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Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music and the first of Kate Romano's five sketches of Vaughan Williams's life and music. Presented by Georgia Mann.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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 Vaughan Williams Snapshot 鈥 this week Kate Romano offers us five sketches of Ralph Vaughan Williams, taking a sideways glance at the great composer's life and music.

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

3 hours

Last on

Mon 23 May 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Andr茅鈥怑rnest鈥怣odeste Gr茅try

    Le tableau parlant (Overture)

    Ensemble: Les Paladins. Conductor: J茅r么me Corr茅as.
    • Le Triomphe de L'amour.
    • Naive.
    • 10.
  • Hermeto Pascoal

    Nehum Talvez

    Performer: Misha Mullov-Abbado. Performer: Rob Luft. Performer: Corrie Dick. Performer: Maxxi Soundsystem.
    • 大象传媒 New Generation Artists recording.
  • John Dunstable

    Quam pulchra es

    Ensemble: La Reverdie.
    • ARCANAN.
  • Amy Beach

    From Blackbird Hills Op.83

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Amy Beach: Piano Music Volume 3.
    • GUILD.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D Major, K. 136 "Salzburg Symphony No. 1"

    Orchestra: Camerata Nordica. Director: Terje T酶nnesen.
    • Mozart: Serenata notturna, 3 Divertimenti & Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
    • BIS.
    • 10-12.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto no.2 in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos: Hough/Dallas Symphony Orch/Litton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Rachel Portman

    The First Morning of the World

    Performer: Joyce DiDonato.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Primavera Portena (Las Cuatro estaciones portenas)

    Ensemble: ESCUALO5.
    • Piazzolla: Tango Works.
    • BIS.
    • 1.
  • Rutland Boughton

    String Quartet in F major (Song of the Hills)

    Ensemble: Rasumovsky Quartet.
    • Rutland Boughton String Quartets: Sarah Francis.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Stanislao Gastaldon

    Musica proibita

    Composer: Stanislaus Gastaldon. Singer: Giuseppe Di Stefano. Performer: Unnamed pianist.
    • Bongiovanni.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet - suite no.1 (The balcony scene)

    Composer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Prokofiev: The Symphonies.
    • BIS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D major RV.221

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Avie.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    To the Blackbird (26 Welsh Songs, WoO.155)

    Singer: Christopher Maltman. Performer: Marieke Blankenstun. Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Performer: Ursula Smith.
    • Beethoven: Folksong Settings.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 13.
  • Samuel Barber

    4 Excursions Op.20 (no.3)

    Performer: Leon McCawley.
    • Barber: Piano Music: Leon McCawley.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Libby Larsen

    My 脕ntonia (Landscape III - Prairie Song)

    Singer: Ann Tedards. Performer: Marva Duerksen.
    • MSR.
  • John Barry

    Ride to Fort Hayes (Dances with Wolves)

    Orchestra: Unknown. Conductor: John Barry.
    • Dances with Wolves - original motion picture soundtrack).
    • EPIC.
    • 2.
  • Harry Warren

    Pasadena

    Ensemble: The Temperance Seven.
    • The Very Best Of The Temperance Seven.
    • Parlophone UK.
    • 3.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon 脿 10, S.137

    Performer: London Symphony Brass. Conductor: Eric Crees.
    • Gabrieli: Music for Brass Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Trad.

    Bushes And Briars

    Performer: Geoff Smedley.
    • Love Is Mine.
    • Cherry Red Records.
    • 7.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Turtle Dove (extract)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Songs of Farewell.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 701.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    As I walked over London Bridge (6 studies in English Folk Song) (extract)

    Performer: Matthew Trusler. Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Conductor: Iain Burnside.
    • Albion Records.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Folk songs from Somerset (English Folk Song Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • Holst/Vaughan Williams: British Wind Band Classics: Timothy Reynish.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.
  • David Reilly

    Aviator

    Performer: Tommy Reilly. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Orchestra.
    • Serenade: Tommy Reilly/Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Quartet concertant in B flat major Op.15 No.6 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 601.
  • Clara Schumann

    An einem lichten Morgen (6 Songs from Jucunde Op.23)

    Singer: Alessandro Fisher. Performer: Ashok Gupta.
    • 大象传媒 New Generation Artists recording.
  • Clara Schumann

    Auf einem grunen Hugel (6 Songs from Jucunde Op.23)

    Singer: Alessandro Fisher. Performer: Ashok Gupta.
    • 大象传媒 New Generation Artists recording.
  • Josef Myslivecek

    Wind Octet no.2 in E flat major

    Ensemble: Budapester Bl盲serensemble.
    • Hungaroton.
  • Arooj Aftab

    Saans Lo

    Composer: Annie Ali Khan. Lyricist: Arooj Aftab. Lyricist: Annie Ali Khan.
    • Vulture Prince.
    • Arooj Aftab Profit Split.
    • 6.
  • Edward Elgar

    La capricieuse, Op.17

    Orchestrator: S酶ren Barfoed. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto: Sol Gambetta.
    • RCA.
    • 7.
  • William Byrd

    Laudibus in sanctis

    Choir: Choir of New College Oxford. Director: Edward Higginbottom.
    • Cantiones Sacrae.
    • CRD.
    • 01.
  • Georges Bizet

    Symphony in C major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Mirare.

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  • Mon 23 May 2022 09:00

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