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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is flautist Emmanuel Pahud. With Georgia Mann.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of 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 flautist Emmanuel Pahud is in the spotlight this week.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 16 Mar 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Gondoliers (Overture)

    Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 9.
  • Clara Schumann

    Gondoliera (3 Part-Songs)

    Ensemble: Studio Vocale Karlsruhe. Conductor: Werner Pfaff.
    • EBS RECORDS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (Cantata no.35 'Geist und Seele wird verwirret')

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Director: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Bach: Sinfonia: Accademia Bizantina/Ottavio Dantone.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Musicales Actes Sud.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Violin Sonata in B flat, K454 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • Mozart: Sonatas for Fortepiano & Violin, Vol. 3.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 108.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse Triste (Kuolema Op.44)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲.
    • BIS.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Splendid Wood

    Ensemble: New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble.
    • American Music for Percussion, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La forza del destino (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Claudio Abbado: Verdi Overtures.
    • RCA.
    • 3.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Prelude (5 Fantasiestucke Op.5)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.
  • George Butterworth

    The lads in their hundreds (A Shropshire Lad)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • George Butterworth, Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Williams / Burnside.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Lute Concerto in D major RV.93

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg. Performer: Nils鈥怑rik Sparf. Performer: Tullo Galli. Ensemble: Drottningholms Barockensemble.
    • BIS.
  • Claude Debussy

    L'isle joyeuse

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 2: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.
  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Etudes Book 2)

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Anonymous

    Hey Ho, The Wind And The Rain

    Librettist: William Shakespeare. Choir: The Scholars.
    • Twin Best Now / Home Sweet Home / Britih Folk Songs.
    • EMI MUSIC JAPAN INC..
    • 38.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    My Name Is John Wellington Wells (The Sorcerer)

    Singer: Peter Pratt. Orchestra: New Symphony Orchestra of London. Conductor: Isidore Godfrey.
    • Gilbert & Sullivan: Highlights & Overtures - The Essential Collection (Digitally.
    • AVID Entertainment.
    • 27.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Danse Macabre Op.40

    Performer: Andr茅s C谩rdenes. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony/Tone Poems: Pittsburgh Symphony/Maazel.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A major D.664 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonatas, D. 960 & D. 664.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.
  • Alexandre Desplat

    The Grand Budapest Hotel

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Florentino Calvo. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Alexandre Desplat.
    • Airlines.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G minor (4th mvt)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Sony Classical.
  • William Byrd

    Sing joyfully unto God

    Choir: Odyssean Ensemble. Conductor: Colm Carey.
    • Linn Records.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Carnival Overture Op.92

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Dvorak: Symphony No.9 in E minor Op.95 "New World", Carnival Overture Op.92: Oza.
    • Pentatone.
    • 5.
  • Daniel Muck

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Karl Eichinger. Orchestra: Brno Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Caspar Richter.
    • Rhapsody in Blue.
    • Gramola Records.
    • 6.
  • Henry Purcell

    How blest are shepherds (King Arthur)

    Singer: Paul Elliott. Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • ERATO.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    3 Nocturnes Op.15 (no.2 in F sharp major)

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Florence Price

    Violin Concerto no.1 in D Major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Er-Gene Kahng. Orchestra: Jan谩膷kova filharmonie Ostrava. Conductor: Ryan Cockerham.
    • Florence Price: Violin Concertos.
    • Albany Records.
    • 2.

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  • Wed 16 Mar 2022 09:00

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