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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of 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 Performers – this week we focus on accordionist Ksenija Sidorova.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 20 Apr 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Fireworks Op.4

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Seal Lullaby

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Performer: Christopher Glynn. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre: Light & Gold: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Charles Avison

    Concerto Grosso in A major Op.9`3

    Performer: Pavlo Beznosiuk. Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • The Avison Ensemble: Avison: Concerti Grossi, op. 9 & op. 10.
    • Divine Art.
    • 9.
  • Mel Bonis

    Ophélie Op.165 (Trois femmes de legende)

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ recording.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.25 in C major k.503 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Linn.
  • Johanna Kinkel

    Römische Nacht (6 Lieder Op.15)

    Singer: Ingrid Schmithüsen. Performer: Thomas Palm.
    • Johanna Kinkel: Lieder.
    • cpo.
    • 11.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Photography (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra X. Conductor: Nicholas Kok.
    • NMC.
  • Jean de Sainte-Colombe

    Les Pleurs

    Music Arranger: Jordi Savall. Performer: Jordi Savall.
    • Tous les matins du monde (Bande originale du film).
    • Aliavox.
    • 6.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in A major, Op 46 No 5

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel Å ejna.
    • SUPRAPHON.
  • Lennox Berkeley

    Serenade for strings Op.12

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Michael Praetorius

    Suite de Ballets (Terpsichore)

    Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.
    • EMI.
  • Gustave Charpentier

    Depuis le jour (Louise)

    Singer: Sumi Jo. Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Giuliano Carella.
    • Les bijoux, French arias: Sumi Jo/English Chamber Orchestra/Carella.
    • Erato.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no.1 in B flat major Op.38 'Spring' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Schumann: Symphonies 1-4: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/Zinman.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 3.
  • Mykola Vytaliyovych Lysenko

    Rhapsody on Ukrainian themes no.2 'Dumka-Shumka' Op.18

    Performer: Natalya Pasichnyk.
    • Consolation: Forgotten Treasures of the Ukranian Soul.
    • BIS.
    • 101.
  • Charles Koechlin

    The Seven Stars Symphony Op.132 (Greta Garbo)

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Un siècle de musique française.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Elizabeth Maconchy

    Ophelia's song

    Singer: Caroline MacPhie. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • Stone Records.
  • Duke Ellington

    Sonnet for Sister Kate

    Composer: Billy Strayhorn.
    • The Complete Columbia Studio Albums Collection 1951-1958.
    • Columbia/Legacy.
    • 8.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Of crumpling rocks

    Performer: Errollyn Wallen.
    • AVIE.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Ondine (Gaspard de la nuit)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Franz Schubert

    Nachtgesang im Walde D.913

    Ensemble: amarcord. Ensemble: german hornsound.
    • Wald.Horn.Lied.
    • Genuin.
    • 21.
  • Václav Trojan

    The Acrobatic Fairytale (Fairytales)

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.
  • Henry Purcell

    Timon of Athens (Overture)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • DG.
  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    String Quartet no.5 in F minor

    Ensemble: Accademia della Magnifica Comunità.
    • Lombardini Sirmen: String Quartets Nos. 1-6.
    • TACTUS.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony no.2 'Song of a new race' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    'Moonlight' Sonata Op.27 no.2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Yundi.
    • Deep Dive - Beethoven.
    • UMG Recordings, Inc..
    • 47.
  • Paul Wranitzky

    Symphony in D Major Op.36 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.
    • Paul Wranitzky: Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony no.3 Op 27 'Sinfonia Espansiva' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • BIS.

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