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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 our second pick of Shostakovich's music this week.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 14 Dec 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

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

    Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori. Conductor: Martin Gester.
    • Telemann: Ouvertures Pittoresques.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Romanian Christmas carols Sz.57

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • Philips.
  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Deus est Caritas

    Choir: Ex Cathedra. Performer: Rupert Jeffcoat. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Signum Classics.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Thieving Magpie (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini OverturesThe Chamber Orchestra Of Europe.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 7.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Little Suite for Brass Band no.1 Op.80

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • SONY.
  • Frank Bridge

    Cradle Song, H.96

    Performer: Tom Poster. Performer: Elena Urioste.
    • Chandos.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • Ravel/Debussy: Sonata/Pavane/Chansons de Bilitis: Ensemble Wien-Berlin/Deneuve.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Adagio

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade no.1 in G minor Op.23

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Bob Chilcott

    On Christmas Night: 3. A Spotless Rose

    Performer: Alice James. Performer: Tim Elton. Performer: Tanya Houghton. Performer: Richard Pearce. Choir: Commotio. Conductor: Matthew Berry.
    • The in the Middle of Winter; carols by Bob Chilcott.
    • Naxos.
    • 010.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Horn Concerto no.1 in D major H.7d.3 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Before Mozart: Early Horn Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 501.
  • Takashi Yoshimatsu

    Dream Coloured Mobile II, Op.58a

    Performer: Joe Houghton. Performer: Kate Wilson. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.
    • Chandos.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Yeomen of the guard.......opera: Act 2 no.2; Oh! A private buffoon....

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Singer: Thomas Allen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Philips.
  • Olivier Messiaen

    Le Merle noir for flute and piano

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • WARNER.
  • Mikl贸s R贸zsa

    The Love of the Princess (The Thief of Baghdad)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Louis鈥怌laude Daquin

    Le coucou (Harpsichord Suite no.3 in E minor)

    Performer: Sophie Yates.
    • La Sophie: Sophie Yates.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Ron Goodwin

    Where Eagles Dare (main theme)

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic.
    • The Film Music of Ron Goodwin.
    • Chandos.
    • 022.
  • Gabriela Montero

    Improvisation on Vivaldi's Winter

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • EMI.
  • Hugo Wolf

    Italian Serenade

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Jukka鈥怭ekka Saraste.
    • Hyperion.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Chau Paris

    Music Arranger: Claudio Constantini. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Performer: Roberto Koch. Performer: Claudio Constantini.
    • Piazzolla Reflections.
    • Alpha.
    • 1.
  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto Grosso in F Minor Op.1`8 'Christmas concerto'

    Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • Per la notte di Natale: Italian Christmas Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 501.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma.
    • J. S. Bach, The Cello Suites: Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Advent Calendar.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Traditional Irish

    Sheep under the Snow - Apples in Winter - Little Christmas Reel

    Composer: Traditional Manx. Performer: Susanna Perry Gilmore. Ensemble: Apollo鈥檚 Fire. Director: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • Christmas On Sugarloaf Mountain.
    • AVIE.
    • 3.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Keyboard Sonata in F minor Kk.386

    Performer: Elisabeth Brauss.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker: Act I - Dance of the snowflakes

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Choir: Libera. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

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