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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 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 we dip into the discography of 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

Wed 9 Mar 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    The Indian Queen (Trumpet Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • L鈥橭ISEAU LYRE.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    The Lone Forest Maiden (Forest Scenes)

    Performer: Waka Hasegawa.
    • Undiscovered Piano Works.
    • Metropolis Group.
    • 10.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A major K.581 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in Major, K. 581 - Weber: Clarinet Quintet in B-Flat Ma.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 203.
  • Eric Coates

    The Three Bears

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Symphonic Eric Coates.
    • Chandos.
    • 003.
  • William Lawes

    Royall consort suite no. 8 in C major

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny. Ensemble: Phantasm. Director: Laurence Dreyfus.
    • LINN.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor Op.37 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Ronald Brautigam. Orchestra: Norrk枚pings Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3: Brautigam.
    • BIS.
    • 4.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Alma Redemptoris Mater

    Choir: Choir of Merton College, Oxford. Conductor: Benjamin Nicholas.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    O Soave Fanciulla (La Boh猫me)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Kristine Opolais. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Sony.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major, Op.35 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • The Silver Violin: Nicola Benedetti.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne)

    Singer: Robin Blaze. Performer: David Blackadder. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Handel: Coronation Anthems: Choir of King's College Cambridge/Cleobury.
    • EMI.
    • 16.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Le carnaval romain

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • H. Berlioz: Symphonie Fantastique etc. :Jansons.
    • EMI.
    • 11.
  • Philip Glass

    Mad Rush

    Music Arranger: Not specified. Performer: Thibault Cauvin. Performer: Ad茅la茂de Ferri猫re.
    • Sony.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Wild Bears (The Wand of Youth Suite No 2)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites No.1 & 2: New Zealand SO/Judd.
    • Naxos.
    • 13.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    脡tudes-Tableaux Op. 39 No. 6 in A Minor

    Performer: Jean鈥怭hilippe Collard.
    • Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - 脡tudes-tableux - Piano Sonata No..
    • Warner Classics.
    • 206.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Evening Prayer (H盲nsel und Gretel)

    Singer: Rebecca Evans. Singer: Jennifer Larmore. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.
  • Leroy Anderson

    Goldilocks (Overture)

    Lyricist: Joan Ford. Lyricist: Walter Kerr. Lyricist: Jean Kerr. Orchestra: Goldilocks Orchestra. Conductor: Lehman Engel.
    • Goldilocks (Original Broadway Cast Recording).
    • Masterworks Broadway.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G Op.3`3

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • King Henry VIII of England

    Pastyme with good companye

    Choir: I Fagiolini. Ensemble: Forbury Consort. Director: Robert Hollingworth.
    • CANTORIS.
  • James P. Johnson

    Victory Stride

    Orchestra: The Concordia Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Nimbus.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no. 12 in E major H.1.12

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • ALPHA.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Clarinet Sonata in E flat major Op.120`2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Solveig's Song (Peer Gynt Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ole Kristian Ruud.
    • Grieg: Orchestral Music: Ruud.
    • BIS.
  • Jenny McLeod

    Rock Concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Eugene Albulescu. Conductor: Uwe Grodd. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
    • McLeod: The Emperor and the Nightingale.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite no.1 in G major BWV.1007 (Allemande)

    Music Arranger: Not credited. Performer: 脕ngel Romero.
    • Angel Romero plays Bach: Transcriptions for guitar.
    • Telarc.
    • 2.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony no.4 Op.29 'The Inextinguishable' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5; Sir Colin Davis, LSO.
    • LSO Live.
    • 4.

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