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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel. 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 this week our artist in focus is Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 5 Jul 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Partita no.3 in E major BWV.1006 (Prelude)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust.
    • J.S. Bach: Sonatas & Partitas. Isabelle Faust.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.
  • William Grant Still

    Can't You Line 'Em

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • Still: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Fernando Sor

    Introduction and variations on Mozart's 'O cara armonia' Op.9

    Performer: Carlos Bonell.
    • The Private Collection: Carlos Bonell.
    • Upbeat Classics.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Ambarvalia Op.70

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Peebles.
    • Piano Concertos.
    • Somm.
    • 15.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Quintet in A major, D.667 'Trout' (5th mvt)

    Performer: Frank Braley. Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: G茅rard Causs茅. Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Performer: Alois Posch.
    • Schubert: Piano Quintet 'The Trout': Capucon/Causse/Braley/Posch.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 5.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    America (West Side Story)

    Music Arranger: Henk Huizinga. Performer: Jaap van Zweden. Ensemble: The Amsterdam Saxophone Quartet.
    • Fineline Classics.
  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony no.3 in C Major 'Military' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonisches Orchester Bremerhaven. Conductor: Marc Niemann.
    • Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 6 & 3.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 8.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in F major RV.293 'Autumn'

    Performer: Federico Guglielmo. Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco. Director: Federico Guglielmo.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Guglielmo.
    • CPO.
    • 7.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Reflections

    Performer: Nicola Sweeney. Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1101.
  • Claude Debussy

    Par les rues et par les chemins (Iberia - 2nd mvt of Images)

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Debussy: Images, Jeux, La Plus que Lente.
    • SFS media.
    • 2.
  • Thomas Tomkins

    When David heard that Absalom was slain

    Ensemble: Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • English Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major Op.35 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Baiba Skride. Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • American Concertos.
    • Orfeo.
    • 8.
  • Frederick Delius

    La Calinda (Koanga)

    Music Arranger: Joan Trimble. Performer: Simon Callaghan. Performer: Hiroaki Takenouchi.
    • SOMM.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Feste Romane (L'Ottobrata)

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Respighi: Roman Trilogy.
    • Naxos.
    • 103.
  • Kathryn Tickell

    Long Grass

    Composer: Joss Clapp. Performer: Kathryn Tickell. Ensemble: Kathryn Tickell Band.
    • Park Records.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quintet in E flat major Op.97 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet. Performer: Pavel Nikl.
    • Dvorak - Quintets Op.81 & 97.
    • Supraphon.
    • 8.
  • Trad.

    Deep River

    Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. Music Arranger: Kanneh-Mason Trio. Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Braimah Kanneh-Mason.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Madamina, il catalogo e questo (Don Giovanni)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Tutto Mozart!.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 17.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Solo cello suite no.6 in D major BWV.1012 (Sarabande)

    Performer: Lucile Boulanger.
    • Solo Bach-Abel Lucile Boulanger.
    • ALPHA.
    • 4.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No.5 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Mahler: Symphony No.5.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Kemal Belevi

    Clouds

    Performer: Silvia Grasso. Performer: Livio Grasso.
    • Kemal Belevi: Works for Violin & Guitar.
    • Naxos.
    • 301.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Cum sancto spiritu (Petite Messe Solonnelle)

    Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Performer: Craig Sheppard. Performer: Paul Berkowitz. Performer: Richard Nunn. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.
    • Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 9.
  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Flute Concerto in G major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alexis Kossenko. Ensemble: Les Ambassadeurs.
    • Aparte.
  • William Walton

    Symphony No. 1 in B flat minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Walton: Cello Concerto; Symphony No. 1.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 7.

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  • Tue 5 Jul 2022 09:00

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