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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music and the third 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 the third of Kate Romano's five sketches of Ralph Vaughan Williams, offering 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

Wed 25 May 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Nicola Porpora

    Carlo il Calvo (Overture)

    Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • El Maestro - Farinelli.
    • Archiv.
    • 2.
  • Eva Saether

    贵补蝉迟盲苍

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • ECM.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D major, Op.23 no.4

    Performer: Alessio Bax.
    • Rachmaninov: Preludes & Melodies: Bax.
    • Signum.
    • 4.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les Biches (Ouverture)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.
    • Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring - Poulenc: Les Biches.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 201.
  • John Harle

    The Interpretation of Dreams

    Performer: John Harle. Singer: Sarah Leonard. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Sospiro.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets, Op.32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
    • 4.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Chiome d'oro, bel tesoro

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • VIRGIN.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D.485 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Jonny Greenwood

    Licorice Pizza

    Performer: Vicky Lester. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Brunt.
    • Licorice Pizza (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • ISLAND.
    • 16.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Ma m猫re l'oye (Le jardin f茅erique)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI.
    • 17.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Adi贸s Nonino

    Ensemble: ESCUALO5.
    • Piazzolla: Tango Works.
    • BIS.
    • 107.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV.645

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Chris Thile.
    • Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer's Bach Trios.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 005.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    The Queen's Monastery, Brno (Sinfonietta)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Great Orchestral Showpieces, Vol.1.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Trad.

    Ya Sali贸 De La Mar

    Singer: Arianna Savall. Performer: Petter Udland Johansen.
    • ECM.
  • Danny Elfman

    Piano Quartet (Die Wolfsjungen)

    Ensemble: Philharmonic Piano Quartet Berlin.
    • Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven" and Piano Quartet.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.5 in E minor Op.64 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Tchaikovsky : Symphony No.5 & 1812 Overture.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 4.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Apr猫s un r锚ve (3 Songs Op.7)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Performer: Susan Manoff.
    • 狈础脧痴贰.
  • Ed McCurdy

    Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream

    Performer: Pete Seeger.
    • This Land Is Your Land: 50 Messages of Protest, Vol. 1.
    • Supreme Media.
    • 12.
  • John Adams

    Harmonielehre (Meister Eckhardt and Quackie)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • American Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.
  • Mikl贸s R贸zsa

    Spellbound

    Orchestra: London Festival Orchestra. Choir: The London Festival Chorus and Orchestra. Conductor: Stanley Black.
    • DECCA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Laudate Dominum (Vesperae solennes de confessore K.339)

    Singer: Danielle de Niese. Choir: The Apollo Voices. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Mozart Album: Danielle de Niese/OAE/Mackerras.
    • Decca.
    • 12.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    To the Ploughboy (Folk Songs of the Four Seasons)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.
    • Dutton.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    A London Symhpony (Scherzo [Nocturne])

    Performer: Lynn Arnold. Performer: Charles Matthews.
    • Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony and Other Works.
    • Albion Records.
    • 3.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Pastoral Symphony [Symphony No. 3] (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Vaughan Williams: The Nine Symphonies.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Oliver Davis

    Arboretum Suite (Aspen, Acai Palm, Mountain Hemlock)

    Performer: Kerenza Peacock. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • Oliver Davis: Air.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 501.
  • Claude Debussy

    Preludes - book 2: no.10; Canope

    Performer: Tom Borrow.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major RV.138

    Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • NAIVE.
  • Reena Esmail

    When the Guitar

    Singer: Lauren McAllister. Choir: Conspirare. Ensemble: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Conductor: Craig Hella Johnson.
    • The Singing Guitar.
    • Delos.
    • 1.
  • Mois茅s Moleiro

    Sonatina no.2 in C major

    Performer: Clara Rodriguez.
    • ASV.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Mystery (Rosary) sonata no. 9 in A minor 'Jesus carries his cross' (Sonata)

    Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Performer: Bjarte Eike.
    • BIS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Spring 1

    Composer: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • DG.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    The Bartered Bride (Overture)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    4 Mazurkas Op.33 (no.1 in G sharp minor)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • DG.
  • Soren Nils Eichberg

    Symphony no.3 - Finale 'Ruhig'

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Joshua Weilerstein.
    • DaCapo.

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