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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is accordionist Ksenija Sidorova. 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 our final track from this week's artist in focus accordionist Ksenija Sidorova.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 22 Apr 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Yo Soy Maria (Maria de Buenos Aires)

    Performer: Alexander Sitkovetsky. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Performer: Claudio Constantini.
    • Alpha.
  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    Tu es Petrus

    Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.
    • Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Carl Heinrich Graun

    L'empio rigor del fato (Rodelinda, regina de' langobardi)

    Singer: Jeanine De Bique. Orchestra: Concerto K枚ln. Director: Luca Quintavalle.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Tina Davidson

    Blue Curve of the Earth

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Performer: Cory Smythe.
    • DG.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (Finale)

    Orchestra: DR UnderholdningsOrkestret. Conductor: 8 Bit.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Marin Marais

    Le Badinage (4th Book of Pieces for Viol, No 33)

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Rolf Lislevand.
    • Tous les matins du monde (Bande originale du film).
    • Aliavox.
    • 13.
  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer - 3 symphonic sketches for orchestra: no.3; Dialogue du vent et de la mer

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Musicales Actes Sud.
  • Carlo Monza

    String Quartet in C major 'The Rival Lovers'

    Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Naive.
  • Hubert Parry

    There is an Old Belief (Songs of Farewell, No 4)

    Conductor: Harry Christophers. Ensemble: The Sixteen.
    • An Old Belief.
    • CORO.
    • 13.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony No 3 in G Minor, Op 36 (2nd mvt)

    Conductor: Christoph K枚nig. Orchestra: European Soloists, Luxembourg.
    • Farrenc: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • Liza Lehmann

    Stars (The Daisy Chain)

    Performer: Steuart Bedford. Singer: Toby Spence.
    • NAXOS.
  • Christoph Graupner

    Recorder Concerto in F Major, GWV 323

    Performer: Thomas Triesschijn. Ensemble: The Counterpoints XL.
    • Challenge Classics.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in C major, Op 24 No 2

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Mazurkas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18.
  • Rachel Portman

    The First Morning of the World

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • EDEN.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Haydn

    The heavens are telling (The Creation)

    Singer: Sarah Tynan. Singer: Jeremy Ovenden. Singer: Matthew Brook. Ensemble: Handel and Haydn Society. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Anna Meredith

    moonmoons

    Performer: Anna Meredith. Performer: Maddie Cutter.
    • Fibs.
    • Moshi Moshi Records.
    • 6.
  • Louis Armstrong

    What A Wonderful World

    • Can莽玫es de Natal.
    • Parlophone Portugal.
    • 19.
  • Adolphus Hailstork

    Theme and Variations 1 and 5 on 'Draw the Sacred Circle Closer'

    Performer: Kristen Yeon-Ji Yun.
    • MSR Classics.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E Flat Major, Op 47 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christophe Gaugu茅. Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Robert Schumann: Complete Piano Trios, Quartet & Quintet.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 103.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Concerto for bandoneon and orchestra, 'Aconcagua' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Ksenija Sidorova. Orchestra: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.
    • ALPHA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet in E flat major K407 for horn and strings (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Felix Klieser. Ensemble: Zemlinsky Quartet.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    The Noonday Witch, Op 108

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Orlande de Lassus

    La nuit froide et sombre (arr for string quartet)

    Music Arranger: Sini Simonen. Ensemble: Castalian String Quartet.
    • Delphian.
  • Orlande de Lassus

    Toutes Les Nuitz

    Ensemble: The King鈥檚 Singers.
    • Romance Du Soir.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 8.
  • John Dowland

    Come, heavy sleep (arr for string quartet)

    Music Arranger: Sini Simonen. Ensemble: Castalian String Quartet.
    • Delphian.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Sonata in D major WoO.4 for trumpet, 2 violins and continuo

    Performer: H氓kan Hardenberger. Ensemble: I Musici.
    • Decca.
  • John Field

    Nocturne No 3 in A flat major

    Performer: Elizabeth Joy Roe.
    • DECCA.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Violin Concerto in E Minor Op.64 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto - Symphony No. 5 & The Hebrides.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.

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  • Fri 22 Apr 2022 09:00

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