Edward MacDowell

    Witches' Dance, Op.17 no.2

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • The Piano Album: Stephen Hough.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 38 in D major, K 504, 'Prague' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Alessandro Stradella

    Sinfonia for strings No.2 in D major

    Ensemble: Ensemble Arte Musica. Director: Francesco Cera.
    • BRILLIANT CLASSICS.
  • Joaquín Turina

    Zapateado [Danzas Andaluzas, Op.8]

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Favourite Spanish Encores.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.
  • Charlotte Sohy

    Histoire sentimentale, Op.34

    Orchestra: Avignon-Provence National Orchestra. Conductor: Debora Waldman.
    • La boite a pepites.
  • Orazio Vecchi

    Saltavan ninfe

    Ensemble: English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble.
    • Resonus.
  • Franz Liszt

    Les Cloches de Geneve (Nocturne) [Annees de pelerinage, Book 1]

    Performer: David Quigley.
    • AVIE.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Peace on earth

    Performer: Dónal McCann. Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Singer: George Hill. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 1.
  • Alfonso X el Sabio

    O que en Santa Maria de corazón [Cantigas de Santa Maria no.344]

    Ensemble: Martin Best Mediaeval Ensemble.
    • Cantigas of Santa Maria of Alfonso X El Sabio: Martin Best Ensemble.
    • Nimbus.
    • 16.
  • Alberto Ginastera

    Pampeana No 3, Op 24 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • Chandos.

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