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Great classical music for your morning

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

Tue 13 Feb 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Pilgrim's Chorus (Tannhäuser)

    Choir: Choir of the Bavarian State Opera. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Heger.
    • Virgin.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major K.581 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 204.
  • Samuel Scheidt

    Galliarda Battaglia (Galliard)

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • La Morte della Ragione.
    • Alpha.
    • 27.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    April 'Snowdrop' (The Seasons, Op.37b)

    Performer: Yefim Bronfman.
    • SONY.
  • Joan Trimble

    The Green Bough

    Performer: Una Hunt. Performer: Roy Holmes.
    • Joan Trimble: Songs and Chamber Music.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 13.
  • Ferde Grofé

    Mississippi (Mardi Gras)

    Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • Symphonic Jazz: Grofe & Gershwin.
    • BRIDGE.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata no.5 in F major, Op.24 'Spring' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Volume 2: Alina Ibragimova/ Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
    • 1.
  • Caroline Shaw

    And The Swallow

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum.
    • 7.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance - rondo brillant

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • With Love from Vienna.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Anna Segal

    Suite for harp, oboe and string quartet (Danza)

    Performer: Rachel Talitman. Performer: Adrien Eble. Performer: Mendelssohn Ensemble.
    • Anna Segal: Chamber Music for Harp.
    • Harp and Co.
    • 12.
  • Nino Rota

    Titoli Di Testa (La Dolce Vita)

    Conductor: Nino Rota.
    • Classic Soundtracks: La Dolce Vita (1960 Film Score).
    • Classic Soundtracks.
    • 1.
  • Carlos Guastavino

    La rosa y el sauce

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Bernarda Fink.
    • Canciones amatorias.
    • HYPERION.
    • 19.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Notturno no.5 in C major, H.2.29

    Ensemble: Mozzafiato. Ensemble: L’Archibudelli.
    • Sony.
  • Mademoiselle Duval

    Les Genies Ou Les Caracteres de l'Amour: Ouverture; Air pour les Génies

    Ensemble: The Caravaggio Ensemble. Conductor: Camille Delaforge.
    • Château de Versailles Spectacles.
    • CVS121.
    • 1.
  • George Butterworth

    2 English idylls for orchestra [complete]

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made in Britain.
    • AVIE.
    • 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (A German Requiem, Op 45)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • SOLI DEO GLORIA.
  • Robert Schumann

    Carnaval: Arlequin - Valse noble - Eusebius

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Bohuslav Martinů

    Charleston (Kitchen review - suire)

    Orchestra: Holst-Sinfonietta. Conductor: Klaus Simon.
    • Martinu: La Revue de Cuisine.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    March Past of the Kitchen Utensils (The Wasps)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Vaughan Williams: Piano Concerto.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Jean-Baptiste Arban

    The Carnival of Venice

    Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Philip Jones Brass Ensemble: The Lighter Side.
    • Decca.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Two Pieces for String Quartet Op. 36a: Elegy

    Music Arranger: Jacqueline Thomas.
    • Golden Oldies – More Favourite Encores.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Two Pieces for String Quartet Op. 36a: Polka

    Music Arranger: Jacqueline Thomas.
    • Golden Oldies – More Favourite Encores.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Love Scene (The Adventures of Robin Hood)

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Sonata in G minor (4th mvt)

    Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.
  • Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla

    Transfige, dulcissime Domine

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • Streams of Tears: The Sixteen, Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
    • 4.
  • Léo Delibes

    Prelude; Mazurka (Coppélia Suite)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • French Ballet Music: Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Sarah Davachi

    Gold Upon White

    • Cantus, Descant.
    • Late Music.
    • 12.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Beznosiuk. Performer: Malcolm Proud. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Director: Elizabeth Wallfisch.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.
  • Scott Joplin

    Maple leaf rag for piano

    Performer: Dick Hyman.
    • Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
    • RCA.
    • 1.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio espagnol, Op 34 (5th mvt)

    Conductor: Igor Markevitch. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Philips.

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