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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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.

1100 Essential Performers 鈥 this week we focus on the great soprano Jessye Norman.

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

3 hours

Last on

Mon 14 Feb 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Alexander's Feast (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Orchestra: Stavanger Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.
    • Challenge Classics.
  • Moritz Moszkowski

    Caprice espagnole, Op 37

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Edvard Grieg

    In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt)

    Music Arranger: Tormod Tvete Vik. Performer: Ragnhild Hemsing. Ensemble: TrondheimSolistene.
    • Peer Gynt.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Georges Bizet

    Au fond du temple saint (The Pearl Fishers)

    Singer: Jussi Bj枚rling. Singer: Robert Merrill. Orchestra: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Renato Cellini.
    • RCA.
  • Charles Gounod

    Symphony no.1 in D major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Gounod/Bizet: Symphony no.1/L'Arlesienne: St Paul Chamber Orch/Hogwood.
    • Decca.
  • Traditional Irish

    The Galway Bay Hornpipe

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Frank McGuire.
    • The Celtic Viol 2: Savall/Lawrence-King/McGuire.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.
  • Gustav Holst

    Brook Green Suite H.190

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • George Enescu

    Piano Trio in A Minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Stefan Tarara. Performer: Eun-Sun Hong. Performer: Josu de Solaun.
    • Enescu: Piano Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 16 & Piano Trio in A Minor.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.
  • Tielman Susato

    Suite from Danserye

    Music Arranger: Crispian Steele鈥怭erkins. Ensemble: London Gabrieli Brass Ensemble.
    • ASV.
  • Franz Liszt

    Valse impromptu S.213

    Performer: Jean Muller.
    • Fondamenta.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Flute Concerto in G major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alexis Kossenko. Ensemble: Les Ambassadeurs.
    • Aparte.
  • Ariel Ram铆rez

    Misa Criolla (Kyrie)

    Singer: Jos茅 Carreras. Choir: Coral Salv茅 de Laredo. Choir: Sociedad Coral de Bilbao. Conductor: Jos茅 Luis Ocejo.
    • DECCA.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Piano Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren鈥怗reen.
    • Ravel - Faur茅 - Poulenc - Ibert.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 301.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Cosi fan tutte K.588 (Prender貌 quel brunettino)

    Singer: Nazan Fikret. Singer: H茅lo茂se Mas. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Laurent Pillot.
    • Mozart: Cosi fan tutte.
    • Rubicon.
    • 206.
  • Augusta Holm猫s

    Night and Love (Ludus pro Patria)

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz. Conductor: Patrick Davin.
    • Augusta Holmes - Orchestral Works.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 004.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Somewhere (West Side Story)

    Singer: Jimmy Bryant. Singer: Marni Nixon. Orchestra: Original Soundtrack Orchestra. Conductor: Johnny Green.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Charles Trenet

    Que Reste-T-Il de Nous Amours?

    Composer: L茅o Chauliac. Singer: Charles Trenet.
    • Paris Cherie.
    • DISCOS CADA.
    • 22.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Sinfonia Concertante in B flat major, H.I.105 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Marieke Blankestijn. Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Douglas Boyd. Performer: Matthew Wilkie. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Haydn: Cello Concertos: Isserlis/Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Norrington.
    • RCA.
    • 10.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Domingo

    Music Arranger: Aleksander D臋bicz. Performer: Aleksander D臋bicz. Performer: 艁ukasz Kuropaczewski.
    • Warner.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

    Music Arranger: Jesse Diener-Bennett. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Orchestra: The Knights. Conductor: Eric Jacobsen.
    • Golijov: Azul.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 102.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 3 - E Susanna non vien!...Dove sono

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro - Highlights.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Blue Cathedral

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Spano.
    • Rainbow Body.
    • TELARC.
    • 4.
  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    String Serenade in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oviedo Filarmon铆a. Conductor: Friedrich Haider.
    • NAXOS.
  • Richard Wainwright

    Manchester

    Music Arranger: Andi Cook. Ensemble: Tubular Brass. Conductor: Sandy Smith.
    • Tubular Brass Recordings.
  • Johannes Brahms

    4 Ballades Op.10 (no.2 in D major)

    Performer: C茅dric Tiberghien.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in A Major Op.20 no.6 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 20 Nos. 4-6.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • Vincent d鈥橧ndy

    Symphony no.1 in A major 'Symphonie Italienne' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bretagne Orchestra. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.
    • TIMPANI.
    • 4.

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