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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

Thu 4 Aug 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Nikolai Girshevich Kapustin

    Bagatelle Op.59`9

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • HYPERION.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerti a 5, Op 10: No 5 in A major

    Orchestra: Collegium Musicum 90. Director: Simon Standage.
    • CHACONNE.
  • Lili Boulanger

    Nocturne

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Beau Soir: Janine Jansen/Itamar Golan.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Italian Dance

    Performer: Tommy Reilly. Performer: Kaare Ørnung.
    • A Life in Music: Vintage Tommy Reilly.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 35 in D major, K 385, 'Haffner' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphonies; SCO; Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.
    • 1.
  • John Tavener

    Song of the Angel

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Singer: Patricia Rozario. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Paul Goodwin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Frank Bridge

    Cello Sonata (1st mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • The Cello in Wartime.
    • BIS.
    • 4.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Johann Strauss: Viennese Waltzes And Polkas.
    • Sony.
    • 4.
  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhäuser: Song to the Evening Star

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Kate Rusby

    Underneath the Stars

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Now the Great Bear and Pleiades (Peter Grimes)

    Singer: Stuart Skelton. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Thomas Adès

    Polaris: Voyage for Orchestra (conclusion)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Adès.
    • LSO LIVE.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Shrovetide Fair (3 Movements from Petrouchka)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.
  • Henri Duparc

    L'invitation au voyage

    Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Kevin Volans

    Walking Song (Version for Organ)

    Performer: Christopher Bowers-Broadbent.
    • First Drop.
    • Cantaloupe Music.
    • 401.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No 13 in A minor, D 804 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Protean Quartet.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Petite Suite (La Caprice de Nanette)

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics, Vol. 4.
    • HYPERION.
    • 17.
  • Jean Mouton

    Missa Faulte d'argent: Kyrie

    Ensemble: Brabant Ensemble. Conductor: Stephen Rice.
    • HYPERION.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale Prelude BWV721 'Erbarm' dich mein, o Herre Gott'

    Performer: HÃ¥kan Hardenberger. Performer: Simon Preston.
    • Philips.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Violin Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Akiko Suwanai. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Sibelius & Walton Violin Concertos.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.

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