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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 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 another piece in our selection of music relating to the saints.

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 4 Nov 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Benjamin Britten

    Paul Bunyan (Overture)

    Orchestrator: Colin Matthews. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.
    • Naxos.
  • Franz Liszt

    Transcendental Study in B flat major S.139 no.5

    Performer: Alice Sara Ott.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Graham Fitkin

    Gordon

    Ensemble: Graham Fitkin Band.
    • mcps.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Alcina (Act 2 ballet)

    Orchestra: City of London Baroque Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Handel: Alcina.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 222.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 41 in C major, K 551, 'Jupiter' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Mozart: Essential Symphonies Vol. I: Norrington.
    • Hanssler Classics.
  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    O Domine Jesu Christe

    Ensemble: Stile Antico.
    • Tenebrae Responsories.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 22.
  • Lowell Liebermann

    Frankenstein (Act 1 Sc.5)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Ballet Orchestra. Conductor: Martin West.
    • Lowell Liebermann: Frankenstein, Op. 130 (Live).
    • Reference Recordings.
    • 601.
  • Franz Schubert

    The Shepherd on the Rock

    Performer: Matthias Schorn. Performer: Gerold Huber. Singer: Anna Lucia Richter.
    • Heimweh: Schubert Lieder.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1301.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Rhythm and Colours.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Samuel Barber

    The Monk and his Cat (Hermit Songs)

    Singer: Barbara Bonney. Performer: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Critics' Choice: American Songs.
    • Decca.
    • 27.
  • Leroy Anderson

    The Waltzing Cat

    Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Fennell Conducts Leroy Anderson.
    • Mercury.
    • 03.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Piano Quintet No.2 in C minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Nicholas Angelich. Ensemble: Quatuor 脡b猫ne.
    • Faur茅 Complete chamber music for strings.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 504.
  • Francesca Caccini

    Per la pi霉 vaga e bella (La liberazione di Ruggiero dall'isola d'Alcina)

    Ensemble: La Villanella Basel.
    • O Dulcis Amor.
    • Ramee.
    • 9.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de l鈥橭p茅ra de Lyon. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • EMI.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Magician Tchelio and Fata Morgana (The Love for Three Oranges Suite, Op 33b)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No.5/The Love for 3 Oranges Suite/Scythian Suite - Minneapol.
    • Mercury.
  • Michael Nyman

    Prospero's Magic (Prospero's Books)

    Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Director: Michael Nyman.
    • Prospero's Books.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Overture in E flat major Op.24

    Orchestra: European Soloists, Luxembourg. Conductor: Christoph K枚nig.
    • Farrenc: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cherubic Hymn (Liturgy of St John Chrysostom)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Oboe d'Amore Concerto in A Major, BWV.1055a

    Performer: Marcel Ponseele. Ensemble: Il Gardellino.
    • Bach: Oboe Concertos.
    • Accent.
    • 7-9.
  • Robert Schumann

    Blumenst眉ck, Op 19

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • Christian Ihle Hadland - Piano - Schumann Chopin.
    • Simax.
    • 008.
  • Florence Price

    Organ suite no.1 (Toccato)

    Performer: Kimberly Marshall.
    • GAMUT CLASSICS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    The Four Seasons Recomposed: Winter III

    Composer: Max Richter. Performer: Fenella Humphreys. Orchestra: Covent Garden Sinfonia. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Recomposed by Max Richter.
    • Rubicon.
    • 112.
  • Philippe Geiss

    United Colors of Saxophones (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ellipsos. Orchestra: Nantes Philharmonie. Conductor: Fr茅d茅ric Oster.
    • United Colors.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 109.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Impromptu no.2 in B minor

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Decca.
  • John Ireland

    A London Overture

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Ireland: Orchestral Music: Halle/John Wilson.
    • Halle.
    • 9.

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  • Thu 4 Nov 2021 09:00

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