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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 15 Mar 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Traditional Danish

    Ribers No. 8

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Wood Works.
    • Dacapo.
    • 5.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Scherzo (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op.61)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • William Grant Still

    Mother and Child (Suite for violin and piano)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Estrellita.
    • BIS.
    • 1301.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Water music suite in D, HWV.349

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Handel: Water Music: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra/McGegan.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 16.
  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • The Grainger Edition, Vol.2 - Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Papagena! (The Magic Flute)

    Lyricist: Emanuel Schikaneder. Singer: Julia Kleiter. Ensemble: Soloists of the T枚lzer Knabenchor. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mozart: Die Zauberfl枚te.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 41.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Symphony in F sharp minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Claude Debussy

    Clair de lune (Suite Bergamasque)

    Performer: Alain Plan猫s.
    • Debussy: Children's Corner: Alain Planes.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    3 Dance episodes from 'On the town'

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Bernstein: Marin Alsop's Complete Naxos Recordings.
    • Naxos.
    • 601.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Violin Sonata (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tamsin Waley-Cohen. Performer: Huw Watkins.
    • Jan谩膷ek, Dvo艡谩k & Suk: Works for Violin and Piano.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 13.
  • Edvard Grieg

    In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Suite no.1)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Berglund.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Anon.

    The Three Ravens

    Singer: Alfred Deller. Performer: Desmond Dupr茅.
    • VANGUARD CLASSICS.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony no.3 in D Minor (Pt 2 3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 3 in D Minor.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 202.
  • Karen Tanaka

    3 Water Dances (no.1)

    Performer: Signe Bakke.
    • 2L.
  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Che faro senza Euridice? (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Andreas Scholl - Heroes.
    • Decca.
    • 11.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Le Carnaval des animaux, no.10; Voliere

    Conductor: Andr茅 Previn. Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
    • Saint-Sa毛ns: Le Carnaval des Animaux & Ravel: Ma m猫re l'oye.
    • Philips.
    • 10.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    On a tree by a river [Tit Willow] (The Mikado)

    Librettist: William Gilbert. Singer: Richard Suart. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Telarc.
  • George Shearing

    Lullaby of Birdland

    Performer: St茅phane Grappelli. Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Music Arranger: Max Harris.
    • Icon: Menuhin and Grappelli.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 302.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    The Firebird (Finale)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Orfeo.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.4 in B flat major Op.60 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Avie.
  • Manuel Ponce

    Cello Sonata in G minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: John鈥怘enry Crawford. Performer: Victor Santiago Asuncion.
    • 颁辞谤补锄贸苍.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 1003.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Violin Concerto in A major after BWV.1055

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Rachel Podger, Brecon Baroque - J.S. Bach violin concertos.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 10.
  • Valentin Silvestrov

    The Messenger

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud. Orchestra: Camerata Salzburg.
    • DG.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Most beautiful appear (The Creation)

    Singer: Sarah Tynan. Singer: Jeremy Ovenden. Singer: Matthew Brook. Orchestra: Handel and Haydn Society of Boston. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coro.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony no.4 Op.29 'The Inextinguishable' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Nielsen: Symphonies Nos. 4 & 5; Sir Colin Davis, LSO.
    • LSO Live.
    • 4.

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  • Wed 15 Mar 2023 09:00

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