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Georgia Mann

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

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

Thu 4 May 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • John Williams

    Star Wars (main theme)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Arista.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Tango (Espa帽a)

    Music Arranger: Andr茅s Segovia. Performer: John Williams.
    • Albeniz: Echoes of Spain: John Williams.
    • Sony Masterworks.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 1 in F major, BWV 1046 (1st mvt, Allegro)

    Performer: Clemens R枚ger. Performer: Jochen Pless. Performer: Henrik Wahlgren. Performer: Susanne Wettermann. Performer: Sebastian Breuninger. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    Cantique

    Performer: Joseph Beadle. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • Celestial Dawn.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op 27

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claus Peter Flor.
    • RCA.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Framlingham Castle (Suffolk Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Roman Hoffstetter

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt, Serenade)

    Ensemble: Modigliani Quartet.
    • Portraits.
    • Mirare.
    • 111.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Suite in A major, Op 98b, 'American' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Eleanor Alberga

    Sextet (Dancing with the shadow suite)

    Ensemble: Lontano. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • British Women Composers, Volume 2.
    • Lorelt.
    • 13.
  • Ildebrando Pizzetti

    Violin Concerto in A major (2nd mvmt, Aria)

    Performer: 膶rtomir 艩i拧kovi膷. Orchestra: Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Daniele Agiman.
    • BONGIOVANNI.
  • George Frideric Handel

    La r茅jouissance (Music for the Royal Fireworks)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • G.F. Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks: English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 4.
  • Mikalojus Konstantinas 膶iurlionis

    In the Forest

    Orchestra: Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Modestas Pitr臈nas.
    • 膶iurlionis: The Sea, In the Forest & K臋stutis.
    • Ondine.
    • 2.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Framlingham Castle (Suffolk Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Air (Alceste)

    Conductor: Jordi Savall. Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations.
    • Jean-Baptiste Lully: L'orchestre du Roi Soleil.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 28.
  • Harry Burleigh

    Till I wake (5 Songs of Laurence Hope, No 5)

    Performer: Warren Jones. Singer: Cynthia Hayman.
    • Where the Music Comes From.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Symphonic Dance No 1, Op 64

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • Grieg - Norweigan Dances; Lyric Suite etc..
    • The Barbirolli Society.
    • 9.
  • William Byrd

    Fantasia No 3 in C major for 3-part consort

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Night's Black Bird.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    O Lord, Make Thy Servant, Elizabeth

    Performer: Sioned Williams. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Coronation - Music for Royal Occasions.
    • CORO.
    • 9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in E flat major, K.252 (4th mvmt, Presto assai)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Framlingham Castle (Suffolk Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Pelleas et Melisande Op.46 (At the Castle Gate)

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
    • Sibelius - Incidental Music.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Imogen Holst

    Leiston Suite (No 5, March, to the tune of Kettle-Drum)

    Ensemble: Onyx Brass. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Onyx Brass Plays Fanfares.
    • Chandos.
    • 38.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    The Twittering Machine (5 Klee Pictures)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • Maxwell Davies: Trumpet & Piccolo Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Thomas Vautor

    Sweet Suffolk Owl

    Ensemble: Gesualdo Consort. Conductor: Gerald Place.
    • Vautor: Sing on Sister - Songs of Divers Airs and Natures.
    • Meridian Records.
    • 11.
  • Laura Cannell

    Lay Down by the Golden Reeds

    Performer: Laura Cannell.
    • Brawl Records.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Fugue (The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • DECCA.
  • Richard Strauss

    Whirling Dance (Suite from keyboard pieces by Francois Couperin)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jun M盲rkl.
    • R. Strauss: Tanzsuite & Divertimento aus Klavierst眉cken von Fran莽ois Couperin.
    • Naxos.
    • 6.
  • Jadranka Stojakovi膰

    艩to te nema

    Performer: Aleksandar Sedlar. Performer: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Music Arranger: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Music Arranger: Aleksandar Sedlar. Singer: Ksenija Milo拧evi膰. Orchestra: Double Sens.
    • Roots.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 15.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Benvenuto Cellini (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bastille Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • DG.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Dance (Juba)

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach To Black.
    • ALBANY.
    • 28.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D major, RV.93 (2nd mvt, Largo)

    Performer: Ugo Orlandi. Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti. Conductor: Claudio Scimone.
    • The Magic of the Mandoline - Greatest Concertos. Mandoline and string orchestra.
    • Erato.
    • 8.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Kynance Cove

    Choir: Truro Cathedral Choir. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Gray.
    • Regent Records.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade No 1 in D major, Op 11 (5th mvt, Scherzo)

    Orchestra: Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Augustin Dumay.
    • Brahms; Beethoven.
    • Onyx.
    • 5.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 9 in E flat major, Op 70 (5th mvmt, Allegretto)

    Conductor: Kirill Petrenko. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Shostakovich: Symphonies 8-10.
    • Berliner Philharmoniker Recordings.
    • 205.

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