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Tom McKinney’s Coastal Adventure: Day 1

Tom encounters north Norfolk's wildlife and landscapes through music, local voices and the sounds of the natural world. With a live performance by The Shackleton Trio.

Tom begins his journey at the far end of Blakeney Point in North Norfolk to explore the area and its abundance of birdlife.
He meets the wardens and rangers whose families have cared for this land for generations and brings the history of the area to life.

From there, Tom boards a small boat to cross the estuary, ending up at Cley Marshes for live folk music from The Shackleton Trio and to hear another side to the coast – the fresh and saltwater marshes nestled just inland, where the air is filled with the calls of Avocets, Spoonbills, Marsh Harriers, Bearded Tits, Redshanks and Lapwings.

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Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    4 Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Britten: Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra: Bergen P.O., Neeme Jarvi.
    • BIS.
    • 6.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D Major, Op 64 No 5 "The Lark" (2nd mvt)

    • Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 64.
    • Chandos.
    • 206.

  • Morton Gould

    Windjammer

    Orchestra: West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Measham.
    • Sea Pictures.
    • ABC.
    • 5.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto in D Minor BWV 1059 (1st mvt)

    Composer: Mahan Esfahani. Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia.
    • Bach: The Complete Keyboard Concertos.
    • Hyperion.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning Mood (Peer Gynt)

    Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grieg: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Eric Whitacre

    The Seal Lullaby

    Performer: Lavinia Meijer. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Eventide.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Frank Bridge

    The Sea (Moonlight)

    Performer: Janice Graham. Orchestra: BBC National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works: Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.

  • Herbert Sumsion

    They that go down to the sea in ships

    Choir: Ecclesium Choir. Performer: David Leigh. Conductor: Philip Stopford.
    • Leigh, David: British Church Composer Series Vol.9.
    • PRIORY.
    • 9.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 English dances - set 2 Op.33 (no.1)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Malcolm Arnold: English, Irish, Scottish & Cornish Dances: LPO/Arnold.
    • Lyrita.
    • 5.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'océan (Miroirs)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Ravel: The Complete Solo Piano Music: Steven Osborne, Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • Arthur Bliss

    Cello Concerto, F.107: II. Larghetto

    Performer: Guy Johnston. Conductor: Andrew Manze. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Bliss: Cello Concerto.
    • Onyx.

  • Uuno Klami

    Sea pictures for orchestra; 1.The Foggy Morning

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Leif Segerstam.
    • Finlandia.

  • Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco

    Sea Murmurs

    Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason. Performer: Jeneba Kanneh‐Mason. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz.
    • DECCA.

  • Frederick Delius

    On Hearing the First Cuckoo in Spring

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Classical Tranquillity.
    • Collegium.
    • 3.

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Cantus arcticus Op.61 (Melancholy)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 01.

  • Trad.

    The Song of the Birds

    Music Arranger: Sally Beamish. Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • J S Bach - The Cello Suites - Steven Isserlis.
    • Hyperion.
    • 37.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Country Dances

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Ernest John Moeran

    Violin Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Fairy Queen Suite, Z. 629: Prelude

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Purcell: Opera Suites.
    • Capriccio.
    • 1.

  • Fred Rooke

    Fenland Song

    Ensemble: The Shackleton Trio.

  • Trad.

    Little Wooden Shoes

    Ensemble: The Shackleton Trio.

  • John Playford

    Divisions upon 'The Duke of Norfolk'

    Performer: Veronika Skuplik. Performer: Andreas Arend.
    • Fra Bernardo.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Norfolk Rhapsody No 1 in E minor

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Hallé.

  • The Shackleton Trio

    Eel Song

    Ensemble: The Shackleton Trio.

  • The Shackleton Trio

    Oystercatchers / Down to the Rockpool

    Ensemble: The Shackleton Trio.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Rose Garden (The Sea Hawk)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Erich Wolfgang Korngold: BBC Phil / Gamba.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Shepherd & Ah, Sun-Flower (10 Blake Songs)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Singer: Mark Padmore. Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Edward Elgar

    Chanson de matin

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.
    • Sony.

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