Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

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 our last pick of a piece given as a gift by its composer.

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

3 hours

Last on

Christmas Eve 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • V铆t臎zslava Kapr谩lov谩

    Pre虂lude de Noe虉l

    Orchestra: University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Kiesler.
    • Kapralova: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Suite for viola and small orchestra - Group 1 (Prelude, Carol & Christmas Dance)

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Vaughan Williams: Suite / Flos Campi.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1-3.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Pastorale

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • Hyperion.
  • Julius Fucik

    奥颈苍迟别谤蝉迟眉谤尘别

    Performer: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: V谩clav Neumann.
    • WARNER APEX.
  • Jule Styne

    Let it snow

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Julian Lage. Performer: Rob Moose. Performer: Michael Aarons. Performer: William Holhouse. Music Arranger: Rob Moose. Singer: Chris Lightcap.
    • Musical Gifts From Joshua Bell and Friends.
    • Sony/Masterworks.
    • 2.
  • Thomas Case Sterndale Bennett

    The Carol Singers

    Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Performer: David Willison.
    • DECCA.
  • Leopold Mozart

    A musical sleigh ride

    Music Arranger: Philip Lane. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • The Night Before Christmas.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christmas Oratorio - Jauchzet, frohlocket arr for cello and piano

    Performer: Marcin Zdunik. Performer: Aleksander D臋bicz.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Der Schneemann (Prelude; Serenade)

    Performer: Heinz Haunold. Orchestrator: Alexander von Zemlinsky. Orchestra: Bruckner Orchestra of Linz. Conductor: Caspar Richter.
    • Korngold Orchestral Music.
    • ASV.
    • 8-9.
  • Franz Liszt

    脡tudes d'ex茅cution transcendante, S.139 (Chasse-neige)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Liszt: Piano Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.
  • Harold Edwin Darke

    In the bleak midwinter

    Performer: Simon Preston. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • ARGO.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade Op.35 (The Young Prince and Princess)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • LAWO.
  • Trad.

    On a cold winter's day

    Performer: Nikolaus Newerkla. Ensemble: Quadriga Consort.
    • On a cold winter's day.
    • Carpe Diem.
    • 12.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah, HWV 56, Part 1: Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

    Conductor: Emmanuelle Ha茂m. Orchestra: Le Concert d鈥橝str茅e.
    • Handel: Messiah, HWV 56.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 113.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Shepherd's Farewell (L' Enfance du Christ)

    Choir: Radiok枚ren. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ.
    • LINN.
    • 9-11.
  • John Rutter

    Shepherd's Pipe Carol

    Ensemble: Prrime Brass.
    • Prime Brass.
  • Pieter Hellendaal

    Concerto Grosso in E flat major, Op 3 No 4 (5th mvt)

    Conductor: Peter Holman. Ensemble: Parley of Instruments.
    • Christmas Music from English Parish Churches and Chapels.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Jarom铆r Weinberger

    Schwanda the Bagpiper (Excerpts): Polka

    Conductor: Karl鈥怘einz Steffens. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz.
    • Weinberger: Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 105.
  • John Foulds

    Bells at Coblentz (Holiday Sketches Op.16)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • J Foulds, Keltic Suite: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra/Corp.
    • Epoch.
    • 10.
  • Anonymous

    Ninna nanna

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.
  • Arnold Bax

    O Dame Get Up and Bake Your Pies

    • My Playlist for Baking.
    • Naxos.
    • 1601.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Birth of Christ (Christus, Op 97)

    Singer: Dorothea Rieger. Singer: Christoph Pr茅gardien. Singer: Johannes-Christoph Happel. Singer: Cornelius Hauptmann. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Kammerchor Stuttgart. Conductor: Frieder Bernius.
    • CARUS.
  • Franz Liszt

    Die Hirten an der Krippe (Weihnachstbaum)

    Performer: Leslie Howard.
    • Liszt Christmas Tree - Via Crucis; Chorales.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Franz Liszt

    Adeste fideles (Weihnachtsbaum)

    Performer: Leslie Howard.
    • Liszt Christmas Tree: Via Crucis; Chorales.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Arthur Benjamin

    Oboe Concerto in C minor on themes of Domenico Cimarosa

    Performer: Heinz Holliger. Orchestra: I Musici.
    • Newton Classics.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Saviour of the World is Born

    Music Arranger: Onyx Brass. Ensemble: Onyx Brass.
    • Canite Tuba, Music for Advent and Christmas.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 9.
  • James Bassi

    Quem pastores laudavere

    Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Advent Calendar.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 112.
  • Sven Helbig

    Bell Sound Falling Like Snow

    Ensemble: Faur茅 Quartett. Orchestra: MDR Sinfonieorchester. Conductor: Kristjan J盲rvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Racing through Stars (Scenes from the Poet's Dreams)

    Performer: Gary Graffman. Ensemble: Lark Quartet.
    • Jennifer Higdon - The Lark Quartet.
    • Bridge.
    • 2.
  • Arnold Bax

    Christmas Eve - tone poem

    Performer: Malcolm Hicks. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • CHANDOS CHAN.

Broadcast

  • Christmas Eve 2021 09:00

Our Classical Century

Our Classical Century

Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.

Time Travellers: the podcast

Time Travellers: the podcast

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.