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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 3 May 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto no.1 in B flat minor Op.23 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Orchestra of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.4 in B flat major Op.60 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Tritsch-Tratsch Polka

    Music Arranger: Georges Cziffra. Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - Fantasia.
    • DG.
    • 10.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Tu del Ciel ministro eletto (Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno)

    Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Ensemble: Pygmalion. Conductor: Rapha毛l Pichon.
    • ERATO.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Scherzo-tarantelle in G minor, Op.16

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.
    • Wieniawski, Sarasate: James Ehnes, Eduard Laurel.
    • CBC Records.
  • John Williams

    Flying (E.T. - The Extra Terrestrial)

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • PHILIPS.
    • 5.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    In the Bottoms (Dance [Juba])

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 10.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets, Op.32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
    • 4.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • DIVOX.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Violin Concerto in A minor, Op.53 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Augustin Hadelich. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hr暖拧a.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony no.2 in B minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • CBS Maestro.
  • Robert Schumann

    Ich wandelte unter den B盲umen (Liederkreis Op.24)

    Singer: Christoph Pr茅gardien. Performer: Michael Gees.
    • Schumann: Lieder.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 3.
  • Thomas Ad猫s

    Pavan of the souls in limbo; The Thieves, devoured by reptiles (Dante)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • NONESUCH.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in B flat major Op.6`11

    Orchestra: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • Corelli - The Complete Concerti Grossi.
    • Zig Zag.
    • 020.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Rondo in D minor Wq.61`4

    Performer: Danny Driver.
    • CPE Bach: Keyboard Sonatas II: Danny Driver.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.
  • Herbert Howells

    Behold, O God our defender

    Performer: Eleanor Kornas. Choir: Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quartet in G major K.80 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Armida Quartett.
    • Mozart: String Quartets, Vol. 2.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 2.
  • Ronald Goodwin

    Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines

    Performer: Central Band of the Royal Air Force.
    • Reach For The Skies.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 12.
  • John Williams

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind (The Mountain)

    Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Close Encounters Of The Third Kind.
    • Arista.
    • 14.
  • Judith Bingham

    Beneath These Alien Stars

    Singer: Alison Smart. Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Iain Farrington. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Remoter Worlds.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 14.
  • Howard Hanson

    Symphony No.2 in D flat major, Op.30 'Romantic' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Howard Hanson.
    • Delos.
    • 7.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Spanish Dance no.1 (La Vida Breve)

    Music Arranger: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Music Arranger: Aleksandar Sedlar. Orchestra: Double Sens. Conductor: Nemanja Radulovi膰.
    • Roots.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • William Byrd

    Ye sacred muses

    Singer: Berit Norbakken Solset. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike.
    • BIS.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 5 (5th mvt Rondo-Finale)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • Mahler: Symphony No. 5.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.
  • Francisco Guerrero

    Ave virgo sanctissima

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Santiago a cappella; Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 2.
  • Steve Reich

    Pulses II (Music for 18 Musicians)

    Ensemble: Colin Currie Group. Ensemble: Synergy Vocals.
    • COLIN CURRIE RECORDS.
  • William Walton

    Partita (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Marco Dall鈥橝quila

    Saltarello "La Traditora"

    Performer: Jakob Lindberg.
    • BIS.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Organ Concerto in G minor (conclusion)

    Performer: James O鈥橠onnell. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • LPO.

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