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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 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 another track from our artist in focus this week, tenor Ian Bostridge.

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 30 Mar 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Carl Nielsen

    Maskarade (Overture)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • DECCA.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Vidi Aquam

    Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Spem in alium. Vidi aquam.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 15.
  • Johannes Brahms

    2 Rhapsodies Op.79 (no.1 in B minor)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • DG.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Navarra Op.33

    Performer: Chlo毛 Hanslip. Performer: Mikhail Ovrutsky. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Bruch - Violin Concertos nos. 1 & 3: Sarasate - Navarra.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 7.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andante in F major K.616

    Music Arranger: Michael Hasel. Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bl盲serquintett Berlin.
    • Mozart: Music for Piano and Wind Quintet.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto grosso in D major Op.1`9

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Locatelli: Concerti Grossi, Op. 1.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 19-23.
  • Claude Debussy

    Passepied (Suite bergamasque)

    Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • AVIE.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Ornamental Air (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Collins.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony in G minor Z.730

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Adolfo Berio

    Maria Isabella

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Encore! Katia and Marielle Labeque.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Osvaldo Golijov

    L煤a Descolorida (3 Songs)

    Singer: Ruby Hughes. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.
    • Renewal.
    • BIS.
    • 302.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Wolff.
    • Mendelssohn & Shostakovich: Violin Concertos: Hilary Hahn.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    4 Rhapsodies Op.11 (no.3 in C major)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe.
    • HYPERION.
  • Bill Evans

    I hear a Rhapsody

    Composer: George Fragos. Composer: Jack Baker. Performer: Bill Evans. Performer: Jim Hall.
    • Homework Jazz.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 20.
  • Franz Schubert

    Gretchen am Spinnrade D.118

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.
  • Alonso Lobo

    Versa est in luctum

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Cavatina (Miniatures Op.75a)

    Ensemble: Zemlinsky Quartet.
    • Praga.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Rag-Mazurka (Les Biches Suite)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Forte e lieto a morte andrei (Tamerlano)

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Bernard Labadie.
    • Three Baroque Tenors: Ian Bostridge, Bernard Labadie.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto de Aranjuez (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Ben Glassberg.
    • Aranjuez.
    • Sony.
  • Woldemar Bargiel

    Piano Trio no.1 in F major Op.6 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Leonore Piano Trio.
    • HYPERION.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Virtus Sapiente

    Music Arranger: Marianne Pfau. Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Nocturne in E minor Op.72 no.1

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Chopin, Liszt, Ravel: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Crist贸bal de Morales

    Jubilate Deo omnis terra

    Choir: Contrapunctus. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • Salve, Salve, Salve: Josquin鈥檚 Spanish Legacy.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Hungarian Sketches Sz.97

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Bartok: Miraculous Mandarin (The) (Complete Ballet) / Hungarian Pictures / Dance.
    • Naxos.
    • 18.

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