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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is conductor Zubin Mehta. Presented by 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 this week we focus on Indian conductor Zubin Mehta.

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

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Last on

Thu 19 May 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    The Brisk Young Sailor (A Lincolnshire Posy)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 34 in C major, K 338 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • HUNGAROTON.
  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Music Arranger: Elaine Fine. Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Decca.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Aida, Act 2: "Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside" (Chorus, Priests)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Verdi: Aida.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 120.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sonata in A major, RV 31

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Westminster Mass (Gloria)

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.
    • Teldec.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.61 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Beethove/Britten: Violin Concertos: Janine Jansen/Paavo Jarvi.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Trio Sonata No.5 in C (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Palladian Ensemble.
    • Linn.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphonic Dances, Op. 45: III. Lento assai - Allegro vivace - Lento assai - Come

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 - Symphonic Dances.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 203.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    A Simple Song (from Mass)

    Singer: Vojt臎ch Dyk. Choir: Wiener Singakademie. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • Bernstein: MASS.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 103.
  • Franz Schubert

    Notturno Trio in E flat major, D.897

    Ensemble: Vienna Piano Trio.
    • Schubert - Complete piano trios.
    • MDG.
    • 005.
  • Edward Elgar

    Caractacus, Op.35 (Triumphal March)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Elgar: Orchestral Works: Sir Adrian Boult.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 9.
  • Philip Glass

    Akhnaten (Hymn to the Sun)

    Singer: Paul Esswood. Ensemble: Chor der Staatsoper Stuttgart. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Stuttgart State Opera. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • Sony.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sing ye to the Lord (Israel in Egypt)

    Singer: Nancy Argenta. Choir: Taverner Consort. Orchestra: Taverner Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Handel: Israel in Egypt.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 30.
  • Umm Kulthum

    Qal eh ya hilif (He Swore to Me)

    Singer: Umm Kulthum.
    • Women of Egypt 1924-1931: Pioneers of Stardom and Fame.
    • Topic.
    • 15.
  • William Boyce

    Symphony No 5 in D major

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • L鈥橭ISEAU LYRE.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Quintet in B minor, Op 115 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 Act 2 Finale: "Signori, di fuori..."

    Lyricist: Lorenzo Da Ponte. Orchestra: Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro - The Sony Opera House.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Concerto in G minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi. Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Naive.
  • Louis鈥怤icolas Cl茅rambault

    Chaconne in D major, from Sonata 'La Magnifique'

    Ensemble: Bach Players.
    • Chamber Music from the Brossard Collection.
    • Coviello Classics.
    • 07.
  • Anna Clyne

    Ship of Stars (The Violin)

    Performer: Amy Kaufmann. Performer: Cornelius Duffallo.
    • The Violin.
    • National Sawdust Tracks.
    • 4.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    How Cold The Wind Doth Blow

    Singer: Mary Bevan. Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: William Vann.
    • Albion Records : ALBCD029.
    • Albion Records.
    • 10.
  • Maurice Ravel

    叠辞濒茅谤辞

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Ravel: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 19.

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  • Thu 19 May 2022 09:00

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