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Tom McKinney

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is pianist H茅l猫ne Grimaud. With Tom McKinney.

Tom McKinney plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

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 pianist H茅l猫ne Grimaud is our artist in focus this week.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 22 Mar 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Die Schauspieldirektor K.486 (Overture)

    Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • Libert脿! Mozart & the opera.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 201.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets Op. 13 in A minor, Op. 80 in F minor:.
    • Virgin.
    • 8.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Ave maris stella

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Martin Baker.
    • James Macmillan: Tenebrae Responsories: Westminster Cathedral Choir/Baker.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Romanza Andaluza

    Performer: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider. Performer: Daniel Gortler.
    • RCA.
  • Charlie Chaplin

    The Nightclub (City Lights Dance Suite)

    Orchestra: City Lights Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Charlie Chaplin - City Lights.
    • Carl Davis Collection.
    • 5.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D minor for lute and viola d'amore, RV 540

    Performer: Nigel North. Performer: Trevor Jones. Director: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Imogen Holst

    Leiston suite

    Ensemble: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Piano Quartet Movement in A minor

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Paul Neubauer. Performer: David Finckel. Performer: Wu Han.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON : 479 4609.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 001.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Concerto in 7 parts no.3 in F major

    Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Scarlatti: 6 Concerti Grossi; Cello Sonatas.
    • Arts.
    • 8-12.
  • Josef Zygmunt Szulc

    Clair de lune (10 Melodies Op.83)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • Songs to the Moon.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 301.
  • Le贸 Weiner

    Divertimento no.1 Op.20

    Orchestra: Budapest Strings.
    • CAPRICCIO.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Danse pa茂enne Op.158

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Peter Jablonski.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Claude Debussy

    La puerta del vino (Preludes, Book 2)

    Performer: Jean鈥怑fflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.1: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Jota (7 Canciones populares espa帽olas)

    Singer: Teresa Berganza. Performer: F茅lix Lavilla.
    • Brava Berganza!.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 39.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Capricho arabe

    Performer: Sharon Isbin.
    • Road to the Sun: Latin Romances for Guitar: Sharon Isbin.
    • Vring Classics.
    • 7.
  • Amadeo Vives

    Fandango (Do帽a Francisquita)

    Orchestra: Orquesta Sinf贸nica de Radio Televisi贸n Espa帽ola.
    • Genios. Flamenco Sinf贸nico.
    • WM Spain.
    • 5.
  • Samuel Coleridge鈥怲aylor

    Romance of the Prairie Lilies, Op.39

    Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, orchestral works.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 14.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto in G major

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Gershwin, Ravel: Piano Concertos: Grimaud, Zinman.
    • Erato.
    • 4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Quartet in C major Op.76 no.3 'Emperor' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Calidore String Quartet.
    • COLBURN.
  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Reproaches - Popule meus

    Conductor: Nigel Short. Choir: Tenebrae.
    • When Sleep Comes: Evening Meditations for Voices & Saxophone.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 901.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in E flat major Op.18 'Grande valse brillante'

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • BIS.
  • Philip Glass

    Tapaj贸s River (Aguas da Amazonia)

    Ensemble: Uakti.
    • Philip Glass: Aguas da Amazonia.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Ethel Smyth

    The Wreckers (Overture)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Tue 22 Mar 2022 09:00