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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 Performers 鈥 another track from this week's artist in focus, American clarinettist Anthony McGill.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 2 Feb 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mandolin Concerto in C major RV.425 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.
    • Vivaldi: Music for Lute and Mandolin; Paul O'Dette, The Parley of Instruments.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.
  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Prelude to Act III)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Cello or violin sonata in A major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Paris La Belle Epoque: Faure; Franck; Massenet; Saint-Saens.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Gustav Holst

    Saturn, the Bringer of Old Age (The Planets Op.32)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Holst: Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.
  • Aaron Copland

    Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo, No. 1)

    Orchestra: Colorado Symphony. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Bis.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Get Well Rag

    Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 401.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.2 in E flat major K.417

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Jean Sibelius

    This is my song [Finlandia]

    Music Arranger: Blake Morgan. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Decca.
  • John Adams

    Tromba lontana

    Performer: Jonathan Holland. Performer: Wesley Warren. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quintet in E flat major Op.44 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Dora Schwarzberg. Performer: Lucia Hall. Performer: Nobuko Imai. Performer: Mischa Maisky.
    • Schumann: Chamber Works: Martha Argerich.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Amy Beach

    Through the house give glimmering light (3 Shakespeare Choruses)

    Ensemble: Etherea Vocal Ensemble.
    • Hymn to the Dawn.
    • Delos.
    • 403.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin concerto no.10 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2.
    • NAXOS.
    • 6.
  • Edward Elgar

    Organ sonata in G major Op.28 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Christopher Herrick.
    • Meridian.
  • Hannah Peel

    Sunrise through the Dusty Nebula

    Ensemble: Tubular Brass. Conductor: Sandy Smith.
    • My Own Pleasure.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Evening-Watch Op.43 no.1

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Songs of Farewell.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.
  • Constant Lambert

    Invocation to the Moon - Finale (Horoscope)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • ARGO.
  • Peggy Seeger

    The Invisible Woman

    Composer: Neill MacColl. Singer: Peggy Seeger. Performer: Kate St John. Performer: Calum MacColl. Performer: Neill MacColl.
    • First Farewell.
    • Red Grape.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.4 in D major BWV.1069 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Concerto Copenhagen. Conductor: Lars Ulrik Mortensen.
    • J.S. Bach: The Overtures (Original Versions).
    • CPO.
    • 401.
  • Valerie Coleman

    Portraits of Langston (Danse Africaine)

    Ensemble: McGill / McHale Trio.
    • Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet & Piano.
    • Cedille.
    • 204.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Tragic Overture

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Sony.
  • Percy Grainger

    Shallow Brown

    Singer: Lynette Alc谩ntara. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Country Gardiner Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • The music of Percy Grainger: Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.20

    Performer: Jenny Lin.
    • Glass: Complete 脡tudes for Piano.
    • Steinway and Sons.
    • 210.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F D.803 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Performer: Danusha Waskiewicz. Performer: Kristin von der Goltz. Performer: Lorenzo Coppola. Performer: Javier Zafra. Performer: Teunis van der Zwart. Performer: James Munro.
    • Schubert: Oktett.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.
  • Anon.

    Nuttmigs and ginger

    Ensemble: The Dowland Consort. Director: Jakob Lindberg.
    • Heavenly Noyse: Download Consort/Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Violin Concerto in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Orchestra: Russian National Orchestra. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • PentaTone classics.

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