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Georgia Mann

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

0930 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.

1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

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

3 hours

Last on

Fri 20 Jan 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • George Gershwin

    Walking the Dog (Shall we Dance)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Gershwin: The 1920s & 1930s: Tilson Thomas.
    • CBS Masterworks.
    • 8.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major K.525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Mozart: Night music: The English Concert/Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Emilie Mayer

    Piano Sonata in D minor (3rd mvmt, Un poco adagio)

    Performer: Yang Tai.
    • CAPRICCIO.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Czech Suite Op.39 (Polka)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Dvorak: Violin concerto etc: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Swensen.
    • Linn.
    • 5.
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Concerto in G major (3rd movement, Air)

    Orchestra: Tempesta di Mare.
    • Fasch: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.
  • Galina Grigorjeva

    In Paradisum for Male-Voice Choir

    Choir: Estonia poistekoor. Conductor: Mikk Ãœleoja.
    • Galina Grigorjeva: Music for Male-Voice Choir.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 111.
  • Gustav Holst

    Uranus, the Magician (The Planets)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Holst: Orchestral Works, Volume 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Concertante Quartet No 5 in G major (2nd mvmt, Gratioso)

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 502.
  • Anon.

    Danza del hacha

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Villancicos y danzas criollas 1550-1750: Hesperion XXI/Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Rhapsodie in E flat major, Op 119 No 4

    Performer: Lars Vogt.
    • Haydn, Brahms, Lachenmann, Schubert: Lars Vogt.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 13.
  • Henri Rabaud

    La procession nocturne (The Nocturnal Procession)

    Orchestra: Loire Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Dervaux.
    • Rabaud: Marouf / Eglogue.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Galina Grigorjeva

    In Paradisum for Male-Voice Choir

    Choir: Estonia poistekoor. Conductor: Mikk Ãœleoja.
    • Galina Grigorjeva: Music for Male-Voice Choir.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 111.
  • George Frideric Handel

    La réjouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks)

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Handel: Water & Fireworks Music: London Classical Players, Norrington.
    • Virgin Veritas.
    • 22.
  • Rued Langgaard

    The Star in the East

    Singer: Anne Margrethe Dahl. Orchestra: Aarhus Symfoniorkester. Conductor: Frans Rasmussen.
    • Langgaard: Sinfonia Interna.
    • Dacapo.
    • 1.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    Il Signor Bruschino (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Anna Clyne

    Cello Concerto 'Dance' (3rd mvt, 'in the middle of the fighting')

    Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • Anna Clyne: DANCE - Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in G major, Op 31 No 1 (3rd mvmt, Rondo)

    Performer: Igor Levit.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Georg Muffat

    Concerto Grosso No 2 in A major, 'Cor vigilans' (5th mvmt, Rondeau)

    Ensemble: Holland Baroque Society. Director: Matthew Halls.
    • Georg Muffat: Holland Baroque Society meets Matthew Halls.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 22-27.
  • Galina Grigorjeva

    In Paradisum for Male-Voice Choir

    Choir: Estonia poistekoor. Conductor: Mikk Ãœleoja.
    • Galina Grigorjeva: Music for Male-Voice Choir.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 111.
  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Choir: Choir of Temple Church. Choir: Holst Singers. Performer: Ian le Grice. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • DECCA.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Cello Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Hildur Guðnadóttir

    Vichnaya Pamyat [Memory Eternal] (Chernobyl)

    Choir: Homin Lviv Municipal Choir.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHONE.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    In Paradisum (Requiem, Op.48)

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Mozart: Vespers and Faure: Requiem.
    • Coro.
    • 14.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Jota (La vida breve)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos.
    • Falla: La Vida Breve: Lopez-Cobos, Cincinnati Symphony Orchstra.
    • Telarc.
  • William Byrd

    O God that guides the cheerful sun

    Singer: Katy Hill. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Ensemble: Fretwork. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Byrd: Psalmes, Songs and Sonnets (1611).
    • CORO.
    • 28.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty Suite (The Lilac Fairy)

    Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutshe Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Louis Spohr

    Clarinet Concerto No 2 in E flat major, Op 57 (3rd mvt, Rondo alla polacca)

    Performer: Christoffer Sundqvist. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Simon Gaudenz.
    • Spohr: The Complete Works for Clarinet & Orchestra.
    • CPO.
    • 206.
  • Turlough O'Carolan

    Blind Mary

    Performer: Ronn McFarlane.
    • The Celtic Lute.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 123.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Photography (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra X. Conductor: Nicholas Kok.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Photography.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 301-304.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Trumpet Concerto in D major (2nd mvt, Adagio)

    Performer: HÃ¥kan Hardenberger. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Iona Brown.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Times Square (On the Town)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Sony Classical.

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