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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 in the week leading up to Christmas, we feature five pieces written as gifts.

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

3 hours

Last on

Mon 20 Dec 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Or let the merry bells ring round (L'Allegro, il penseroso, ed il moderato)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Choir: Bach Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: David Hill.
    • BIS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony no.4 in E minor Op.98 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Reference Recordings.
  • Ernest Seitz

    The World is Waiting for the Sunrise

    Ensemble: The Julian Bliss Septet.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Gerald Barry

    Alice's Adventures Under Ground (opening)

    Singer: Claudia Boyle. Singer: Gavan Ring. Singer: Peter Tantsits. Singer: Stephen Richardson. Singer: Alan Ewing. Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder.
    • Gerald Barry: Alice's Adventures Under Ground.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1-3.
  • Zez Confrey

    Dizzy Fingers

    Performer: Piers Lane.
    • HYPERION.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Peace on earth

    Performer: D贸nal McCann. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Singer: George Hill. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D minor RV.565, Op.3`11

    Performer: Georg Kallweit. Performer: Elfa R煤n Kristinsd贸ttir. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Director: Georg Kallweit.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Piano Trio in D minor, Op.120 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Performer: Akira Eguchi. Performer: Brinton Smith.
    • Canary Classics.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Dance of the Comedians)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.
    • Little Pearls of Czech Classics: Czech Philharmonic Orch/Neumann.
    • Supraphon.
    • 7.
  • Gerald Barry

    CLIP: Alice's Adventures Under Ground (opening)

    Singer: Claudia Boyle. Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder.
    • Gerald Barry: Alice's Adventures Under Ground.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1-3.
  • Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier

    4 No毛ls sur les instruments H.531, 534

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Christmas Concertos.
    • Archiv.
    • 1-4.
  • Grigoras Dinicu

    Hora staccato

    Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Performer: Victor Koptchinsky.
    • Rapsodia: Patricia Kopatchinskaja.
    • Naive.
    • 18.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C major H.16.1

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Trad.

    Bella Ciao

    Ensemble: The Swingle Singers.
    • Around the World - A Folk Song Collection.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Capriccio espagnol, Op 34

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Capricco Espagnol: Mackerras.
    • Telarc.
    • 5.
  • Judith Weir

    Drop down ye heavens from above

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • Advent at Merton: Choir of Merton College, Oxford.
    • Delphian.
    • 5.
  • Thomas Ad猫s

    The Tempest: "Five Fathoms deep"

    Singer: Cyndia Sieden. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • Thomas Ades: The Tempest.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Joby Talbot

    The Cheshire Cat (Suite from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Joby Talbot

    The Mad Hatter's Tea Party (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • Signum.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Pianists (Carnival of the Animals)

    Conductor: Andr茅 Previn. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
    • Philips.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Der H枚lle Rache (The Magic Flute)

    Singer: Sumi Jo. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • DECCA.
  • Megan Underhill

    Love came down at Christmas

    Music Arranger: Ken Burton. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Caroline Jaya-Ratnam. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Helena Davis

    Helena Davis arr. Ken Burton: Love came down at Christmas

    Performer: Caroline Jaya-Ratnam. Music Arranger: Ken Burton. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Stephanie Spragg

    Love came down at Christmas

    Music Arranger: Ken Burton. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Caroline Jaya-Ratnam. Conductor: Owain Park.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces - book 8 Op.65)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Leif Ove Andsnes: Ballad for Edvard Grieg.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Traditional Albanian

    Kenga e Krushqve

    Performer: Steven McIntyre. Music Arranger: James MacMillan.
    • LINN.
  • Franz Liszt

    Petrarch Sonnets: No 2 Benedetto sia 'l giorno

    Performer: Cyprien Katsaris. Singer: Margaret Price.
    • TELDEC.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony no. 2 Op.16 'The Four temperaments' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • BIS.
  • Graham Ross

    Lullay, my liking

    Performer: Tanya Houghton. Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 1 in C Minor (3rd mvt - 1829 London version)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 1, Symphony No. 4 "Italian".
    • LSO LIVE.
    • 3.
  • John Dowland

    A Dream

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Nocturnal.
    • BIS.
    • 15.
  • Benjamin Britten

    A Boy was Born, Op 3 (conclusion)

    Choir: Holst Singers. Choir: Choristers of St. Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

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