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Georgia Mann

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

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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 a final piece performed by our artist in focus this week, pianist H茅l猫ne Grimaud.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 25 Mar 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto in A minor for recorder and viola da gamba (4th mvt)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Le Concert Spirituel: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 17.
  • Franz Schubert

    Impromptu in F minor, D.935 no.4

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Schubert: Impromptus Op.90 and Op.142.
    • Philips Classics.
    • 8.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Cello Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Idomeneo (Overture)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto no.2 in G minor, Op.63 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • James Ehnes Plays Prokofiev.
    • Chandos.
    • 012.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Agitata Infido Flatu (Juditha Triumphans RV.645)

    Singer: Delphine Galou. Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Director: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Agitata.
    • Alpha.
    • 1.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • Steve Reich

    Electric Counterpoint (Fast)

    Performer: Sean Shibe.
    • Delphian.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Rapsodie d'Auvergne in C major Op.73

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Saint Saens: Piano Concertos Nos.3 and 5 etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 01.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Spirit In Motion

    Lyricist: Errollyn Wallen. Singer: Denise Leigh. Conductor: David Charles Abell.
    • Enlightenment - Music For The Opening Ceremony Of The London 2012 Paralympic Gam.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 4.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Quintet in B flat - Ist mvt: Allegro

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.
  • Henry Purcell

    Dido & Aeneas: Overture

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • OISEAU LYRE.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Full Fathom Five (3 Shakespeare Songs)

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium Records.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Waft her, Angels (Jephtha)

    Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Classical Opera Company. Conductor: Ian Page.
    • Signum.
  • Trad.

    Cretish Tune from Steiakos

    Performer: Manolis Karavirakis.
    • Traditional Music From Crete.
    • FM Records.
    • 4.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in F major, Op.4`5

    Performer: Richard Egarr. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Richard Egarr.
    • Handel Organ Concertos.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 17-20.
  • Arvo P盲rt

    Spiegel im Spiegel

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud.
    • DG.
  • William Byrd

    Browning [The leaves be green]

    Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante.
    • William Byrd: Virginal & Consorts.
    • INTERARTS.
    • 110.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 3 (The Bells of Zlonice) - Finale (Allegro animato)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Lullaby

    Performer: Jennifer Higdon. Performer: Jan Vinci. Performer: Hugh Sung.
    • Global Flutescapes.
    • Albany Records.
    • 19.
  • Florence Price

    My Dream

    Performer: Kuang-Hao Huang. Singer: Thomas Hampson.
    • Songs from Chicago.
    • Cedille.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kirill Petrenko.
    • Beethoven 路 Tchaikovsky 路 Schmidt 路 Stephan.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 102.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV.1041

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Candide (Overture)

    Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Bernstein: Anniversaries, Fancy Free Suite, Overture to Candide & Overture to Wo.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.

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  • Fri 25 Mar 2022 09:00

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