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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of 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 Performers – this week our featured artist is cellist Alban Gerhardt.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 23 Feb 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto [fragment] in D major BWV.1045

    Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 18.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Carnival Waltz, Op.73

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Peter Jablonski.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Lorenzo Allegri

    Canario

    Orchestra: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 16.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Mélodie (Souvenir d'un lieu cher)

    Music Arranger: Alexander Glazunov. Performer: Baiba Skride. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Tchikovsky: Souvenir Russe: Baiba Skride.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Dance (5 Fantasiestucke Op.5)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered.
    • Azica Records.
    • 9.
  • Robert Schumann

    Toccata in C major Op.7

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • PIANO CLASSICS.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Merry Wives of Windsor (Prelude. Dance of Fairies)

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • Sullivan: Incidental Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 301.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro

    Ensemble: Ensemble Wien-Berlin.
    • DG.
  • Andrea Tarrodi

    Lume

    Choir: Allmänna Sången. Conductor: Maria Goundorina.
    • Femina moderna.
    • BIS.
    • 301.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.1 in D major 'Classical'

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Meirion Williams

    Gwynfyd

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Annette Bryn Parri.
    • The Songs of Meirion Williams.
    • Sain.
    • 2.
  • Louis Spohr

    Nonet in F major Op.31 (Finale)

    Ensemble: Ensemble 360.
    • Spohr: Septet and Nonet: Ensemble 360.
    • ASV.
    • 4.
  • François Couperin

    Le Moucheron (Pieces de clavecin - ordre no.6 )

    Performer: Christophe Rousset.
    • Francois Couperin: Deuxieme livre de Pieces de clavecin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 017.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour Op.12

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.
    • Homage: James Ehnes.
    • Onyx.
    • 15.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Locus Iste

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 10 [1597 no.9]

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Energy Flow

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
    • SONY.
  • Henry Mancini

    Moon River

    Performer: Audrey Hepburn.
    • Milan.
  • Anon.

    Cachua

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Villancicos y danzas criollas 1550-1750: Hesperion XXI/Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 10.
  • Géza Allaga

    Concert study in D minor

    Performer: Viktória Herencsár.
    • HUNGAROTON.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Cello Sonata in D minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Gordian Knot Unty'd

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Lera Auerbach

    Postlude

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Performer: Angela Yoffe.
    • BIS.
  • Peteris Vasks

    The Fruit of Silence

    Choir: Latvian Radio Choir. Orchestra: Sinfonietta Rīga. Conductor: Sigvards Kļava.
    • Vasks: Laudate Dominum.
    • Ondine.
    • 5.
  • Jan Antonín Koželuh

    Oboe Concerto in F major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Lost and Found.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Tambourin Chinois Op.3

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.
    • Joshua Bell: The Kreisler Album.
    • Decca.
  • Josef Suk

    String Serenade Op.6 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Dvořák: Symphony No. 8 in G Major, Op. 88 - Suk: Serenade für Streicher, Op. 6.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 204.

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