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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 discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

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

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

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

1100 Essential Five – another musical gift, written as a present for a composer's friend.

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 23 Dec 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Frank Bridge

    Sir Roger de Coverley - Christmas Dance

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works Vol. 3: Shelley / ´óÏó´«Ã½ NOW / Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Felix & Fanny Mendelssohn: String Quartets Op. 13 in A minor, Op. 80 in F minor:.
    • Virgin.
    • 8.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Polka in F major (Czech Dances, Book 1)

    Performer: Garrick Ohlsson.
    • Hyperion.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    The Christmas Dream (The Blue Bird)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Anton Rickenbacher.
    • Humperdinck - Fairy-Tale Music.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 2.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E Major RV.270 "Il riposo, per il Santissimo Natale"

    Performer: Fredrik From. Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • Per la notte di Natale: Italian Christmas Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 302.
  • Peter Warlock

    A Cornish Christmas Carol

    Ensemble: Finzi Singers. Conductor: Paul Spicer.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Concerto in D major 'Basle Concerto'

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Rondo in E major

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Benvenuto Cellini (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Noël des jouets

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Hyperion.
  • Marcel Louiguy

    La vie en rose

    Performer: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • Die 12 Cellisten der Berliner Philharmoniker - Recordings 1978-2010.
    • Warner.
    • 9.
  • Leroy Anderson

    A Christmas Festival

    Orchestra: Dallas Winds. Conductor: Jerry Junkin.
    • Horns for the Holidays.
    • Reference Recordings.
    • 8.
  • Philip Ledger

    Still, still, still

    Performer: Jack Wilson. Conductor: Belfast Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Matthew Owens.
    • Resonus Classics.
  • Edward Elgar

    To the children (O children, open your arms) from The Starlight Express, Op.78

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Elgar: The Starlight Express.
    • ARGO.
    • 14.
  • Duke Ellington

    Far East Suite: Bluebird of Delhi

    Orchestra: Duke Ellington Orchestra.
    • BLUEBIRD.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Bluebird pas de deux (Sleeping Beauty)

    Music Arranger: Igor Stravinsky. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • BIS.
  • Alfred Schnittke

    Stille Nacht

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Performer: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • TELDEC.
  • Bob Chilcott

    The Shepherds Sing

    Performer: Tanya Houghton. Singer: Laurie Ashworth. Choir: Commotio. Conductor: Matthew Berry.
    • Naxos.
  • Richard Strauss

    Horn concerto no 1

    Performer: Robert Langbein. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Profil Medien.
  • Michel Corrette

    Noel Symphony No. 6 in A Major

    Ensemble: La Fantasia. Director: Rien Voskuilen.
    • Corrette - Les Six Symphonies de Noël.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 31.
  • Samuel Barber

    Violin Concerto Op.14 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Norrköpings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Daniel Blendulf.
    • Tchaikovsky & Barber: Violin Concertos.
    • BIS.
    • 202.
  • Katherine Davis

    The Little Drummer Boy (arr. for brass band)

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • Chandos.
  • John Hopkins

    We Three Kings

    Music Arranger: Dave Brubeck. Ensemble: The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
    • A Jazz Christmas.
    • Desktop Jukebox.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Fantasy on Christmas Carols (from the film "The Holly and the Ivy")

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Arnold: Film Music, Volume 2: Dyson, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Phil, Gamba.
    • Chandos.
    • 23.

Broadcast

  • Thu 23 Dec 2021 09:00

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