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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Georgia Mann plays 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 beautiful sarabandes, slow and stately dances.

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

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Last on

Mon 31 May 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Percy Whitlock

    Spade and Bucket Polka (Holiday Suite)

    Orchestra: RT脡 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Marco Polo.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Fugue in G major BWV.577 'A la gigue'

    Performer: John Williams. Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • Sony.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Trio no.1 in B flat major Op.21 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tempest Trio.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Piano Trios, Vol. 2 鈥 Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 103.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Sailing (Holiday Diary)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in G major Op.6`1

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Serenade in D (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • Chandos.
  • Rudy Wiedoeft

    Valse Vanite

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Zeynep 脰zsuca.
    • Decca.
  • Jonathan Dove

    Airport Scenes (Departures)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Timothy Redmond.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • Bernhard Crusell

    Divertimento, Op.9

    Performer: Christopher O'Neal. Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.
    • Deux-Elles.
  • Stefano Landi

    Augellin

    Music Arranger: Clare O'Connell. Performer: Clare O'Connell.
    • The Isolated Cellist.
    • Stone Records.
    • 11.
  • Dilys Elwyn-Edwards

    Clychau'r Gog [Bluebells]

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Performer: Jocelyn Freeman.
    • Mae Hiraeth yn y M么r.
    • T欧 Cerdd Records.
  • Hans G谩l

    Piano Concerto Op.57 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sarah Beth Briggs. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Kenneth Woods.
    • Avie.
  • Josef Myslivecek

    Wind Octet no.1 in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: L'Orfeo Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Carin van Heerden.
    • Myslivecek: Complete Wind Octets & Quintets: L'Orfeo Blaeserensemble/van Heerden.
    • CPO.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Sailing at dawn (Songs of the Fleet, Op.117)

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Choir: 大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Stanford: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
  • Claude Debussy

    En bateau (Petite suite)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Cristina Marton.
    • Martha Argerich and Friends Live from the Lugano Festival 2013.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Grace Williams

    Sailing Song (Sea Sketches)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.
    • Grace Williams: Sea Sketches, Fantasia, Carillons: Camden/Snell/LSO/RPO/ECO.
    • Lyrita.
    • 14.
  • Ronald Binge

    Sailing By

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
  • Marin Marais

    Suite d'un Gout Etranger (Feste Champ锚tre)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Philippe Pierlot. Performer: Rolf Lislevand. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing. Performer: Pedro Estevan.
    • Suite d'un Gout Etranger.
    • ALIA VOX.
    • 7.
  • Terry Riley

    Praying Mantis Rag

    Ensemble: ZOFO Duet.
    • ZOFO plays Terry Riley.
    • Dorian Sono Luminus.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Capriccio italien Op.45

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Classic FM.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    French suite no.5 in G major BWV.816 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • HYPERION.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no.5 in E flat major Op.44`3 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Anon.

    Polorum Regina

    Ensemble: Peltomaa Fraanje Perkola.
    • AER.
    • Fuga Libera.
  • Evelyn Glennie

    Light in darkness for marimba

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie.
    • RCA Victor.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'oc茅an (Miroirs)

    Performer: Pierre鈥怢aurent Aimard.
    • Ravel: Piano Concertos: Aimard/Cleveland Orchestra/Boulez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Michael Torke

    Sky - concerto for violin and orchestra (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tessa Lark. Orchestra: Albany Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Alan Miller.
    • TROY.

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