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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 familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

0915 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1030 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1100 Essential Five – our pick of the best pieces featuring the string technique pizzicato.

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 12 Aug 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • John Gardner

    Overture 'Midsummer Ale', Op 73

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • John Gardner: Piano Concerto no.1, Symphony no.1.
    • Naxos.
    • 001.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    3 Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen: No. 2, Liebesleid (Arr. for Cello & Harp)

    Performer: Mathias Johansen. Performer: Silke Aichhorn.
    • Cello Meets Harp.
    • CPO.
    • 201.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Serenade in E major Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Dvorak, Bartok, Wolf: Saito Kinen, Ozawa.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Dream Coloured Mobile II, Op.58a

    Performer: Joe Houghton. Performer: Kate Wilson. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Chandos.
  • Francesco Geminiani

    Concerto Grosso No 6 in A major after Corelli

    Ensemble: Ensemble 415. Conductor: Chiara Banchini.
    • Geminiani: Concerti Grossi - Composes: Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini.
    • Zig Zag Territories.
    • 23-26.
  • George Onslow

    Nonet in A major Op.77 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Initium.
    • Timpani.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Ballade in B major, Op.10 no.4

    Performer: Barry Douglas.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Bernhard Romberg

    Concertino for 2 Cellos in A Major, Op. 72 - III. Rondo. Con allegrezza

    Performer: Bruno Delepelaire. Performer: Stephan Koncz. Orchestra: Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Sony.
  • Mel Bonis

    Suite en forme de valses

    Orchestra: Bucharest Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benoît Fromanger.
    • Chant de Linos.
  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata in A major for violin and piano, D 574, 'Grand Duo'

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Martin Helmchen.
    • Pentatone.
  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhäuser: Die Todesahnung ... O du mein holder Abendstern (Act III)

    Singer: Thomas Hampson. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Fabio Luisi.
    • A Portrait of Thomas Hampson.
    • EMI.
    • 102.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.3 in G major BWV.1048

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 14.
  • Ennio Morricone

    Gabriel's Oboe (The Mission)

    Performer: Joan Whiting. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ennio Morricone.
    • VIRGIN.
  • Claude Debussy

    ¸éê±¹±ð°ù¾±±ð

    Performer: Anne Queffélec.
    • Anne Queffelec: Satie & compagnie.
    • Mirare.
    • 6.
  • Francisco Tárrega

    Gran Vals

    Performer: Fernando Espi.
    • Francisco Tarrega: Obras Para Guitarra.
    • VERSO.
    • 28.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Greensleeves

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • The sound of England.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.
  • Henri Rabaud

    Solo de concours, Op 10

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • Chandos.
  • Arnold Bax

    The Happy Forest

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made In Britain.
    • Avie.
    • 5.
  • Béla Bartók

    Quartet no.4 - Allegretto pizzicato

    Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet.
    • Chandos.
  • Henry Cowell

    Aeolian Harp

    Performer: Alan Feinberg.
    • The American Innovator - Alan Feinberg.
    • ARGO.
    • 4.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Masques et bergamasques

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O nata lux (Lux aeterna)

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Lux.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Richard Reed Parry

    Quartet For Heart And Breath

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Richard Reed Parry: Music for Heart and Breath.
    • DG.
  • Alexander Alexandrovich Alyabiev

    The Nightingale

    Singer: Natalie Dessay. Orchestra: Berlin Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Schønwandt.
    • Vocalises - Natalie Dessay.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Impromptu in B minor, Op.5 no.5

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
  • William Boyce

    Symphony No 5 in D major

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.

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