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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is legendary American trumpet player Wynton Marsalis. With Georgia Mann.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

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 this week our artist in focus is trumpet player Wynton Marsalis.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 1 Mar 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Grande Valse Brillante in E flat major Op.18

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Chopin: Complete Waltzes.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Creatures of Prometheus (Overture)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    Il Ritorno

    Ensemble: Fieri Consort.
    • Virtuosa of Venice.
    • Fieri.
    • 07.
  • Claude Debussy

    Ronde de printemps (Images)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Images, Jeux, La plus que lente.
    • SFSMedia.
    • 5.
  • Franz Schubert

    Rondo in A major D.951

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires. Performer: Ricardo Castro.
    • Schubert: Music for Piano Four Hands: Maria Joao Pires, Ricardo Castro.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (1st mvt)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Orchestra: Orquestra Simf貌nica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Eije Oue.
    • Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Amy Beach

    Symphony in E minor 'Gaelic', Op.32 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn.
    • NAXOS.
  • Traditional Welsh

    Llwyn Onn [Ash Grove]

    Performer: Llio Rhydderch.
    • Enlli.
    • Fflach Tradd.
    • 7.
  • Henry Purcell

    Strike the viol (Come ye sons of art)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Director: Stefano Montanari.
    • Decca.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.13 in C major K.415 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The sun, whose rays are all ablaze (The Mikado)

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Barbara Hendricks: Operetta Arias & Duets.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Fountains of Rome

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    To Daffodils (Songs of Springtime)

    Choir: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • My Spirit Sang All Day.
    • EMI.
    • 022.
  • Thomas Hewitt Jones

    Under Milk Wood - Waltz

    Ensemble: Court Lane Ensemble. Director: Thomas Hewitt Jones.
    • Court Lane Music.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Spring Fairy (Cinderella, Op.87)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
  • George Gershwin

    Sing of Spring

    Choir: The Gents. Conductor: B茅ni Csillag.
    • Gershwin: Works.
    • Channel Classics Records.
    • 4.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Spring 3 (The Four Seasons Recomposed)

    Music Arranger: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Konzerthaus Kammerorchester Berlin. Conductor: Andr茅 de Ridder.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in C major TWV.55:C3 'Hamburger Ebbe und Fluth'

    Ensemble: Zefiro.
    • Ambroisie.
  • Wynton Marsalis

    Blues Symphony (Southwestern Shakedown)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru.
    • Blues Symphony.
    • Blue Engine Records.
    • 4.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto no.1 in D major Op.17 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Romain Descharmes. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Marc Soustrot.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • John Wilbye

    Sweet hony-sucking bees

    Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • English and Italian Renaissance Madrigals.
    • Virgin.
    • 7-8.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Bucharian Melody

    Performer: Nicola Sweeney. Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1601.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Mysterium

    Ensemble: Emory Symphonic Winds. Conductor: Scott A. Stewart.
    • In the World of Spirits.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique (A Ball)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique: Jansons.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Le rossignol-en-amour (Pieces de clavecin - ordre 14)

    Music Arranger: Lucie Horsch. Performer: Lucie Horsch. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • Decca.
  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring Suite for Orchestra

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

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