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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

0915 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.

1030 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1100 Essential Five – our second pick of music written for the theatre.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 7 Dec 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Carl Nielsen

    Maskarade (Overture)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Schønwandt.
    • DaCapo.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Impromptu no.3 in A flat major Op.34

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Faure - The Complete Music for Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Flute Concerto in G major, Wq 169 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alexis Kossenko. Ensemble: Arte dei Suonatori.
    • Bach: Concerti a Flauto Traverso:Alexis Kossenko / Arte dei Suonatori.
    • ALPHA.
    • 3.
  • Anna Meredith

    Majolica (Tripotage Miniatures)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra.
    • Anna Meredith, Alexander Goehr & Colin Matthews: Chamber Works (Live).
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 106.
  • Josef Suk

    Piano Quartet in A minor Op.1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ian Brown. Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Josef Suk: Piano Quintet/Piano Quartet: The Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Anton Stepanovich Arensky

    Concert Waltz in B flat major

    Performer: Sergei Nakariakov. Performer: Alexander Markovich.
    • Teldec.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Siege of Corinth (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini: Overtures.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Steven Stucky

    O Sacrum Convivium (3 New motets 'in memoriam Thomas Tallis')

    Choir: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Many Are The Wonders.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Octet in E flat major Op.20 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Rachel Roberts. Performer: Ori Kam. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Quirine Viersen.
    • Avi Music.
  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur (Overture)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.
    • Purcell: Instrumental Musik: Freiburger Barockorchester.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 14.
  • Michael Nyman

    The Diary Of Anne Frank: Why

    Music Arranger: Richard Boothby. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • If.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 10.
  • José White Lafitte

    Violin Concerto in F sharp minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Hege.
    • Cedille.
  • Mel Bonis

    Suite en forme de valses

    Orchestra: Bucharest Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benoît Fromanger.
    • Chant de Linos.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)

    Singer: Robin Blaze. Performer: David Blackadder. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Handel: Coronation Anthems: Choir of King's College Cambridge/Cleobury.
    • EMI.
    • 16.
  • Philip Glass

    Koyaanisqatsi (Koyaanisqatsi)

    Choir: Western Wind Vocal Ensemble.
    • ISLAND.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    24 Preludes Op.28 (no. 2 in A minor)

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 2.
  • György Ligeti

    6 Bagatelles (no.1)

    Ensemble: London Winds.
    • Chandos.
  • Darius Milhaud

    Chamber symphony no.1 Op.43 'Le Printemps'

    Orchestra: The Orchestra of Radio Luxemourg. Conductor: Darius Milhaud.
    • Milhaud: The 6 Little Symphonies.
    • VOX BOX.
    • 1.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Lux aurumque for chorus

    Choir: The King’s Singers.
    • High Flight: The King's Singers, The Concordia Choir.
    • Signum.
    • 3.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Oboe Concerto (Morning Pastorale)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Poga.
    • PÄ“teris Vasks: Oboe Concerto, VÄ“stÄ«jums & Lauda.
    • Ondine.
    • 101.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt - suite no. 2 Op.55

    Orchestra: West German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eivind Aadland.
    • Audite.
  • Marin Marais

    La sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont-de-Paris

    Music Arranger: Jacques Loussier. Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.
    • Jacques Loussier Trio - Baroque Favourites.
    • TELARC.
    • 5.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Sonata Sancti Polycarpi

    Ensemble: Concerto Palatino. Conductor: Konrad Junghänel.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.2 (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Vincenz Lachner. Performer: Hanna Shybayeva. Performer: Bas Vliegenthart. Ensemble: Animato Quartet.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 (Arr. V. Lachner for Piano & String Quinte.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sonata No 3 in C major for violin solo, BWV 1005 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova.
    • Bach: 6 Sonatas & Partitas.
    • Onyx.
    • 9.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Choir: Czech Philharmonic Choir, Brno. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.

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  • Tue 7 Dec 2021 09:00

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