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Hannah French

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

Hannah French plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with 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

Tue 11 Apr 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Procession of the Nobles (Mlada)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Overture and Suites from the Operas: SNO/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Clear and gentle stream (7 Part Songs, Op.17)

    Music Arranger: Harvey Brough. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Maurizio Cazzati

    Ciaccona

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L鈥橝rpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • All'Improviso.
    • ALPHA.
    • 3.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Alborada del gracioso (Miroirs)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Stephen Hough's French Album.
    • hyperion.
    • 007.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in C major Op.5`1 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Miroslav Vil铆mec. Orchestra: Pilsen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franti拧ek Preisler.
    • Saint-George: Complete violin concertos, Vol.3.
    • AVENIRA.
    • 3.
  • Eric Coates

    Concert Waltz 'Footlights'

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Avie.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major for 2 violins RV.508

    Performer: Florian Deuter. Performer: M贸nica Waisman. Orchestra: Harmonie Universelle.
    • Vivaldi: La Porta Delle Muse: Harmonie Universelle.
    • Accent.
    • 22.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Arabesque in G minor Op.61 for piano

    Performer: Mark Viner.
    • Piano Classics.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Concierto Andaluz (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Los Romeros. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Philips.
  • Charles Gounod

    String Quartet no.3 in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Cambini-Paris.
    • Gounod: Complete String Quartets.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 111.
  • Steve Reich

    Mallet Quartet (Fast)

    Ensemble: Colin Currie Group.
    • Colin Currie & Steve Reich Live at Fondation Louis Vuitton.
    • Colin Currie Records.
    • 105.
  • Edward Gregson

    Festivo

    Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • DOYEN.
  • George Butterworth

    Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad)

    Singer: Christopher Maltman. Performer: Roger Vignoles.
    • Vaughan Williams: Songs of Travel, Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad: Maltman, Vigno.
    • Hyperion.
    • 27.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Les Eolides M.43

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Franck: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • Ludwig August Lebrun

    Oboe Concerto no.3 in C major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Heinz Holliger. Ensemble: Camerata Bern. Conductor: Thomas F眉ri.
    • Oboe Concertos.
    • Archiv.
    • 9.
  • Anthony Holborne

    Muy Linda

    Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike.
    • BIS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Marriage of Figaro (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Mozart Overtures Sir Colin Davis Staatskapelle Dresden.
    • RCA.
    • 1.
  • Charlie Chaplin

    Limelight (The Terry Theme)

    Music Arranger: Jarkko Riihim盲ki. Performer: Daniel R枚hn. Orchestra: W眉rttembergisches Kammerorchester Heilbronn. Conductor: Case Scaglione.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Jack Strachey

    Theatreland (1940)

    Performer: Paul Guinery.
    • Paul Guinery - Dicky Bird Hop.
    • EM Records.
    • 01.
  • Charles Ives

    Memories (A, Very pleasant, B, Rather sad) K.Z.45

    Performer: Jan DeGaetani. Performer: Gilbert Kalish.
    • Charles Ives: Songs.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 2.
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    Vesti la giubba (I pagliacci)

    Singer: Roberto Alagna. Orchestra: The London Orchestra. Conductor: Yvan Cassar.
    • Roberto Alagna: My Life is an Opera.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 16.
  • Irving Berlin

    There's No Business Like Show Business (Annie Get Your Gun)

    Music Arranger: Adolph Deutsch. Singer: Judy Garland.
    • Annie Get Your Gun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Expanded Edition].
    • WaterTower Music.
    • 31.
  • Florence Price

    Silk Hat and Walking Cane (Dances in the Canebrakes)

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • MSR CLASSICS.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    M茅lodie (2 Pieces Op.20)

    Performer: Jamie Walton. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Okko Kamu.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Aida (Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside, Triumphal March, Vieni, o guerriero)

    Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Verdi Choruses.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Fanfarinette (Suite La Triomphante)

    Music Arranger: Raaf Hekkema. Ensemble: Calefax Reed Quintet.
    • MDG.
  • Anouar Brahem

    Kashf

    Performer: John Surman. Performer: Dave Holland.
    • Thimar.
    • ECM Records.
    • 2.
  • Alexander Alexandrovich Alyabiev

    Piano Trio in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Brahms Trio.
    • History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 203.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major Kk.390

    Music Arranger: Julian Gray. Music Arranger: Roland Pearl. Performer: Julian Gray. Performer: Roland Pearl.
    • DORIAN.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture Op.80

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.

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