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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music, presented by Georgia Mann.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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 the first of five tracks this week showcasing the artistry of soprano Barbara Hendricks.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 2 Aug 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Hector Berlioz

    Damnation of Faust Op.24 (Rakoczy march)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Sony.
  • Iiro Rantala

    My Finnish Calendar (August)

    Performer: Iiro Rantala.
    • ACT.
  • Edward Gregson

    Festivo

    Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • DOYEN.
  • Charles Gounod

    O Dieu! que de bijoux... Ah! je ris (Faust)

    Singer: Sumi Jo. Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Giuliano Carella.
    • Les bijoux, French arias: Sumi Jo/English Chamber Orchestra/Carella.
    • Erato.
  • Franz Berwald

    Symphonic Poem 'Wettlauf'

    Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
    • Berwald: Tone Poems: Gavle Symphony Orchestra/Sakari.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Gottfried Finger

    Sonata 9 in D Major

    Ensemble: The Harmonious Society of Tickle鈥怓iddle Gentlemen. Director: Robert Rawson.
    • Music for European Courts and Concerts.
    • Ramee.
    • 26.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Piano Trio (1st mvmt, Pale Yellow)

    Performer: Anne Akiko Meyers. Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Adam Neiman.
    • NAXOS.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Intermezzo in modo classico

    Orchestrator: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; A Night on bald Mountain - Sony Classical.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 18.
  • York Bowen

    3 Serious dances Op.51 (no.2)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's English Piano Album.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Fantasy for Horn Quintet in A Minor

    Performer: D谩niel Ember. Performer: Anne Feltz. Performer: Brigitte Draganov. Performer: Alejandro Regueira Caumel. Performer: Georg Boge.
    • Stanford: Chamber Works.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 201.
  • Aaron Copland

    By the River (Old American songs - set 2)

    Singer: Ashley Riches. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • 大象传媒 New Generation Artists recording.
  • Percy Grainger

    Spoon River

    Ensemble: President's Own United States Marine Band. Conductor: Michael J. Colburn.
    • ALTISSIMO.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor: Homages.
    • Decca.
    • 009.
  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Intermezzo no.2 (Suite 'The Jewels of the Madonna')

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Performer: Christine Messiter. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Wolf-Ferrari: Overtures & Intermezzi: Academy of St. Martin in the Field/Marrine.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Orlande de Lassus

    Magnificat Beau le cristal (Beau le cristal)

    Choir: Scholars of London.
    • Discover Early Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Sapphire Rag

    Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1901.
  • Howard Shore

    Lord Of The Rings -The Fellowship Of The Ring (The Ring goes South)

    Choir: London Voices. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Shore.
    • The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (Original Motion Picture Sound Tracks).
    • REPRISE.
    • 11.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Glitter and be gay (Candide)

    Singer: Barbara Cook. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Samuel Krachmalnick.
    • Sony.
  • Waldo Warner

    Piano Trio in A Minor, Op. 22: II. Scherzo. Presto

    Ensemble: Trio Anima Mundi.
    • English Piano Trios.
    • Divine Art.
    • 502.
  • Anton Webern

    Drei Kleine Stucke, Op.11

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Connie Shih.
    • The Cello in Wartime.
    • BIS.
    • 9.
  • Max Reger

    Scherzo (Romantic Suite)

    Music Arranger: Arnold Schoenberg. Ensemble: Lyon Opera Soloists.
    • Schoenberg: Kaiserwalzer and other Transcriptions: Soliste de l'Opera National d.
    • Erato.
    • 2.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major Op.90 'Italian' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos.3 & 4: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Harnoncourt.
    • Teldec.
    • 7.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Mi chiamano Mimi (La boh猫me)

    Singer: Barbara Hendricks. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: James Conlon.
    • Puccini's Heroines: The Power of Love.
    • Warner.
    • 4.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in B flat major Op.130 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • DECCA.
  • Th茅odore Dubois

    Toccata in G major (12 Pieces for organ)

    Performer: Joseph Nolan.
    • The Organ of Buckingham Palace Ballroom.
    • Signum Records.
    • 5.
  • Ivor Gurney

    Nocturne in A flat major

    Performer: Richard Saxel.
    • Quartz Music.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (Cantata No 42, 'Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats')

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Director: Thomas Hengelbrock.
    • Bach; Vivaldi - Overtures; Sinfonias; Concertos.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Concerto Grosso (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tai Murray. Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Performer: Chi-Chi Nwanoku. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • Spark Catchers.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 101.
  • Michael Praetorius

    2 Bransles (from Terpsichore)

    Ensemble: Bourrasque Ensemble. Director: Bertil F盲rnl枚f.
    • Praetorius: Dances From Terpsichore.
    • Naxos.
    • 11.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arl茅sienne suite no.1 (Carillon)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Bizet: Suites from L'Arlesienne and Carmen: Ulster Orch, Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.

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  • Tue 2 Aug 2022 09:00

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