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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 our final track this week from featured artist, the great Welsh bass-baritone Bryn Terfel.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 8 Jul 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Percy Grainger

    Molly on the Shore

    Ensemble: Kongelige norske marines musikkorps. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grainger: Complete Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    'Va tacito' (Giulio Cesare)

    Performer: Christian-Friedrich Dallmann. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Handel: Ombra mai fu: Andreas Scholl, Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 10.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arl茅sienne Suite No 1 (Minuetto)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Lamoureux. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • The Best of Bizet.
    • Philips.
    • 12.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    One Table, One Chair

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • ABC CLASSICS.
  • Roman Hoffstetter

    String Quartet in F major Op.3`5 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Director: Robert Salter.
    • Pachelbel/Vivaldi/Handel/Haydn: Strings: Guildhall String Ensemble.
    • RCA.
    • 7.
  • Gian Francesco Malipiero

    Quattro Invenzioni (Four Inventions), No 4 (Allegro - festoso)

    Orchestra: Veneto Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Maag.
    • MARCO POLO.
  • H茅l猫ne de Montgeroult

    Piano Sonata in A Minor, Op 2 No 3 (second movement, Adagio)

    Performer: Nicolas Horvath.
    • Montgeroult: Complete Piano Sonatas.
    • Grand Piano.
    • 202.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Gavotte 1 and 2 (Cello Suite No 6 in D major, BWV.1012)

    Performer: Lucile Boulanger.
    • ALPHA.
  • John Sheppard

    Libera nos

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Renaissance: Music for inner peace.
    • UNIVERSAL.
    • 16.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite Op.11 (Alla marcia)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No.5/Karelia Suite etc: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • Erato.
    • 6.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    PLAYLISTER CLIP: One Table, One Chair

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • ABC CLASSICS.
  • Martin Butler

    American Rounds: No 1 (Vigoroso)

    Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble.
    • Martin Butler: American Rounds.
    • NMC.
    • 1.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Symphony in F sharp minor, Op 41 (2nd mvt, Andante sostenuto)

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland鈥怭falz. Conductor: Ari Rasilainen.
    • Dora Pejacevic Symphony.
    • CPO.
    • 002.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in F major, Op 6 No 2 (4th mvt, Allegro)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Beehive

    Performer: Errollyn Wallen. Singer: Errollyn Wallen.
    • AVIE.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in F major, Op.46 no.4

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Dvorak: Slavonic Dances, op.46 and op.72.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto in E flat major, WoO4 (3rd mvmt: Rondo)

    Conductor: Constantin Trinks. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos.
    • CPO.
    • 403.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    PLAYLISTER CLIP: One Table, One Chair

    Performer: Tamara Anna Cislowska.
    • ABC CLASSICS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    None but the lonely heart (Net, tol'ka tot, kto znal), Op 6 No 6

    Performer: Oleg Boshniakovich. Singer: Dmitri Hvorostovsky.
    • Philips.
  • Ant么nio Carlos Jobim

    One Note Samba

    • Brazil.
    • Digital Natives / Countdown Media.
    • 16.
  • Judith Weir

    Love Bade Me Welcome

    Choir: Choir of Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge. Conductor: Geoffrey Webber.
    • Choral Music / Judith Weir.
    • DELPHIAN.
    • 017.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Scherzo in C minor (F.A.E. Sonata)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Duke Ellington

    Solitude

    Singer: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • 'Blue Skies' : Ella Fitzgerald Sings the Best of the Irving Berlin & Duke Elling.
    • Regis Records.
    • 21.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in E minor, 'Tafelmusik' (Gigue)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Le Concert Spirituel: Le Concert des Nations / Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 24.
  • Jules Massenet

    Manon: Act II: Adieu, notre petite table

    Conductor: Francesco Molinari鈥怭radelli.
    • Leontyne Price - Prima Donna Vol. 1: Great Soprano Arias from Purcell to Barber.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 9.
  • Fela Sowande

    Nostalgia (African Suite)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 7.
  • Franz Schubert

    Du bist die Ruh, D.776

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • An die Musik.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 19.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major, K 525, 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (3rd mvt, Menuett)

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Conductor: Bruno Weil.
    • Mozart: Overtures/Eine Kleine Nachtmusik: Tafelmusik/Weil.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 11.
  • Sir George Dyson

    Hierusalem

    Performer: Thomas Trotter. Singer: Valery Hill. Choir: St. Michael鈥檚 Singers. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Rennert.
    • HELIOS.
  • Clara Schumann

    Romance in F major, Op 21 No 2

    Performer: Nata拧a Veljkovi膰.
    • GRAMOLA.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Cello Concerto in E flat major, RV.408 (2nd mvmt, Largo)

    Performer: Christophe Coin. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • NAIVE.
  • Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka

    Ruslan and Ludmila (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Weekend in Russia: Glinka, Mussorgsky & Borodin.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Passacaglia in G minor 'Guardian Angel' (Rosary Sonatas)

    Performer: Catherine Mackintosh.
    • Biber: Sacro-Profanum: The Purcell Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 19.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun dorma (Turandot)

    Lyricist: Carlo Gozzi. Singer: Freddie De Tommaso. Choir: Apollo Voices. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paolo Arrivabeni.
    • Il Tenore.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

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