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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 alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

0915 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1030 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1100 Essential Performers – the first of five tracks this week showcasing the artistry of Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel.

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

3 hours

Last on

Mon 4 Jul 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Jiří Antonín Benda

    Symphony no.5 in G major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Prague Sinfonia. Conductor: Christian Benda.
    • Sony.
  • Claude Debussy

    Premier Piano Trio in G major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Edgar Moreau. Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Debussy Sonates & Trio.
    • Erato.
    • 12.
  • Gilbert Vinter

    Hunter's Moon

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.
    • British Horn Concertos: Pyatt/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Braithwaite.
    • Lyrita.
  • Billy Mayerl

    Marigold

    Performer: Susan Tomes.
    • Loose Elbows - Susan Tomes plays the piano music of Billy Mayerl.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Mazurka-Oberek in D major

    Performer: Chloë Hanslip. Orchestra: Orchestra della Svizzera italiana. Conductor: Alexander Vedernikov.
    • Hyperion.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Choir: Accentus. Ensemble: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Naive.
  • Josef Myslivecek

    Overture in A major

    Ensemble: Concerto Köln. Director: Werner Ehrhardt.
    • Archiv.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Siciliano (solo violin sonata BWV.1001)

    Music Arranger: Lucile Boulanger. Performer: Lucile Boulanger.
    • Alpha.
  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    Symphony no.2 in G minor Op.34 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Antwerp Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Lindberg.
    • Stenhammar: Symphony No. 2 & Ett drömspel.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Hans Otte

    Wassermannmusik

    Performer: Cecilia Chailly.
    • Amiata Records.
  • André Previn

    Honey and Rue (The Town Is Lit)

    Singer: Kathleen Battle. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Previn: Honey & Rue / Barber: Knoxville / Gershwin: Porgy and Bess.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 3.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Oboe d'amore concerto in E minor TWV.51:e2

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Berlin Baroque Soloists. Director: Rainer Kussmaul.
    • Telemann: Concertos: Berlin Baroque Soloists/Kussmaul.
    • EMI.
    • 1-3.
  • Pablo de Sarasate

    Playera (Spanish dances Op.23)

    Ensemble: Brodsky Quartet.
    • Chandos.
  • Scott Joplin

    Gladiolus Rag

    Performer: Joshua Rifkin.
    • Piano Rags By Scott Joplin.
    • ELEKTRA NONESUCH.
    • 4.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Humming Chorus (Madame Butterfly)

    Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repušić.
    • Famous Opera Choruses.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 6.
  • Thomas Newman

    Assault on the Senses (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel - Soundtrack)

    Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Newman.
    • The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 8.
  • Jonathan Dove

    The Passing of the Year ( Ah, Sun-flower!)

    Choir: Convivium Singers. Conductor: Neil Ferris.
    • Dove: The Passing of the Year.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • Jack Strachey

    In a party mood [Housewives' Choice theme tune]

    Orchestra: West End Celebrity Orchestra. Conductor: Jack Strachey.
    • Jack Strachey 'In Party Mood'.
    • Bosworth.
    • 1.
  • Frédéric d’Erlanger

    Violin Concerto Op.17 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Philippe Graffin. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: David Lloyd-Jones.
    • Cliffe & Erlanger: The Romantic Violin Concerto, Vol. 10; Philippe Graffin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Orlande de Lassus

    Aurora lucis rutilat

    Music Arranger: Freddie Crowley. Choir: Corvus Consort. Ensemble: Ferio Saxophone Quartet. Director: Freddie Crowley.
    • Chandos.
  • Franz Schubert

    Quartettsatz in C minor D.703

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
  • Traditional Welsh

    David of the White Rock [Dafydd Y Garreg Wen]

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Katherine Thomas.
    • We'll Keep A Welcome.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Edward German

    Nell Gwyn (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Avie.
  • Robert Mackintosh

    Scottish Reels

    Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia.
    • Airs, Minuets, Gavotts and Reels.
    • Delphian.
    • 7.
  • Nico Muhly

    Slow Twitchy Organs

    Performer: Nadia Sirota. Performer: James McVinnie.
    • Bedroom Community.
  • Jehan Alain

    Chanson a bouche fermee

    Choir: Camerata Saint Louis.
    • Arion.
  • Billy Joel

    Reverie [Villa D'Este] Op.3

    Performer: Hyung-ki Joo.
    • Billy Joel Opus 1-10 Fantasies & Delusions Music for Solo Piano.
    • Sony Classical/Columbia.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major Op.3`2 (Gavotte)

    Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3: English Baroque Soloists/Gardiner.
    • Apex.
    • 16.
  • George Gershwin

    An American in Paris

    Orchestrator: S. Buck. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Daniel Röhn. Orchestra: Württembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Case Scaglione.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.

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