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A feast of great music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

0930 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.

1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 3 Nov 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne suite no.1 (Carillon)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Bizet: Suites from L'Arlesienne and Carmen: Ulster Orch, Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in B flat major, K.361 (3rd mvt, Adagio)

    Orchestra: Consortium Classicum.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemminkainen's Return

    Performer: ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Symphony Orchestra. Performer: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Étude No 110 in A major

    Performer: Nicolas Stavy.
    • Hortus.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Bassoon Concerto in E flat major, RV 483

    Performer: Sergio Azzolini. Ensemble: L'Aura Soave Cremona.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per fagotto II: Sergio Azzolini, L'Aura Soave Cremona.
    • Naive.
  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Stained-glass window

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Stained Glass.
    • BIS.
    • 109.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Euryanthe (Overture)

    Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Carl Maria von Weber: Complete Overtures.
    • CPO.
    • 8.
  • William Byrd

    Ave verum corpus

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Christian Onyeji

    Ufie - Igbo Dance (1st mvt, moderately fast)

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • SOMM.
  • Anna Bon di Venezia

    Divertimento in D minor, Op 3 No 3 (3rd mvmt, Presto)

    Ensemble: Infusion Baroque.
    • Leaf Music.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Sheherazade (3rd mvmt, The Young Prince and Princess)

    Performer: Kees Hülsmann. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Telarc.
  • Tarquinio Merula

    Ciaccona

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 14.
  • Patrick Hadley

    La Belle Dame sans Merci

    Singer: Neill Archer. Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • Hadley & Sainton: Choral and Orchestral Works Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 107.
  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Stained-glass window

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Stained Glass.
    • BIS.
    • 109.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 88 in G major (Finale)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Mariss Jansons: The SACD Recordings (Live).
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 504.
  • Franz Schubert

    Klavierstück (Piano Piece) in E flat minor, D 946 No 1

    Performer: Mihaela Ursuleasa.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Elisabetta Brusa

    The Ant and the Grasshopper (Fables, No 3)

    Orchestra: National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine. Conductor: Fabio Mastrangelo.
    • NAXOS.
  • Grażyna Bacewicz

    Stained-glass window

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Stained Glass.
    • BIS.
    • 109.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio for glass harmonica, K 356

    Performer: Thomas Bloch.
    • Naxos.
  • Ivor Gurney

    Sleep

    Orchestrator: Gerald Finzi. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • A Walk with Ivor Gurney.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.
  • Erik Satie

    Quatre ogives (No 3)

    Performer: Reinbert de Leeuw.
    • Philips.
  • Ethel Smyth

    5 Sacred part-songs based on chorale tunes; no.1; Komm, susser Tod

    Choir: Sansara. Director: Tom Herring.
    • Traces.
    • Sansara Choir.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Flight into Egypt (Church Windows)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Valerie Coleman

    Tracing Visions (2nd mvmt, Amandla!)

    Ensemble: Sphinx Virtuosi.
    • Songs for Our Times.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Variations 29-30 and Aria da capo)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • J.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 32.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    I Lombardi alla prima crociata (chorus 'Oh nobile esempio!')

    Choir: Bavarian Radio Chorus. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repušić.
    • Verdi: I Lombardi alla prima crociata.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 102.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No 3 in G minor, Op 36 (2nd mvmt, Adagio cantabile)

    Orchestra: Orchestre National de Metz Grand Est. Conductor: David Reiland.
    • Bru Zane.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks HWV.351

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • G.F. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks: English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1-5.

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