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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 familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

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 we focus on bass-baritone Bryn Terfel.

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 7 Jul 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Pineapple Poll (Opening Dance)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Sullivan: Pineapple Poll etc: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra/Lloyd-Jones.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Sun Whose Rays (The Mikado) arr. for piano

    Performer: Keith Jarrett.
    • Keith Jarrett - La Fenice.
    • ECM.
    • 7.
  • Robert Fuchs

    Clarinet Quintet in E flat major Op.102 (Allegro scherzando)

    Performer: Sebastian Manz. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • AVI Music.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta, Op. 60: IV. The Street Leading to the Castle, Allegretto

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Jan谩膷ek: The Cunning Little Vixen, Sinfonietta.
    • Lso Live.
    • 218.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Concerto no.22 in D minor Wq.22 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • C. P. E. Bach: Flute Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children, Op.43

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Decca.
  • Santiago de Murcia

    Tarantella no 2

    Performer: Rolf Lislevand. Ensemble: Ensemble Kapsberger.
    • Naive.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in G major, Op. 14 No.2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • WARNER.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Jota aragonese, Op 64

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Saint-Saens - Africa.
    • Cala.
    • 6.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Piano Quintet in B minor Op.40 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Oliver Triendl. Ensemble: Quatuor Sine Nomine.
    • Pejacevic: Chamber Works.
    • CPO.
    • 2.
  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Idillo-concertino in A major, Op.15 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Andrea Tenaglia. Orchestra: Orchestra sinfonica di Roma. Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia.
    • Complete Wind Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Thomas Arne

    Fame's an eccho (Comus)

    Singer: Julianne Baird. Performer: Colin Tilney. Performer: Alison Mackay.
    • Dorian.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (Spartacus)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Onyx.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo (Toccata)

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 720

    Performer: Marie鈥怌laire Alain.
    • ERATO.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    The Old Castle (Pictures from an Exhibition)

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Ravel: La Valse - Mussorgsky: Les Tableaux d'une exposition (Orch. Ravel).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.
  • Frederick Delius

    The Splendour falls on castle walls

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • A Cappella.
    • COLLEGIUM.
    • 11.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Pelleas et Melisande Op.46 (At the Castle Gate)

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
    • Sibelius - Incidental Music.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Danse de f锚te; Danse des heures (Copp茅lia Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Famous Ballet Music.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 12.
  • Carl Friedrich Abel

    Vivace in D major, WK 190

    Performer: Lucile Boulanger.
    • ALPHA.
  • Gustav Holst

    A Somerset Rhapsody Op.21' 2

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Intermezzo in A flat major

    Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • Poulenc: Piano Music: Pascal Roge.
    • Decca.
    • 20.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Tre sbirri... Te Deum (Tosca)

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Singer: Balcarras Crafoord. Choir: Radiok枚ren. Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Daniel.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 4 in E minor, Op 98 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre R茅volutionnaire et Romantique. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Brahms: Symphony 4; Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 11.
  • Will Todd

    Mass In Blue, Op. 28: IV. Sanctus

    Performer: Will Todd. Performer: Jim Fleeman. Performer: Gareth Huw. Ensemble: Vasari Singers. Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse.
    • Mass In Blue.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.
  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Trio in D minor, Op.3 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Meyer. Performer: Zvi Plesser. Performer: Eric Le Sage.
    • Alpha.
  • Emilia Giuliani-Guglielmi

    Prelude Op.46 no.1

    Performer: Jamie Akers.
    • dramaMUSICA.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.36 in C major K.425 'Linz' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphonies; SCO; Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.
    • 8.

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