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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

Fri 7 May 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Domenico Cimarosa

    Il matrimonio segreto (Overture)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in B-Flat Major, Op. 3 No. 2, HWV 313: V. Gavotte

    Conductor: Martin Gester. Ensemble: Van Diemen鈥檚 Band.
    • Handel: 6 Concerti grossi, Op.鈥3.
    • BIS.
    • 105.
  • Arthur Bliss

    The Red Knight's Mazurka (Checkmate)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • A Colour Symphony.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in F for wind, No.8 K213

    Ensemble: Holliger Wind Ensemble.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Jeux d'eau

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • DG.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence Op.70 (2nd Mvt.)

    Performer: Paul Neubauer. Performer: Colin Carr. Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.
    • Sony.
  • Joseph Horovitz

    Sonatina for clarinet and piano (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ronald Van Spaendonck. Performer: Eliane Reyes.
    • Fuga Libera.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Adagio in E flat major WoO.43`2

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Anneleen Lenaerts.
    • DG.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in One Movement in B flat major, D.28: Allegro

    Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • HYPERION.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Mondnacht

    Performer: Benjamin Appl. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Sony.
  • Horacio Salinas

    Danza de Cala Luna

    Performer: John Williams. Performer: Richard Harvey. Performer: Horacio Duran. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Concerto.
    • John Williams.
    • 5.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Spring Song, Op. 16

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Sibelius: Lemmink盲inen Suite etc.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 005.
  • Fran莽ois-Andr茅 Danican Philidor

    Sinfonia no.1 in G minor: Pastorella

    Ensemble: Ars Antiqua Austria.
    • Nimbus.
  • Michael Nyman

    The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: Scene 3: The Chess Game: Pawn to King 4

    Conductor: Dean Williamson. Ensemble: Nashville Opera Orchestra.
    • Michael Nyman: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat.
    • Naxos.
    • 113.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • Prokofiev, Romeo and Juliet: Valery Gergiev, LSO.
    • LSO Live.
    • 13.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Concertino for flute, piano and chamber orchestra (4th mvt)

    Performer: Anthony Robb. Performer: Diana Ambache. Ensemble: Ambache Chamber Ensemble.
    • Liberte, Egalite, Sororite.
    • Ambache.
    • 18.
  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Trio Sonata in B Flat Major, BuxWV.255

    Ensemble: Arcangelo.
    • Alpha.
  • John Ireland

    In a May Morning (Sarnia)

    Orchestrator: Graham Parlett. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Conductor: David Curtis.
    • Ireland: Music for String Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 301.
  • William Grant Still

    3 Visions (Summerland)

    Performer: Monica Gaylord.
    • Black Piano, A Treasury of Works for Solo Piano by Black Composers.
    • MUSIC & ARTS.
    • 2.
  • Friedrich Gernsheim

    Piano Quartet in C Minor, Op. 20: I. Allegro molto moderato

    Ensemble: Mariani Klavierquartett.
    • Brahms & Gernsheim: Piano Quartets.
    • Audax Records.
    • 105.
  • Cipriano de Rore

    Descendi in hortum meum

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Gimell.
  • John Tavener

    The Protecting Veil: The Nativity of the Mother of God (The Protecting Veil)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat major, Op 71 No 3 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Kod谩ly Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets (complete): Kodaly Quartet.
    • Naxos.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    3 Slavonic rhapsodies Op.45: no.3 in A flat

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • IMG Artists.

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  • Fri 7 May 2021 09:00

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