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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Georgia Mann.

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

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 – the first of five tracks this week showcasing the artistry of soprano Barbara Hendricks.

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

3 hours

Last on

Mon 1 Aug 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning (Peer Gynt)

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

    Brandenburg concerto no.4 BWV.1049 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 7.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in E minor Op.72`1

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Sinfonia da Pacifica (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.
    • ABC CLASSICS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben (Zaide K.344)

    Singer: Sophie Bevan. Orchestra: Orchestra of Classical Opera. Conductor: Ian Page.
    • Mozart: Zaida, K. 344.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 203.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • DIVOX.
  • Emil von Sauer

    Piano Concerto no.1 in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Scharwenka/Sauer: Piano Concertos: Hough/CBSO/Foster.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Samuel Scheidt

    Galliarda battaglia (Galliard)

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • La Morte della Ragione.
    • Alpha.
    • 27.
  • Hubert Parry

    Jerusalem

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • The Cello in Wartime.
    • BIS.
    • 601.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Gloria in excelsis Deo (Gloria, RV 589)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Choir: Choir of English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Vivaldi: Gloria/Scarlatti: Dixit Dominus: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.
  • Dorothy Howell

    Lamia

    Orchestra: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major Op.64 no.5 'Lark' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Cavi-music.
  • Ildebrando Pizzetti

    La madre al figlio lontano [The mother to her son far away]

    Singer: Hanna Hipp. Performer: Emma Abbate.
    • RESONUS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Serenade in C major Op.48 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Philips.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ recording.
  • Leonard Kwan

    Opihi Moemoe

    Performer: Leonard Kwan.
    • Hawaiian Summer Beach Party, The Best Hawaiian Steel Guitar Songs: Dreams of Old.
    • Positive Vibrations.
    • 13.
  • Richard Rodgers

    Bali Ha'i (South Pacific)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Orchestra of Opera North. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Bryn Terfel - Something Wonderful.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Arthur Honegger

    Pacific 231

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Sony.
  • Traditional Maori

    Poi E

    Ensemble: Patea Maori Club.
    • WEA/Jayrem Records.
  • Judith Weir

    Arise, arise! You slumbering sleepers

    Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble.
    • NMC.
  • Samuel Barber

    Knoxville - Summer of 1915

    Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Bach Cantatas and Barber/Copland.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 213.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio sonata in D major Op.5`2 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: L'apothéose.
    • IBS Classical.
  • Edwin Carr

    Promenade, Barcarolle and Waltz (Promenade - ballet suite)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Young.
    • CONTINUUM.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in D major Op.3 no.1 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Linda Melsted. Ensemble: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • TAFELMUSIK.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    August (The Year)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • Sony.
  • Leo Blech

    Sommernacht

    Choir: Aachen Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Aachen Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Ward.
    • Blech: Complete Orchestral Works.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 901.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    Bagatelles Op.1 (no.3)

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud.
    • The Messenger.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 11.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Macbeth (Act 3 Ballet Music: Part 3)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.

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