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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is British tenor Ian Bostridge. Presented by 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 we spotlight the British tenor Ian Bostridge.

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 31 Mar 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Jacques Ibert

    Divertissement: IV. Valse

    Orchestra: c/o chamber orchestra.
    • Divertissement!.
    • BIS.
    • 104.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Dorilla in Tempo RV.709 (Dell'aura al sussurrar)

    Choir: Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera. Ensemble: I Barocchisti. Conductor: Diego Fasolis.
    • NAIVE.
  • Amy Beach

    3 Morceaux Caracteristiques, Op.28 (Barcarolle)

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild.
  • Aaron Copland

    Billy the Kid - suite: conclusion

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Copland The Populist: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • RCA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet in E flat major K.452 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Robert Levin. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music Chamber Ensemble.
    • Mozart & Beethoven: Fortepiano Quintets.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in F major, Op.46 no.4

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, op.46 and op.72.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.
  • Hannah Peel

    Filming in King's Landing (from Game of Thrones: The Last Watch)

    Performer: Hannah Peel.
    • Game of Thrones: The Last Watch.
    • HBO.
    • 19.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia, Op 26

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Dvo艡谩k: Symphony No. 9, From the New world - Sibelius: Finlandia.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La calunnia (The Barber of Seville)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
    • Bryn Terfel: Bad Boys; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J.S.Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano, Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Naive.
    • 4.
  • John Rutter

    Ukrainian Prayer

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Director: Graham Ross.
  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried's Rhine Journey (G枚tterd盲mmerung)

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Wagner - Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel.
    • 1.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (La fanciulla del West)

    Singer: Piotr Beczala. Orchestra: Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana. Conductor: Marco Boemi.
    • 痴颈苍肠别谤貌!.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 801.
  • Steve Reich

    The Desert Music: fifth movement

    Ensemble: Steve Reich. Choir: Brooklyn Philharmonic Chorus. Orchestra: Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Paul Bunyan, Op. 17: Act 1, Scene 1 - Lumberjacks' Chorus

    Performer: Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series. Performer: Chorus of the Plymouth Music Series. Conductor: Philip Brunelle.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Jerome Moross

    The Big Country (opening titles)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tony Bremner.
    • The Big Country.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 1.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Hipocondrie a 7 in A major

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • DEUTSCHE HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • No毛l Coward

    A Room With a View (This Year of Grace)

    Performer: Jeffrey Tate. Singer: Sophie Daneman. Singer: Ian Bostridge.
    • Coward: The No毛l Coward Songbook.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 94 in G Major, Hob.I:94 - "Surprise"

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Franz Bruggen.
    • Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 94, 95 & 96.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Barbara Thompson

    Saxophone Quartet no.1 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Apollo Saxophone Quartet.
    • CELESTIAL HARMONIES.
  • Florence Price

    Piano Quintet in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • American Quintets.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    The Ruler of the Spirits Op.27

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow.
    • Weber: Overtures.
    • Bis.
    • 1.
  • William Byrd

    Vigilate

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vigilate! Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 9.
  • Hector Berlioz

    R锚verie et caprice

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Fantastique Berlioz ! (Radio Classique).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

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  • Thu 31 Mar 2022 09:00

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