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A feast of great music

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

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

1000 Playlist starter 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

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

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 18 Apr 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    A Musical Joke, K 522 (4th mvt, Presto)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Mozart: Serenate, Notturne, Eine kleine Nachtmusik: Le Concert des Nations, Jord.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 14.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Scottish Waltz (4 Scottish Dances, No 3)

    Conductor: Alexander Gibson. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra.
    • Music of the Four Realms.
    • Heritage Records.
    • 3.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Flute Trio in E minor, Op 45 (3rd mvmt, Scherzo)

    Performer: Emily Beynon. Performer: Daniel Esser. Performer: Sepp Grotenhuis.
    • Flute & Friends.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 3.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Blessed is the man (Vespers, No 3)

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Conductor: Sigvards K募ava.
    • ONDINE.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B minor for 4 violins, RV 580

    Performer: Boris Begelman. Performer: Elisa Citterio. Performer: Andrea Rognoni. Performer: Stefano Barneschi. Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Vivaldi - Bach.
    • NAIVE.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    A Draught of Fishes

    Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble.
    • Bright Future.
    • NMC.
    • 19.
  • Josef Suk

    Playing at Swans and Peacocks (Fairy-tale Suite)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Chandos.
  • Henry Purcell

    Three parts upon a ground, Z.731

    Ensemble: Taverner Players.
    • EMI.
  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Norwegian dances, Op 35 (No 1, Allegro marcato)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg: The Orchestral Music: Bergen PO, Ruud.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Florence Price

    Song Without Words (In the Land O' Cotton, No 3)

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No.4 in A major "Italian": 1st mvt

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    Ta bont茅 (Les Heures claires, No 6)

    Composer: Raoul Pugno. Performer: Tristan Ra毛s. Singer: Cyrille Dubois.
    • Lili et Nadia Boulanger: M茅lodies.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 119.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    A Draught of Fishes

    Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble.
    • Bright Future.
    • NMC.
    • 19.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Trio Sonata No 3 in B flat major (4th mvmt)

    Ensemble: Collegium 1704.
    • ACCENT.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Romantic Intermezzo, Op 69

    Orchestra: Philharmonia of Russia. Conductor: Dmitry Yablonsky.
    • NAXOS.
  • Niccol貌 Paganini

    Moto perpetuo (arranged for 2 euphoniums and brass band)

    Performer: Besses o鈥 th鈥 Barn Band. Music Arranger: Howard Snell. Conductor: Roy Newsome.
    • British Bandsman Centenary Concert.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    A Draught of Fishes

    Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble.
    • Bright Future.
    • NMC.
    • 19.
  • Claude Debussy

    Poissons d'or (Images, Set 2)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete Works for Piano: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
  • Thea Musgrave

    The Subway Piranhas

    Choir: National Youth Choir of Scotland. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
    • Cantos Sagrados.
    • Signum Records.
    • 7.
  • Michael Nyman

    Fish Beach (Drowning by Numbers)

    Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Conductor: Michael Nyman.
    • The Essential Michael Nyman Band.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Ewan MacColl

    The Shoals of Herring

    Singer: Ewan MacColl.
    • Black and White.
    • Cooking Vinyl.
    • 8.
  • Fred Onovwerosuoke

    Raging River Dance 2 (24 Studies in African Rhythms, No 24)

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • Heritage.
  • Franz Liszt

    Hungarian Rhapsody no.2 in D minor

    Orchestrator: Albert Franz Doppler. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Liszt: 6 Hungarian Rhapsodies: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • Johann Christoph Bach

    Es ist nun aus

    Singer: Julia Doyle. Singer: Katharine Fugue. Singer: Clare Wilkinson. Singer: Nicholas Mulroy. Singer: James Gilchrist. Singer: Jeremy Budd. Singer: Matthew Brook. Singer: Peter Harvey. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • J C Bach Welt, gute Nacht - Gardiner.
    • SDG.
    • 7.
  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No 2 in E minor (Finale)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic. Conductor: Leo McFall.
    • Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
    • CPO.
    • 204.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Les Indes Galantes (Overture)

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Franco Alfano

    Amour... Amour...

    Orchestra: Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano. Conductor: Giuseppe Grazioli.
    • Alfano: Suite romantica, Una danza & Divertimento.
    • Naxos.
    • 110.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet No 12 in F major, Op 96, 'American' (Finale)

    Ensemble: Keller Quartet.
    • Dvor谩k : String Quartet No.12 & String Quintet in E flat major - Apex.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 4.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony No 7 in C major

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • BIS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata No 8 in G major, Op 30 No 3 (3rd mvt, Allegro vivace)

    Performer: Midori. Performer: Robert Macdonald.
    • Midori: Live at Carnegie Hall.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 3.
  • Agust铆n Bardi

    Gallo ciego

    Ensemble: London Tango Quintet.
    • Dancing with Piazzolla.
    • Untuned Sky Ltd.
    • 2.
  • Francesca Caccini

    Coro delle piante incantate (La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina)

    Lyricist: Ferdinando Saracinelli. Singer: Camille All茅rat. Singer: Julie Roset. Singer: Ana Vieira Leite. Ensemble: La Nereide.
    • Luzzaschi: Il concerto segreto.
    • Ricercar.
    • 17.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Dance of the Cygnets (Swan Lake)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • John Field

    Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 1 No 3 (2nd mvt, Rondo)

    Performer: M铆膵e谩l O'Rourke.
    • John Field: Four Piano Sonatas: Miceal O'Rourke.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Lili Boulanger

    D'un matin de printemps

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Boulanger: Faust Et Helene Etc. - Soloists/CBSC/成人快手 Phil./Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Thu 18 Apr 2024 09:30

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