Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performers are the Ebene Quartet. 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 our final track this week from artists in focus, the Ebene Quartet.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 15 Apr 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    L'Inganno Felice (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin

    Study No 9 in F minor after Rossini (12 Studies in all the minor keys)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Hamelin: Etudes, Con Intimissimo Sentimento, Cathy's Variations, Marc-Andre Hame.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Pilgrim Song (Op. 59: No. 20)

    Performer: Alessio Pianelli. Orchestra: Avos Chamber Orchestra.
    • A Sicilian Traveller.
    • Rubicon.
    • 113.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Meditations on a Theme by John Blow (Lambs)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Bliss: Meditations on a Theme by John Blow.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Thomas Canning

    Fantasy on a hymn tune by Justin Morgan

    Orchestra: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.
    • American Dreams.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    String Quartet no.1 in E minor 'From my life' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
  • Ant么nio Carlos Jobim

    No More Blues

    Composer: Misha Mullov-Abbado. Performer: Misha Mullov-Abbado. Performer: James Davison.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Capriccio Brillante in B minor, Op.22

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Violin Sonata in G Minor, H. 542.5 (Attrib. J.S. Bach's BWV 1020) [Arr. T. Hopps

    Music Arranger: Tilman Hoppstock.
    • Ex aequo.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse-Scherzo in C major Op.34

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto etc..
    • Onyx.
    • 5.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Jesus liegt in letzten Z眉gen, TWV 1:983: III. Mein liebster Heiland

    • Bach & Telemann: Sacred Cantatas.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 19.
  • George Lloyd

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: George Lloyd.
    • George Lloyd: Symphony No.5: 大象传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra/Lloyd.
    • Albany.
  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Signum.
  • Carlo Domeniconi

    Koyunbaba: Part 4

    • The Guitarist.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Hugh Roberton

    All In The April Evening

    Performer: Glasgow Orpheus Choir.
    • MOIDART.
  • Michael Nyman

    Chasing Sheep is Best Left to Shepherds (The Draughtsman's Contract)

    Performer: Valentina Lisitsa.
    • Valentina Lisitsa - Chasing Pianos.
    • Decca.
    • 13.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 1.
  • Jehan Alain

    Litanies

    Performer: Marie鈥怌laire Alain.
  • Trad.

    Arpeggiata addio

    Singer: Arianna Savall. Ensemble: Rolf Lislevand.
    • ECM New Series.
  • 罢谤盲诲

    Misirlou (from "Pulp Fiction")

    Composer: Fred Wise. Composer: Milton Leeds. Composer: Nicholas Roubanis. Composer: Bob Russell.
    • Fiction.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.92 in G major 'Oxford' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ren茅 Jacobs.
    • Haydn - Symphonies Nos. 91 & 92: Rene Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade in D minor, Op.44 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Bl盲serensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • Dvorak/Myslivecek: Blaserserenaden: Blaserensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Hans Zimmer

    Aurora

    • Peaceful Choir - New Sound of Choral Music.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 17.
  • George Gershwin

    Lullaby

    Performer: Alexander String Quartet.
    • Foghorn.
  • Michael Abels

    Winged Creatures

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Performer: Demarre McGill. Orchestra: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Allen Tinkham.
    • Winged Creatures.
    • Cedille.
    • 101.

Broadcast

  • Fri 15 Apr 2022 09:00

Our Classical Century

Our Classical Century

Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.

Time Travellers: the podcast

Time Travellers: the podcast

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.