Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

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 great pieces of music by Camille Saint-Sa毛ns.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 11 May 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Flight of the Bumblebee (The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

    Ensemble: Marianne and her Gypsy Orchestra.
    • Dark Eyes: Marianne and her Gypsy Orchestra.
    • MO.
    • 13.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Suite in D major TWV.55:D15 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori. Conductor: Martin Gester.
    • Telemann: Ouvertures Pittoresques.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Bassoon Concerto in F Major Op.75 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Bram van Sambeek. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Alexei Ogrintchouk.
    • Mozart, Weber & Du Puy: Bassoon Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Melanie Bonis

    Invocation (Sc猫nes de la foret Op.123)

    Performer: Anthony Robb. Performer: Richard Dilley. Performer: Diana Ambache.
    • Ambache.
  • Thomas Linley

    Arise! Ye spirits of the storm (The Tempest)

    Ensemble: Parley of Instruments. Ensemble: Parley of Instruments Choir. Director: Paul Nicholson.
    • Helios.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.27 in E minor Op.90 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • EMI.
  • Catrin Finch

    Listen to the Grass Grow

    Performer: Catrin Finch. Performer: Seckou Keita.
    • SOAR.
    • bendigedig.
    • 6.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Violin Sonata in E major Op.5`11 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Richard Tunnicliffe. Performer: Paul Nicholson. Ensemble: Locatelli Trio.
    • Corelli: Violin Sonatas: The Locatelli Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 19.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Springtime on Funen [Fynsk For氓r]

    Singer: Inga Nielsen. Singer: Kim von Binzer. Singer: Jorgen Klint. Choir: University Choir 'Lille Muko'. Choir: St. Klemens School Children's Choir. Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tam谩s Vet艖.
    • UNICORN KANCHANA.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • DIVOX.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Si dolce 猫'l tormento

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Monteverdi: Teatro d'Amore: L'Arpeggiata/Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.
  • Marcel Poot

    Symphony no.1 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Brussels Philharmonic. Conductor: Hans Rotman.
    • Poot: Complete Symphonies.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde, D.797 (Entr'acte in B flat major)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Best of The Academy.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Les Chasseresses (Sylvia)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Delibes: Sylvia: New Philharmonia Orchestra/Bonynge.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Robert Schumann

    Waldszenen Op.82 (Vogel als Prophet)

    Performer: Wilhelm Kempff.
    • DG.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Hark, hear the sounds of the chase (Autumn - The Seasons)

    Choir: Ch贸r Narodowego Forum Muzyki. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Orchestra: Wroclaw Baroque Orchestra. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • Haydn: The Seasons 1801.
    • Signum.
    • 8.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    The Lone Forest Maiden (Forest Scenes)

    Performer: Waka Hasegawa.
    • Undiscovered Piano Works.
    • Metropolis Group.
    • 10.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Care selve (Atalanta)

    Singer: Samuel Mari帽o. Orchestra: H盲ndelfestspielorchester Halle. Conductor: Martin Hofstetter.
    • Care pupille.
    • Orfeo.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.22 in C major K.162

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: 8 Bit.
    • DACAPO.
  • Juan Garc铆a de Z茅spedes

    Aye que me abrazo

    Choir: Nordic Voices. Ensemble: The Norwegian Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Mark Bennett.
    • LAWO.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Introduction and Rondo capriccioso Op.28

    Performer: Janine Jansen. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Janine Jansen.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Plan & Elevation

    Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Widerstehe doch der Sunde (Cantata, BWV.54)

    Music Arranger: V铆kingur 脫lafsson. Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Johann Sebastian Bach.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 11.
  • Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

    Domine ad adjuvandum me festina

    Ensemble: I Gemelli. Conductor: Emiliano Gonzalez鈥怲oro.
    • NAIVE.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Waltz 1 (Jazz Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Antoine Forqueray

    La Portugaise (Suite no.1 in D minor)

    Music Arranger: Jean-Baptiste Forqueray. Performer: Jean Rondeau. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Erato.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no.5 in D major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • RCA.

Broadcast

  • Tue 11 May 2021 09:00

Our Classical Century

Our Classical Century

Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.

Time Travellers: the podcast

Time Travellers: the podcast

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.