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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. 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 featured artist this week is pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 10 May 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Bassoon Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jaakko Luoma. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta.
    • Mozart, Winter, Hummel & Rossini: Bassoon Concertos.
    • Ondine.
    • 10.
  • Foday Musa Suso

    Tilliboyo (Sunset)

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Nonesuch.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Chaconne (Pha毛ton, Act 1)

    Ensemble: Caf茅 Zimmermann.
    • Les Grandes Eaux Musicalles de Versailles.
    • Alpha.
    • 1.
  • Arnold Bax

    Winter Legends (3rd & 4th mvts)

    Performer: Ashley Wass. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Bax: Winter Legends: Ashley Wass, Bournemouth SO, James Judd.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    La finta giardiniera (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Mozart: Overtures: Staatskapelle Dresden/Sir Colin Davis.
    • RCA.
    • 8-10.
  • Peter Boyer

    3 Olympians (Aphrodite)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Boyer.
    • Boyer: Symphony No. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Gerald Finzi

    God is gone up (3 Anthems Op.27)

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Trinity Brass Ensemble. Performer: Asher Oliver. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • John Glover

    Spider

    Lyricist: Kelley Rourke. Singer: Sasha Cooke. Performer: Kirill Kuzmin.
    • How Do I Find You.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 501.
  • Johann David Heinichen

    Oboe Concerto in G minor S.237

    Performer: Andreas Helm. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Director: Monica Huggett.
    • Concerti Bizarri.
    • LINN.
    • 8.
  • Franz Liszt

    脡tudes d'ex茅cution transcendante S.139 (no.10 in F ninor)

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • Liszt: Piano Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 210.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Moravian Dances

    Orchestra: Slovensk谩 filharm贸nia. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Janacek - Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 007.
  • Giovanni Battista Bononcini

    Cosi stanco Pellegrino (Crispo)

    Singer: Lawrence Zazzo. Ensemble: La Nuova Musica.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Claude Debussy

    L'isle joyeuse

    Orchestrator: Bernardino Molinari. Orchestra: Lyon Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • Debussy: Orchestral Works, Vol. 5: Markl.
    • Naxos.
  • Edward Elgar

    Nursery Suite (Aubade)

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • Benjamin Britten

    To Daffodils (5 Flower songs Op.47)

    Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir. Conductor: Justin Doyle.
    • Britten: Choral Works.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 109.
  • Frank Bridge

    The Sea (Sea Foam)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral Works: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales/Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • John Ireland

    Prelude (A Downland Suite)

    Ensemble: Cory Band. Conductor: Philip Harper.
    • Doyen.
  • Nicola Matteis

    Ground after the Scotch humour

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jonathan Cohen. Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Performer: Hans-Kristian Kjos Sorensen. Performer: Stephan Rath. Performer: Stephan Maass.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • Meredith Monk

    Ellis Island

    Performer: Ursula Oppens. Performer: Bruce Brubaker.
    • ECM.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D Minor Kk.1

    Music Arranger: Martin Frost. Music Arranger: Roland P枚ntinen. Performer: Martin Frost. Performer: Roland P枚ntinen.
    • SONY.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Alto Saxophone Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: John Harle. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Saxophone Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 110.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Cradle song (Lyric Pieces Op.68 Bk.9)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 118.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Op.65 Bk 8)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 19.
  • Charles Gounod

    Faust (Act 2 Waltz)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.
  • Lloyd Coleman

    Luminescence

    Performer: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • 大象传媒 recording.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in B flat major Op.76 no.4 'Sunrise' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Chiaroscuro Quartet.
    • BIS.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    3 Shanties Op.4 (no.3)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • HELIOS.
  • Ethel Smyth

    The Boatswain's Mate (Overture)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos CHAN 10898.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

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