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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performers are the Manchester Camerata. 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 our final track this week from featured ensemble, the Manchester Camerata.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 1 Jul 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Carnival of the Animals: Aviary

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Carnival of the Animals & Symphony No. 3, "Organ Symphony".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    L'Eraclito amoroso Op.2 no.14

    Singer: Helen Charlston. Performer: Toby Carr.
    • Delphian.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
    • RCA.
  • Sue Rothstein

    Flying with the Birds

    • SAIN.
  • George Gershwin

    Concerto in F major for piano and orchestra: 3rd mvt; Allegro

    Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Jacobus Clemens non Papa

    O Maria vernans rosa

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Pilgrimage to Santiago: Monteverdi Choir/John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 18.
  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto grosso in F major, Op 1 No 7

    Orchestra: Raglan Baroque Players. Director: Nicholas Kraemer.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

    Music Arranger: Georges Cziffra. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - Fantasia.
    • DG.
    • 10.
  • Sue Rothstein

    CLIP: Flying with the Birds

    • SAIN.
  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles Op.23 (Fughetta)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • The Lyrical Clarinet.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Philip Herbert

    Elegy [In Memoriam Stephen Lawrence]

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
  • Karl Davydov

    At the Fountain, Op.20 no.2

    Performer: Leonid Gorokhov. Performer: Colin Stone.
    • Olympia.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Zoroastre Suite (Overture)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Rameau: L'Orchestre de Louis XV. Suites d'Orchestre: Le Concert Des Nations/Sava.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Franz Schubert

    Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D 965

    Singer: Arleen Aug茅r. Performer: Dame Thea King. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • HYPERION.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Dream of Gerontius (Prelude)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.
  • John Lennon

    Blackbird

    Composer: Paul McCartney. Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
  • Trad.

    Rew di ranno

    Performer: Osian Ellis. Singer: Osian Ellis.
    • DECCA.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Hear my prayer

    Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Singer: Jeremy Budd. Performer: Andrew Lucas. Director: John Scott.
    • Hear my Prayer: Budd/St Paul's Cathedral Choir/Scott.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • John Williams

    E.T. (Flying theme)

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Philips.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Waltz in A flat major Op.38

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • DECCA.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Variations on a Rococo Theme

    Performer: Mikl贸s Per茅nyi. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • Tchaikovsky: Variations on a Rococo Theme - Prokofiev: Symphony No. 1 "Classical.
    • AVIE.
    • 1.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    O cessate di piagarmi (Il Pompeo)

    Music Arranger: Nora Fischer. Music Arranger: Marnix Dorrestein. Singer: Nora Fischer. Performer: Marnix Dorrestein.
    • HUSH.
    • DG.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Trio in E flat major Op.40 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Barry Tuckwell. Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Itzhak Perlman: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon.
    • DG.
    • 8.
  • Frank Bridge

    Nocturne (Suite for String Orchestra)

    Orchestra: English Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: William Boughton.
    • NIMBUS.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard Concerto in D major, H.18.11 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • EMI CLASSICS : CZS-574789 2.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 7.
  • William Kroll

    Banjo and Fiddle

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Charles Abramovic.
    • Simply Sarah: Sarah Chang.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Symphony in F sharp major, Op.40 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

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