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Great classical music for your morning

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of 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.

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Wed 13 Mar 2024 09:00
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Music Played

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four Scottish Dances (No 1, Strathspey)

    Conductor: Malcolm Arnold. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 15.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erbarme dich, mein Gott (St Matthew Passion, BWV. 244)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: François Leleux. Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Radoslaw Szulc.
    • Lisa Batiashvili: Bach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Introduction and Capriccio in B minor

    Performer: Martina Frezzotti.
    • Piano Classics.

  • William Grant Still

    African Dancer (Suite for violin and piano)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Roots.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Gustav Holst

    Uranus, the Magician (The Planets)

    Orchestra: ±«Óătv Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Holst: Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Performer: Carel Kraayenhof. Music Arranger: Max Knigge. Orchestra: Ludwig.
    • Origins.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: John Wilbraham. Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • The World of the Trumpet.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 15.

  • Georges Bizet

    Carmen Suite No 2 (Danse bohème)

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Favourite Orchestral Pieces: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart/Marriner.
    • EMI.
    • 007.

  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings

    Orchestra: ±«Óătv Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Ernesto Lecuona

    Los minstrels (Nineteenth Century Cuban Dances)

    Performer: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Ernesto Lecuona - Clara Rodriquez - Piano.
    • Meridian.
    • 12.

  • LĂ©o Delibes

    Valse; Mazurka (Coppélia)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • DECCA.

  • Florence Price

    String Quintet in E minor

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet. Performer: Michelle Cann.
    • Uncovered Vol 2: Florence B Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 20-22.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major, RV.425

    Performer: Avi Avital. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Avi Avital Vivaldi.
    • DG.
    • 7.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • Stravinsky: Apollon Musagète & Pulcinella Suite.
    • Linn Records.
    • 11.

  • William Herschel

    Symphony No 2 in D major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Herschel: Symphonies: London Mozart Players, Matthias Bamert.
    • Chandos.

  • AntonĂ­n Dvořák

    Song to the Moon (Rusalka)

    Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Performer: Phillip McCann. Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Roy Newsome.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)

    Singer: Miah Persson. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: René Jacobs.
    • Haendel - Rinaldo.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 14.

  • Johnny Mandel

    Main Title from 'The Sandpiper'

    Performer: Michael Lovatt. Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Hollywood Soundstage.
    • Chandos.
    • CHAN 5294.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence Op.70, arr. for string orchestra: 4th mvt; Allegro vivace

    Orchestra: TrondheimSolistene. Director: oyvind Gimse.
    • Souvenir Part II.
    • 2L.
    • 4.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder ohne Worte - book 2 Op.30: no.6; Venetianisches Gondellied in F sharp min

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Yuja Wang. Music Arranger: Andreas Ottensamer.
    • DG.

  • Caroline Shaw

    And the Swallow (arr. for strings)

    Music Arranger: Julian Azkoul. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.
    • Renewal.
    • BIS.
    • 501.

  • Franz Biebl

    Ave Maria

    Choir: The Gentlemen of St John’s. Director: Christopher Robinson.
    • Music for Men's Voices.
    • Priory.
    • 5.

  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Introduction and variations on a German air

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 5.

  • George Gershwin

    Variations on 'I got rhythm'

    Performer: Werner Haas. Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • Philips.

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