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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 alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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

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

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

1100 Essential Five 鈥 this week we focus on the best versions of the southern Italian dance, the tarantella.

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 23 Sep 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Jacques Ibert

    Valse (Divertissement)

    Orchestra: Orchestre du Conservatoire de Paris. Conductor: Jean Martinon.
    • Ibert: Divertissement / Bizet: Jeux D'Enfants - Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, M.
    • Decca.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in F major K.332 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Antonio Bertali

    Sonata a 13

    Orchestra: Concerto Palatino. Conductor: Konrad Jungh盲nel.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Adolphe Adam

    Ah! vous dirai-je, maman (Le Toreador)

    Singer: Sumi Jo. Singer: John Aler. Singer: Michel Trempont. Orchestra: Orchestra of Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • DECCA.
  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • AVIE.
  • Frank Merrick

    Suite in the 18th Century Style (Siciliano)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • HYPERION.
  • Emile Bernard

    Divertissement Op. 36: 1st mvt; Andante sostenuto - Allegro molto moderato

    Orchestra: c/o chamber orchestra.
    • Divertissement!.
    • BIS.
    • 201.
  • John Blow

    Chaconne in G major

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.
  • Herbert Howells

    Cortege, from Pageantry

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Luisa Miller (Overture)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Verdi: 7 Overtures: NPO, Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Xavier Dubois Foley

    Shelter Island

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Xavier Dubois Foley.
    • DECCA.
  • Trad.

    Suo G芒n

    Music Arranger: Huw Watkins. Singer: Ruby Hughes. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • Songs for New Life and Love.
    • BIS.
    • 20.
  • Pierre Villette

    Hymne 脿 la Vierge

    Choir: Royal Holloway Choir. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • Ad Fontes.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quintet Op 44 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Ensemble: Artemis Quartet.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Berceuse (Dolly Suite, Op.56)

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Bizet, Ravel, Faure: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • Philips.
    • 13.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Variations on a Nursery Song (conclusion)

    Performer: Sir Andr谩s Schiff. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.
  • Charles Ives

    Variations on America

    Orchestrator: William Schuman. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Morton Gould.
    • RCA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue in C major BWV547

    Performer: Michel Chapuis.
    • Bach: L'oeuvre D'orgue 6.
    • NAIVE.
    • 5.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major Op.90 'Italian' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies 1-5.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 04.
  • Frank Bridge

    String Sextet in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Raphael Ensemble.
    • HYPERION.
  • Eyd铆s Evensen & Friends

    The Northern Sky

    • XXIM RECORDS.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in F sharp minor, Op 23 No 1

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • The Rachmaninov Experience.
    • Warner Classics and Jazz.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Violin Concerto no.1 in F sharp minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • DG.
  • John Tavener

    Birthday Sleep

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Giovanni Pacoloni

    Passamezzo della battaglia, transc. for 3 lutes

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg. Performer: Robert Meunier. Performer: Nigel North.
    • BIS.
  • Richard Strauss

    Don Juan

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • LINN.

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  • Thu 23 Sep 2021 09:00

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