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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Georgia Mann playing the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises along the way.

0915 Your ideas for companion pieces on the Essential Classics playlist.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥 focusing on the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 Essential Five - this week we bring you five pieces of music that celebrate the month of May.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 4 May 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Fanfare in D major

    Ensemble: Innsbruck Trumpet Consort.
    • Teldec.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Scherzo in B flat major

    Music Arranger: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka鈥怭ekka Saraste.
    • Mussorgsky 鈥 Night on the Bare Mountain/Pictures at an Exhibition.
    • WARNER APEX.
    • 20.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in F major 59`1 'Rasumovsky' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Aris Quartet.
    • Attacca.
    • Genuin.
    • 6.
  • Silvestre Revueltas

    The Wandering Tadpole

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Maximiano Vald茅s.
    • Caramelos Latinos.
    • Dorian.
    • 006.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto For Cor Anglais (on Cantata BWV.54)

    Music Arranger: Andreas Tarkmann. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: The English Concert.
    • Decca.
  • Dana Suesse

    Piano Concerto in Three Rhythms (3rd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Ferde Grof茅. Performer: Michael Gurt. Orchestra: Hot Springs Music Festival Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Rosenberg.
    • Jazz Nocturne.
    • Naxos.
    • 009.
  • Sergey Taneyev

    12 Choruses Op.27; No 7, Suddenly a music sounded from eternity

    Choir: Nederlands Kamerkoor. Conductor: T玫nu Kaljuste.
    • GLOBE.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for Mandolin, Hammered Dulcimer, Harp and Continuo in F Major TWV 53:F1

    Music Arranger: Peter Huth. Ensemble: Berlin Academy for Early Music.
    • Telemann: Concerti per molti stromenti.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 501.
  • Dace Aper膩ne

    Merely Sun (2 Fantasies)

    Ensemble: Riga Saxophone Quartet. Performer: Herta Hansena.
    • Saule Tikai (Merely Sun).
    • Skani.
    • 2.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The sun has set Op.73 no.4

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • DG.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no.1 in B flat major Op.38 'Spring' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Schumann - The Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 003.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Kaddisch (from 2 Melodies hebraiques)

    Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Ave Maria.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Gerald Resch

    String Quartet no.3 'Attacca' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Aris Quartet.
    • Attacca.
    • Genuin.
    • 2.
  • Jean鈥怓茅ry Rebel

    Le chaos (Les 茅l茅mens)

    Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Rebel: Die Elemente; Gluck: Alessandro.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.
  • Robert Farnon

    Jumping Bean

    Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • John Dowland

    The Frog Galliard

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • My Favourite Dowland.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 008.
  • John Lanchbery

    Mrs Tiggy-winkle's Laundry; The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher (Tales of Beatrix Potter)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • Tales Of Beatrix Potter.
    • EMI.
    • 3, 5, 6.
  • Francis Poulenc

    La grenouillere Op.5

    Singer: Alice Coote. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • L'Heure Exquise.
    • Hyperion.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Orage (Plat茅e)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire: Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski.
    • Archiv.
    • 9.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Violin Concerto 'Distant Light' (Andante II)

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • P膿teris Vasks: Distant Light, Piano Quartet & Summer Dances.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Czech Suite (Polka)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jos茅 Serebrier.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Thomas Morley

    Now is the month of maying

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.
  • Philip Glass

    String Quartet no.3 'Mishima' (6th mvt)

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Kronos Quartet performs Philip Glass.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: Ursula Oppens. Performer: Bruce Brubaker.
    • ECM.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio and Rondo in C minor K.617

    Music Arranger: Michael Hasel. Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bl盲serquintett Berlin.
    • Mozart/Beethoven: Quintets: Hough, BPWQ.
    • Bis.
    • 5.
  • Michael Abels

    Global Warming

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series volume III.
    • Cedille Records.
    • 1.
  • Cyril Rootham

    Violin sonata in G minor Op.75 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jacqueline Roche. Performer: Robert Stevenson.
    • Dutton Epoch.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Te Deum in C major H.23c.2

    Choir: The English Concert Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Haydn: Nelson Mass, Te Deum: The English Concert, Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 12-14.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Torre Bermeja [Serenata] Op.92 no.12

    Performer: Pablo Villegas.
    • Soul of Spanish Guitar.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Wedding-Cake - Caprice-Waltz in A flat major Op.76

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS : CHSA 5162.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 20.

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