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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is conductor Marin Alsop. With Georgia Mann.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

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 a final piece from our featured artist this week, conductor Marin Alsop.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 11 Mar 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Fracanapa

    Ensemble: ESCUALO5.
    • Piazzolla: Tango Works.
    • BIS.
    • 108.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Pavane, Op.50 arr McFerrin for voice and orchestra.

    Singer: Bobby McFerrin. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Nicola Porpora

    Cello Concerto in G major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Oph茅lie Gaillard. Ensemble: Pulcinella.
    • Aparte.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Clear and gentle stream (7 Part songs, Op 17, No 4)

    Conductor: Christopher Robinson. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge.
    • A Finzi Anthology.
    • Naxos.
    • 704.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor, Op.13 'Pathetique' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Franz Leh谩r

    A vision, My Youth

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klauspeter Seibel.
    • CPO.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Danse of the Floreadores (Waltz of the Flowers)

    Composer: Duke Ellington. Composer: Billy Strayhorn. Director: Duke Ellington.
    • Three Suites.
    • Columbia Jazz Masterpieces.
    • 8.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Sextet No 2 in G major, Op 36 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • ALPHA.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Il Pastor Fido (Overture)

    Performer: Francesco Corti.
    • Arcana.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Fly Forward (Violin Concerto, 3rd mvt)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto; Hilary Hahn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Henri Duparc

    Extase

    Performer: Jan Philip Schulze. Singer: Olivia Vermeulen.
    • Challenge Classics.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in E flat major Op.2`11 (complete)

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
    • Arcangelo Corelli Opus 2 and 4: Chamber Sonatas.
    • Linn.
    • 38-40.
  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg

    Cello Concertino, Op 43 bis (3rd and 4th mvts)

    Performer: Pieter Wispelwey. Ensemble: Les M茅tamorphoses. Conductor: Rapha毛l Feye.
    • Evil Penguin.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle

    Performer: Julius Drake. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
    • Schubert: Lieder: Bostridge, Drake.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Thomas Campion

    Never weather-beaten sail

    Choir: Stile Antico.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Franz Liszt

    Ann茅es de p猫lerinage, S.160 'Suisse' (Au bord d'une source)

    Performer: Francesco Piemontesi.
    • Liszt: Ann茅es de p猫lerinage I, S. 160 "Suisse" & L茅gende No. 2.
    • Orfeo.
  • Jerome Kern

    Ol' Man River (Show Boat)

    Singer: Paul Robeson.
    • EMI.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (M谩 vlast)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Horn Concerto, Op 58 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lee Reynolds.
    • Willowhayne Records.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No 9 in E Minor, Op 95 "From the New World" (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Symphony No. 9 & Symphonic Variations (Live).
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Sonata a 4 without harpsichord, No 4 in D minor

    Ensemble: Les Recreations.
    • RICERCAR.
  • Jessie Montgomery

    Coincident Dances

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Mei-Ann Chen.
    • Project W: Works by Diverse Women Composers.
    • Cedille.
    • 301.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Partita no 2 in D minor, BWV1004 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Leonidas Kavakos.
    • SONY.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.2 in C minor "Resurrection" (4th mvt)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mahler: Symphony no.2: Auger/Baker/CBSO/Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in C major for piano duet, K 521 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christoph Eschenbach. Performer: Justus Frantz.
    • Mozart: Music for Piano Duet: Justus Frantz, Christoph Eschenbach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E flat major RV.253 'La Tempesta di Mare'

    Performer: Patricia Kopatchinskaja. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Alpha.

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