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A feast of great music

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

Fri 3 May 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 4 violins in B Minor Op.3 No.10 RV580: I. Allegro

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Channel.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Brindisi (La Traviata)

    Singer: Angela Gheorghiu. Singer: Roberto Alagna. Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Verdi per due.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 19.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Sextet in C Minor, Op.40 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • Les Vents Fran莽ais - Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 105.
  • Philip Glass

    Echorus

    Performer: Jennifer Koh. Performer: Jaime Laredo. Ensemble: Curtis 20/21 Ensemble. Conductor: Vinay Parameswaran.
    • Cedille.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Bychkov.
    • Philips.
    • 9.
  • William Grant Still

    Can't You Line 'Em

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • Still: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Henry Purcell

    Rejoice in the Lord alway, Z.49, 'Bell Anthem'

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Singer: James Gilchrist. Singer: Neal Davies. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Orchestra: St John's Sinfonia. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • My Beloved Spake: Anthems by Purcell and Humfrey.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo)

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Harmonia mundi.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 36: II. Larghetto quasi andante

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax. Music Arranger: Ferdinand Ries.
    • Beethoven for Three: Symphonies Nos. 2 and 5.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    When I, good friends, was called to the bar (Trial by Jury)

    Lyricist: William S. Gilbert. Singer: Richard Suart. Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: The Yeomen of the Guard & Trial by Jury.
    • Telarc.
    • 28.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Symphony in F sharp minor Op.41 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 成人快手 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A, D959 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 958-960.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 801.
  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Prelude (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Philips.
  • Silvestre Revueltas

    Construction of the Railroads (Music para charlar)

    Orchestra: Orquesta Filarm贸nica de la Ciudad de M茅xico. Conductor: Enrique B谩tiz.
    • Musica Mexicana Vol. 8.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 6.
  • Aaron Copland

    John Henry: A Railroad Ballad for Orchestra

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.
    • Copland: Lincoln Portrait & other works.
    • Telarc.
    • 001.
  • Duke Ellington

    Daybreak Express

    Ensemble: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.
    • Early Ellington 1927-1934.
    • RCA Bluebird.
    • 19.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mass in B minor, BWV,232 (Kyrie Eleison)

    Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • CPO.
  • George Butterworth

    English Idyll No 1

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • DECCA.
  • Brendan Eder

    QX 2021

    Ensemble: Brendan Eder Ensemble.
    • Therapy.
    • Brendan Eder Ensemble.
    • 01.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.18 in B flat (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Fournel. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 KV 456 & 21 KV 467.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 3.
  • Amy Beach

    Symphony in E minor 'Gaelic' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn.
    • NAXOS.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in G major Op.3`6

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble.
    • Linn.
  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Jaap van Zweden.
    • DECCA.
  • Franz Leh谩r

    Gold and Silver Waltz

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Here Come the Classics, Vol. 12: The Glory of Vienna.
    • RPO.
    • 11.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Fleurs

    Performer: Anna Tilbrook. Singer: Alessandro Fisher.
    • A Gardener's World.
    • Rubicon.
    • 14.
  • Dani Howard

    Argentum

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Seal.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto no.1 in D major Op.17 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Romain Descharmes. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Marc Soustrot.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Marin Marais

    Rondeau in C major (Pi猫ces en trio, 1692)

    Performer: William Hunt. Ensemble: Purcell Quartet.
    • Marin Marais 'La folia' & other music for viols and violins The Purcell Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Joe Hisaishi

    My Neighbor Totoro

    Choir: The Tiffin Choirs. Choir: Bach Choir. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Austin.
    • A Symphonic Celebration - Music from the Studio Ghibli Films of Hayao Miyazaki.
    • DG.
    • 29.

Broadcast

  • Fri 3 May 2024 09:30

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