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Live from Cologne

Tom McKinney is live from Cologne as he continues Radio 3's New Year celebrations across Europe. He introduces the best classical playlist, including music inspired by the Rhine.

Tom McKinney is live from the West Germany Radio studios in Cologne as he continues Radio 3's New Year celebrations across Europe. He introduces the best classical playlist, including music inspired by the Rhine, and he visits the iconic cathedral to find out about its long musical life. Cologne is a city where the old and new sit side by side, and also permeate its musical life. Tom explores how Cologne became the centre of the post-war Avant-Garde and also how it became a centre of early music performance.

Tom is also joined by guests to look ahead to 2025 across the music scene in Germany. Conductor Markus Stenz, who studied in Cologne and conducted the City's Gurzenich Orchestra for many years, talks to Tom about the musical life of the city and working with composers like Hans Werner Henze. Tom is joined in the studio by wind players from the WDR Symphony Orchestra who play movements from wind quintets by Paul Hindemith and August Klughardt. They talk with Matthias Kremin, Head of WDR 3 and WDR 5 live both on Radio 3 and WDR 3. Plus musicians from Concerto Koeln join Tom live in the studios here at WDR 3 to play music by Rameau and Vivaldi.

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Music Played

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 'Rhenish' II. Scherzo. Sehr massig

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Heinz Holliger.
    • Schumann: Complete Symphonic Works Vol. II.
    • Audite.
    • 6.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    J.S. Bach: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C Major, BWV 1066: I. Ouverture

    Conductor: Reinhard Goebel. Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos; Orchestral Suites; Chamber Music.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 22.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No.3: V. Lustig im Tempo und keck im Ausdruck

    Conductor: Markus Stenz. Orchestra: G眉rzenich-Orchester K枚ln. Choir: Cologne Cathedral Children's Choir. Choir: Cologne Opera Chorus.
    • OEHMS.

  • Paul Hindemith

    Kleine Kammermusik Op.24 No.2: I. Lustig. M盲脽ig schnelle Viertel; II. Walzer.

    Performer: Svetlin Doytchinov. Performer: Christiane T茅tard. Performer: D枚rte Sehrer. Performer: Haeree Yoo. Performer: Mathis Kaspar Stier.

  • August Klughardt

    Quintett: I. Allegro non troppo

    Performer: Svetlin Doytchinov. Performer: Christiane T茅tard. Performer: D枚rte Sehrer. Performer: Haeree Yoo. Performer: Mathis Kaspar Stier.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No. 2 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru.
    • Brahms: Piano Concertos.
    • Linn Records.
    • 7.

  • Jacques Offenbach

    Die Rheinnixen (Overture)

    Conductor: Georges Pr锚tre. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic.
    • New Year's Concert 2010.
    • Decca.
    • 4.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Missa Brevis in F major, K.192: III. Gloria

    Orchestra: K枚lner Kammerorchester. Conductor: Christoph Poppen. Singer: Martin Mitterrutzner. Singer: Katharina Konradi. Singer: Sarah Romberger. Singer: Mikhail Timoschenko. Choir: Cologne Cathedral Vocal Ensemble.
    • NAXOS.

  • Richard Strauss

    Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28

    Conductor: Markus Stenz. Orchestra: G眉rzenich-Orchester K枚ln. Orchestra: G眉rzenich-Orchester K枚ln.
    • R. Strauss: Don Quixote & Till Eulenspiegel.
    • Hyperion.
    • 15.

  • Markus Stockhausen

    Choral

    Performer: Markus Stockhausen. Performer: Terje Rypdal. Performer: Patrice H茅ral. Performer: Arild Andersen.
    • Karta.
    • ECM Records.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No. 41 in C Major, K. 551 "Jupiter": IV. Molto allegro

    Orchestra: K枚lner Kammerorchester. Conductor: Helmut M眉ller鈥怋r眉hl.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40 & 41 "Jupiter".
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • David Kellner

    Phantasia in A Major

    Performer: Hubert K盲ppel.
    • Bach & Kellner.
    • KSG Exaudio.
    • 8.

  • Hans Werner Henze

    L'heure bleue

    Conductor: Markus Stenz. Orchestra: G眉rzenich-Orchester K枚ln.
    • Henze: Orchestral Works.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 4.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 7 - 3rd mvt

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Warner.

  • Edmund Nick

    Blues (Arr. for Orchestra by Bernd Alois Zimmermann)

    Music Arranger: Bernd Alois Zimmermann. Conductor: Heinz Holliger. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra.
    • Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Recomposed, Vol. 3.
    • wergo.
    • 11.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto in D Major, HWV 338: III. Allegro

    Performer: Clara Blessing. Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln.
    • Most Celebrated.
    • EDEL Music & Entertainment GmbH.
    • 9.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Sauvages

    Performer: Evgeny Sviridov. Performer: Anna Dmitrieva.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    La Folia

    Performer: Evgeny Sviridov. Performer: Anna Dmitrieva. Performer: Alexander Scherf. Performer: Liza Solovey. Performer: Andreas Gilger.

  • Richard Wagner

    Das Rheingold (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Warner.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Lieder aus Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Rheinlegendchen

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: WDR Funkhausorchester. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.

  • Clara Schumann

    Lorelei

    Performer: Golda Schultz. Performer: Jonathan Ware.
    • ALPHA.

  • Max Bruch

    Violin Concerto No 1 in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.
    • Tchaikovsky/Bruch: Violin Concertos: Nicola Benedetti.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

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