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Georgia Mann

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

0930 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.

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

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

3 hours

Last on

Wed 22 Feb 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat in E flat major BWV.243a (Magnificat anima mea)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • Linn.
  • Richard Wagner

    Spinning Chorus (The Flying Dutchman)

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.4 in A major Op.90 'Italian' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Mendelssohn Symphonies Nos 1 & 4 - Sir John Elliott Gardiner.
    • LSO.
    • 6.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Violin Sonata in G major HWV.358

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: Richard Egarr.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    The Street Leading to the Castle (Sinfonietta)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Janacek: Sinfonietta/Taras Bulba: Wiener Philharmoniker/Mackerras.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Richard Strauss

    Im Abendrot (4 Last Songs)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Strauss, R.: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs - Norman, Gewandhausorchester L.
    • Philips.
    • 04.
  • Capel Bond

    Concerto in 7 parts no.1 in D major

    Performer: Josh Cohen. Ensemble: Ensemble Sprezzatura. Conductor: Daniel Abraham.
    • Works for High Baroque Trumpet.
    • CHACONNE / CHANDOS EARLY MUSIC.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Concert piece Op.40

    Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • The Romantic Piano Concerto 70 - Beach, Chaminade & Howell.
    • HYPERION.
    • 6.
  • Frank Merrick

    Suite in the 18th Century Style (Siciliano)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • HYPERION.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite, Op.40 (Praeludium)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Grieg: Complete music with orchestra: Gothenburg SO/Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Harold Arlen

    That Old Black Magic (Star Spangled Rhythm)

    Singer: Sylvia McNair. Performer: Andr茅 Previn. Performer: David Finck.
    • Philips.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major Op.35 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Vilde Frang. Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Gaffigan.
    • Warner.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Tarantelle

    Performer: Leigh Kaplan. Performer: Robin Paterson.
    • Leigh Kaplan plays Madeleine Dring.
    • Cambria.
    • 16.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major D.485 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Symphonies.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Matthew Coleridge

    Requiem (Introit)

    Choir: The Choir of Royal Holloway. Performer: Maxim Calver. Orchestra: Southern Sinfonia. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • Convivium.
  • Jean Cras

    L'offrande Lyrique (Si le jour est passe)

    Singer: Ingrid Perruche. Orchestra: Bretagne Orchestra. Conductor: Claude Schnitzler.
    • Timpani.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Morgenbl盲tter - Waltz Op.279

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fritz Reiner.
    • RCA LIVING STEREO.
  • Cy Coleman

    Rhythm Of Life (Sweet Charity)

    Composer: Dorothy Fields. Singer: Sammy Davis Jr.. Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Gershenson.
    • Sweet Charity.
    • Verve (Adult Contemporary) MC.
    • 8.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Oboe Sonata (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Maurice Bourgue. Performer: Pascal Rog茅.
    • Poulenc: Piano music and chamber works: Pascal Roge.
    • Decca.
  • Nicola Matteis I

    Variations on La Folia

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • The Mad Lover.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
    • 107.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Rose Adagio (The Sleeping beauty Op.66)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Mark Ermler.
    • Sleeping Beauty (Complete).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.
  • Henry Purcell

    Suite in G major Z.770

    Ensemble: London Baroque.
    • Purcell: Chamber Music: London Baroque.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 23-27.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G minor Op.19 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Grebanier. Performer: Janet Guggenheim.
    • Rachmaninov: Works for Cello and Piano (Complete).
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • William Walton

    A Litany: Drop, Drop Slow Tears

    Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Christopher Robinson.
    • Walton: The Twelve, Coronation Te Deum & Missa Brevis.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and fugue in A minor BWV.894 (Prelude)

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • J.S. Bach, The French Suites: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 37.
  • Hjalmar Borgstr酶m

    Thora at Rimol (overture)

    Orchestra: Norwegian National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Ingar Bergby.
    • Norwegian Opera Overtures.
    • LAWO.
    • 8.

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  • Wed 22 Feb 2023 09:00

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