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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. Today's Essential Performers are the Maxwell Quartet. Presented by Georgia Mann.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with 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 all this week we're featuring a different Scottish ensemble, and today's group is the Maxwell Quartet.

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

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Last on

Thu 9 Jun 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Gangar (Norwegian march) from Lyric pieces, Book 5, Op 54

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Piano Concerto & Lyric Pieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 111.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Morning (Summer Day, Op 65a)

    Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • Prokofiev: Music for Children: New London Orchestra/Corp.
    • Hyperion.
  • Mauro Giuliani

    Guitar Concerto No 1 in A Major, Op 30: III. Polonaise (Allegretto)

    Performer: 脕ngel Romero. Conductor: Raymond Leppard. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Giuliani: Guitar Concertos No. 1&3, Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Pace for chorus

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
    • RCA.
    • 1.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Legend in B flat minor, Op 59 No 10

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in C major, Op 33 No 3 (The Bird): 4th mvmt (Rondo - Presto)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Traditional Mallorcan

    De Santany铆 vaig partir

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Mediterraneo.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 111.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    'Raindrop' Prelude in D flat major (24 Preludes Op.28)

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • Prelude Chopin: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 15.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    PLAYLISTER CLIP: Pace for chorus

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 3.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Recorder and 2 Violins in A minor RV.108

    Performer: Tabea Debus. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Settecento: Baroque Instrumental Music fromt the Italian States.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 701.
  • Susan Spain-Dunk

    The Kentish Downs

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stephen Bell.
  • Fran莽ois-Joseph Gossec

    Symphony in 17 parts in F major, Op 12 No 6 (4th mvt, Allegro molto)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Gott und die Bajadere, D.254

    Performer: Graham Johnson. Singer: Christine Sch盲fer. Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Singer: Michael George.
    • Hyperion.
  • Fernando Lopes-Gra莽a

    Divertimento, Op 107: VII. Final

    Conductor: Bruno Borralhinho. Orchestra: Orquestra Sinf贸nica Portuguesa.
    • Lopes-Gra莽a: Divertimento, Op. 107, Sinfonieta, Op. 220, 5 Velhos romances Portu.
    • Naxos.
    • 107.
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    The Song Op.44 (Interlude)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stig Westerberg.
    • CAPRICE.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    PLAYLISTER CLIP: Pace for chorus

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 3.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Priez pour paix

    Singer: Felicity Lott. Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • Poulenc: M茅lodies Vol. 2.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 28.
  • Edward Elgar

    Sospiri, Op.70 vers. for str, harp & org

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia.
    • British Composers - Elgar, Stanford & Parry.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Bill Evans

    Peace Piece

    Performer: Bill Evans.
    • Everybody Digs Bill Evans.
    • Riverside.
    • 7.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Abu Hassan (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Kaleidoscope: An Orchestral Extravaganza: Mackerras, LSO.
    • Mercury.
    • 4.
  • Claudia Sessa

    Occhi io vissi di voi

    Performer: Jonas Nordberg. Performer: Mime Yamahiro-Brinkmann. Singer: Ruby Hughes.
    • Heroines of Love & Loss.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Waltz of the Cornflowers and Poppies [Summer] (The Seasons, Op.67)

    Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Wilfred Lehmann.
    • Colours of Spring.
    • ABC Classics.
    • 6.
  • Simon Fraser

    The Beauty of the North; Miss Dumbreck

    Composer: Anonymous. Music Arranger: Maxwell String Quartet. Ensemble: Maxwell String Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op.71.
    • Linn.
    • 05.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Springtime on Funen Op.42

    Singer: Inga Nielsen. Singer: Kim von Binzer. Singer: Jorgen Klint. Choir: University Choir 'Lille Muko'. Choir: St. Klemens School Children's Choir. Orchestra: Odense Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tam谩s Vet艖.
    • UNICORN KANCHANA.
  • Max Bruch

    Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra Op 88a; 3rd mvt Adagio ma non troppo

    Performer: Marielle Lab猫que. Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Mendelsson/Bruch: Concertos for 2 pianos & Orchestra: Katia & Marielle Labeque/B.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Jessie Montgomery

    Strum

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in D major Op.6`5 5th movement; Allegro; 6th movement; Menuet

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5-6.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No 3 in C minor (3rd mvmt: Juba)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • DG.

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