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Classical soundtrack 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.

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Music Played

  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
    • DG.

  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony a 4 in G minor Z.730 for strings

    Orchestra: Orchestra of The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Royal Welcome Songs for King James II.
    • CORO.
    • 1.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 21 in C major, K 467 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Sonata for horn, trumpet and trombone

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.

  • Teresa Carreño

    Un bal en rêve

    Performer: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Teresa Carreno: Clara Rodriguez.
    • Nimbus.
    • 7.

  • Peter Warlock

    Serenade

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • British String Miniatures.
    • White Line.
    • 006.

  • Arturo Márquez

    Danzón no.2

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Roque Jacinto de Chavarría

    Fuera, Fuera! Haganles lugar!

    Choir: Arakaendar Bolivia Choir. Ensemble: Florilegium.
    • Bolivian Baroque, Vol. 3: Music from the Missions and La Plata.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Valse Lente [2 Pieces for piano]

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine, Op 11

    Performer: John Scott. Choir: Corydon Singers. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • Hyperion.

  • Johan Svendsen

    Romance in G major, Op 26

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Naoko Tanaka.
    • Romances: Gil Shaham/Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    When smoke stood up from Ludlow [Ludlow Town]

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: John Talbot.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Ulysses Kay

    Overture to Theater Set

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • Cedille.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in E flat major, RV 483

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Ensemble: L'Aura Soave Cremona.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto II: Sergio Azzolini, L'Aura Soave Cremona.
    • Naive.
    • 16-18.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique": II. Adagio cantabile

    Performer: Jenő Jandó.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos. 8, 14 and 23.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Suite No 4 in G major, 'Mozartiana' (Gigue)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Jarvi, Nemme: Piano Concerto No.1.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 4-5.

  • Josquin des Prez

    La déploration sur la mort d'Ockeghem

    Conductor: Daniel Reuss. Choir: Cappella Amsterdam.
    • Josquin des Prez: Miserere mei Deus.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 1.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten

    Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa.
    • ECM.
    • 2.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin (Toccata)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • decca.

  • Steve Martland

    Re-Mix

    • BLACK BOX.

  • Hugo Alfvén

    Midsummer vigil - Swedish rhapsody No.1, Op.19

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Warner.

  • Evan Fein

    Sonata for cello & piano, Op.28 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Luke Severn. Performer: Evan Fein.
    • MOVE RECORDS.

  • Vincent d’Indy

    Sonata for cello & piano in D major, Op.84 (2nd mvt: Gavotte en rondeau)

    Performer: Nicolas Altstaedt. Performer: José Gallardo.
    • Naxos.

  • Scott Joplin

    Solace "A Messican Serenade"

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Golden Oldies - More Favourite Encores.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 15.

  • Edward MacDowell

    Starlight [Sea Pieces, Op.55]

    Orchestra: Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Johnson.
    • Orchestral Music of Edward MacDowell.
    • Albany Records.
    • 14.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie Fantastique, Op.14 (4th mvt: Marche au supplice)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • WARNER.

  • William Grant Still

    Summerland (Three Visions, No 2)

    Performer: Althea Waites.
    • Waites, Althea: Black Diamonds / Althea Waites.
    • CAMBRIA.
    • 010.

  • Judith Weir

    His Mercy Endureth For Ever

    Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Performer: Peter Holder. Conductor: James O’Donnell.
    • HYPERION.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt, Suite No.2: Arabian Dance

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • DECCA.

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  • Fri 16 Feb 2024 09:00
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