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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, 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 this week we focus on accordionist Ksenija Sidorova.

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

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Last on

Mon 18 Apr 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Gustav Holst

    A Fugal Overture, Op.40`1

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    April; May (Das Jahr)

    Performer: Lauma Skride.
    • Sony.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Dardanus (Chaconne)

    Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Director: Roy Goodman.
    • Rameau: Ballet Suites: European Union Baroque Orchestra/Goodman.
    • Naxos.
    • 24.
  • Mason Bates

    Alternative Energy (Ford's Farm, 1896)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • CSO Resound.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.83 in G minor H.1.83 'The Hen' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro. Conductor: Maxim Emelyanychev.
    • Haydn: Concertos.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 111.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade in D minor, Op.44 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Bl盲serensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • harmoniemusik; Blaserensemble Sabine Meyer, Beethoven, Mozart, Krommer, Dvorak,.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 4.
  • Jean de Sainte-Colombe

    Concert no.41 'Le Retour'

    Performer: Christophe Coin. Performer: Jordi Savall.
    • Tous les matins du monde (Original soundtrack).
    • Alia Vox.
    • 7.
  • Aaron Copland

    Danz贸n cubano

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Aaron Copland: The World of Aaron Copland.
    • Decca.
    • 18.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite no.1 in G Major BWV.1007 (Allemande)

    Performer: Bruno Philippe.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Love bade me welcome (5 Mystical Songs)

    Singer: Simon Keenlyside. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • The English Song Series 3.
    • NAXOS.
    • 14.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Scherzo fantastique, Op 3

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rimsky: Royal Concertgebouw, Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Clara Schumann

    Le ballet des revenants, Op.5 no.4

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • CHANDOS.
  • John Adams

    Short ride in a fast machine

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Alan Gilbert.
    • The John Adams Edition.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
  • Hans Zimmer

    Cornfield Chase (Interstellar)

    Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Greenaway.
    • Interstellar (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture (Suite) in G major 'Burlesque de Quixotte'

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Decca.
  • Wayne Kemp

    One Piece At A Time

    Performer: Johnny Cash.
    • The Greatest: The Number Ones.
    • Columbia Nashville Legacy.
    • 16.
  • Alexander Mosolov

    The Iron Foundry Op.19

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Decca.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.2 in D major, Op.36 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert; Beethoven; Wagner.
    • Audite.
    • 6.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61)

    Music Arranger: A.Sevast'yan. Performer: Ksenija Sidorova.
    • Fairy Tales.
    • CHAMPS HILL.
    • 15.
  • Trad.

    The Lark in the Clear Air

    Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • Chandos.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Piano Concerto No.4 in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Romain Descharmes. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Marc Soustrot.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Chorale

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan. Director: David Le Page.
    • Timelapse.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1201.
  • Jose Embala

    O Menino [A lullaby]

    Singer: Montserrat Figueras.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Joseph Holbrooke

    Eilean Shona

    Performer: Robert Plane. Performer: Lucy Gould. Performer: Mia Cooper. Performer: David Adams. Performer: Alice Neary.
    • Holbrooke: Clarinet Chamber Music.
    • CPO.
    • 8.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Take a pair of sparkling eyes (The Gondoliers)

    Singer: Richard Lewis. Orchestra: Pro Arte Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Sargent.
    • EMI.
  • Johanna M眉ller-Hermann

    Heroic Overture Op.21

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • 大象传媒 recording.

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