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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music and the last 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 last in our series this week of Kate Romano's short vignettes which offer 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

Fri 27 May 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Georges Bizet

    Entr'acte No 3 (Carmen)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • 狈础脧痴贰.
  • John Blow

    Chaconne in G major

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.
  • Amy Beach

    Dreaming (4 Sketches Op.15)

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild.
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Il pirata - Overture

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the German Opera, Berlin. Conductor: Marcello Viotti.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Wind Quintet in E flat major, K.452 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bl盲serquintett Berlin.
    • Mozart - Music for Piano and Wind Quintet.
    • Bis.
    • 002.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo)

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Harmonia mundi.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G minor, Op 19 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Va pensiero 'Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves' (Nabucco)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor RV.522, Op.3`8

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • L'Estro Armonico.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
    • 4-6.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Young Love in Spring (Songs of the Season)

    Performer: John O'Brien. Singer: Louise Toppin.
    • Ah! Love, But a Day.
    • Albany Records.
    • 11.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73: IV. Allegro con spirito

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Brahms: Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 204.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Bandone贸n, Guitarra y Bajo

    Ensemble: Quartett Escualo.
    • Piazzolla: Tango Works.
    • BIS.
    • 106.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    The Sea Hawk Suite (Main titles)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Drake's Drum (Songs of the Sea, Op 91)

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Choir: 大象传媒 National Chorus of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Stanford: Orchestral Songs.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Ferdinand H茅rold

    Zampa (Overture)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Pirates of Penzance (With cat-like tread)

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Ensemble: The D鈥橭yly Carte Opera Company. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Serenade in D (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • Chandos.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major, Kk.455

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • DG.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    March past of the kitchen utensils (The Wasps: Aristophanic suite, No 3)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Vaughan Williams: Sinfonia Antarctica / The Wasps-Suite: Boult.
    • EMI.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto no.2 in E major BWV.1053 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Francesco Corti. Ensemble: Il Pomo d鈥橭ro.
    • J.S. Bach: Harpsichord Concertos.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 201.
  • Robert Schumann

    Mondnacht (Liederkreis Op.39)

    Performer: Kunal Lahiry. Singer: Konstantin Krimmel.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonore Overture No 3, Op 72b

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Beethoven: Overtures: Harnoncourt, COE.
    • Teldec.
    • 7.
  • Stacy Garrop

    Sanctuary (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Lincoln Trio.
    • Trios from Contemporary Chicago.
    • Cedille.
    • 502.
  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde, Op. 26, D. 797: IX. Ballet Music No. 2 (Andantino)

    Orchestra: Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Schubert: Early Symphonies & Stage Music.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 305.
  • Daniel Bacheler

    Galliard

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • Daniel Bacheler: The Bachelar's Delight: Paul O'Dette.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.
  • Josef Suk

    A Fairy-tale suite [Pohadka] Op.16 (Runa's curse)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • DECCA.

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  • Fri 27 May 2022 09:00

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