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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performers are the Grimethorpe Colliery Band. 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 ensemble, the Grimethorpe Colliery Band.

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

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Last on

Fri 2 Sep 2022 09:00

Music Played

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Paride ed Elena (Overture)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • DG Archiv.
  • Britten Sinfonia, Scott Stroman & Alison Balsom

    On the Town, Act 1: Lonely Town. Pas de deux

    • Quiet City.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Clara Schumann

    Scherzo no.2 in C minor Op.14

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Romance.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    Subject to the Weather

    Ensemble: Perpetuo.
    • Reels, Drones & Jigs.
    • Champs Hill.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in E flat major, Op.1`1 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • Beethoven: The Complete Music for Piano Trio, Vol. 3: Florestan Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 3 in C minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Harold Arlen

    Suite from 'The Wizard of Oz'

    Music Arranger: Herbert Stothart. Ensemble: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Gloria

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music.
    • Vivaldi & Handel.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 24 in C Minor, K491 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart Momentum - 1786.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 7.
  • Kurt Weill

    September Song (Knickerbocker Holiday)

    Performer: Lotte Lenya. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Maurice Levine.
    • CBS.
  • Amy Beach

    Romance, Op.23

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Michael Brown.
    • Echoes.
    • BIS.
    • 6.
  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto grosso in F major, Op 1 No 7

    Orchestra: Raglan Baroque Players. Director: Nicholas Kraemer.
    • Hyperion.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Prelude on the Welsh hymn tune 'Rhosymedre'

    Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestrator: Arnold Foster.
    • Vaughan Williams: Concerto Accademico etc.: Northern Sinfonia/Hickox.
    • EMI.
    • 9.
  • Trad.

    The last rose of summer

    Music Arranger: John Stevenson. Singer: Ann Murray. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • The Last Rose of Summer: Ann Murray/Graham Johnson.
    • Helios.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes)

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 15.
  • The Beatles

    Blackbird

    • The Beatles.
    • UMC (Universal Music Catalogue).
    • 11.
  • Dieterich Buxtehude

    Trio Sonata in B Flat Major, BuxWV.255

    Ensemble: Arcangelo.
    • Alpha.
  • Philip Glass

    Etude no.14

    Performer: V铆kingur 脫lafsson.
    • Deustche Grammophon.
  • Elgar Howarth

    Mosaic

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Elgar Howarth.
    • Bold as Brass.
    • Belart.
    • 9.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Violin in Tomba Marina, Strings & Continuo in G Major, Rv 313: I

    Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • Vivaldi's Women.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 201.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Les Djinns, FWV 45

    Conductor: Paul Strauss. Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Li猫ge.
    • Franck: Le chasseur maudit, Les 脡olides, Les Djinns & Variations symphoniques.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Peteris Vasks

    Violin Concerto 'Distant Light' (Andante II)

    Performer: Vadim Gluzman. Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • P膿teris Vasks: Distant Light, Piano Quartet & Summer Dances.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance no.1 in G minor

    Music Arranger: Misk谩t贸l Borz贸. Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Christoph Koncz. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Oszk谩r 脰kr枚s. Performer: Stephan Koncz. Performer: 脰d枚n R谩cz.
    • DG.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Chiome d'oro, bel tesoro

    Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.
    • VIRGIN.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony No. 9 'New World' Op. 95 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Signum Classics SIGCD515.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.

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