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The best classical morning music

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

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

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

Music Played

  • Johann Strauss

    Radetzky March

    Orchestra: Concentus Musicus Wien. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Walzer Revolution.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet no. 2 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Byol Kang. Performer: Anna Reszniak. Performer: Barbara Buntrock. Performer: Julian Steckel.
    • Avi Music.
  • Dani Howard

    Trombone Concerto (1st mvt. Realisation)

    Performer: Peter Moore. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.
    • Dani Howard: Orchestral Works.
    • Rubicon.
  • Michael Tippett

    Steal away (5 Spirituals from A Child of Our Time)

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • a la Gloire de Dieu: The Sixteen.
    • Coro.
    • 6.
  • Percy Grainger

    Ruffold Park Poachers (A Lincolnshire Posy)

    Music Arranger: Timothy Higgins. Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass.
    • CSOR.
  • Scott Joplin

    Frolic of the bears (Treemonisha)

    Music Arranger: Gunther Schuller. Choir: Houston Grand Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Houston Grand Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Gunther Schuller.
    • Scott Joplin: Treemonisha (Original Cast Recording).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No.1 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick NĂ©zet‐SĂ©guin.
    • BR Klassik.
  • HenriĂ«tte Bosmans

    Quartet for strings; II. Lento

    Ensemble: Solem Quartet.
    • Painted Light.
    • Delphian.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Mikado (Overture)

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Orchestra: The D’Oyly Carte Opera Company. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 6.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 4 in A major, BWV 1055 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Christophe Rousset. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Bach: Harpsichord Concertos: Rousset/AAM/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 4 in A major, BWV 1055 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christophe Rousset. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • J.S. Bach The Complete Harpsichord Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 9.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini: Overtures: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Herbert Howells

    King David

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op 35 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Orchestra: MusicAeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto / Stravinsky: Les Noces.
    • Sony.
    • 3.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Le rappel des oiseaux (Pieces de Clavecin)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • DG.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Rigaudons I, II & Double

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson. Music Arranger: Michel Sanvoisin.
    • Debussy – Rameau.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Pan and Apollo

    Orchestra: ±«Óătv National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Jonathan Bloxham.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Wand of youth - suite no.2 Op.1b (The Tame Bear)

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • The Wand Of Youth Suites etc..
    • Halle.
    • 12.
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    The Revenant (Theme 2)

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • The Revenant (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Milan Records.
    • 15.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Peter Grimes, Act 1: 'Now the Great Bear and Pleiades'

    Singer: Peter Pears. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • DECCA.
  • Nick Urata

    Paddington (Thief Chase)

    Composer: Adam Peters. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra.
    • Paddington (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 11.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.82 in C major H.1.82 'The Bear' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge. Conductor: Julien Chauvin.
    • Haydn: Symphony No. 82 "L'Ours".
    • ŽĄ±èČč°ùłÙĂ©.
    • 4.
  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Study in A flat major, Op.25 no.1

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Study in C minor, Op.10 no.12 'Revolutionary'

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • 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.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Lever du Jour (Daphnis et Chloe)

    Choir: Ensemble Vocal Aedes. Orchestra: Les Siùcles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Ravel: Daphnis et ChloĂ©.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 301.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (Overture)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Hollywood Soundstage.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 1.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Virtus Sapiente

    Music Arranger: Marianne Pfau. Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • NONESUCH.
  • AntonĂ­n Dvoƙák

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph von DohnĂĄnyi.
    • Decca.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Sanctus (Petite Messe Solenelle)

    Choir: Choir of King’s College, Cambridge. Performer: David Briggs. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle: Cleobury.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 5.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Impromptu no.2 in B minor

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Decca.

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