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Georgia Mann

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

Georgia Mann 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

Fri 11 Aug 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Bernard Herrmann

    North by Northwest (Overture)

    Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic. Conductor: Esa鈥怭ekka Salonen.
    • Bernard Hermann: The Film Scores: Salonen, LA Phil.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in C major K.545 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 1.
  • Alexander Borodin

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

    Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • CBS Maestro.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in G major, Op 6 No 1

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Trad.

    Just as the tide was flowing

    Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Choir: Holst Singers. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Paul Hindemith

    Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' (1st mvt 'Concert of Angels')

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Hindemith: Symphonie 'Mathis der Maler' / Trauermusik / Symphonic Metamorphosis.
    • DECCA.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    March Op.99

    Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Frederick Fennell.
    • Mercury Living Presence.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quartet No 1 in C minor, Op 51 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • EMI.
  • Edward Elgar

    La capricieuse, Op.17

    Orchestrator: S酶ren Barfoed. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mario Venzago.
    • Elgar: Cello Concerto: Sol Gambetta.
    • RCA.
    • 7.
  • Spiritual

    Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason. Music Arranger: Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 17.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Scherzo (Souvenir d'un lieu cher, Op 42)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 etc: Julia Fischer.
    • Pentatone.
  • Thea Musgrave

    Song of the Enchanter

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jac van Steen.
  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Il Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme: "Caldo sangue"

    Singer: Cecilia Bartoli. Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Opera Proibita.
    • DECCA.
    • 6.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Concerto in F Major, Hob. XVIII:3 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Haydn: Piano Concertos Nos. 3, 4 & 11.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Bohuslav Martin暖

    Sextet for flute, oboe, clarinet, 2 bassoons and piano (5th mvt)

    Performer: Llinos Owen. Performer: James Baillieu. Ensemble: Orsino Ensemble.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Serenade to Music

    Singer: Soloists. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • Hyperion.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Organ Sonata in C minor, Op 65 No 2 (2nd & 3rd mvts)

    Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • ARGO.
  • Gustav Mahler

    Symphony No 3 (5th mvt)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Choir: Vienna State Opera Choir. Choir: Vienna Boys' Choir. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 18.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    L' Adorazione dei Magi (Trittico Botticelliano)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: Tam谩s V谩s谩ry.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Mystery (Rosary) Sonata no. 1: The Annunciation

    Performer: John Holloway. Performer: Davitt Moroney. Ensemble: Tragicomedia.
    • VIRGIN VERITAS.
  • Edward Elgar

    Softly and gently (The Dream of Gerontius, Op.38)

    Singer: Janet Baker. Choir: Hall茅 Choir. Choir: Sheffield Philharmonic Chorus. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: John Barbirolli.
    • EMI.
  • Andr茅 Gedalge

    Violin Sonata No 1 in G Major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Jean鈥怞acques Kantorow. Performer: Alexandre Kantorow.
    • Sonates fran莽aises.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 11.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dances, Op 46: No 5 in A Major

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Dvorak: Slavonic Dances; Miniatures.
    • ELOQUENCE.
    • 5.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto for two violas in G major, TWV52:G3

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Sabine Fehlandt. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Director: Bernhard Forck.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor Op.15 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Kathryn Stott. Ensemble: Hermitage String Trio.
    • Chandos.
  • James McMillan

    Christus vincit

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Performer: David De Winter. Conductor: Martin Baker.
    • HYPERION.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Cello Concerto No.1

    Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Yo-Yo Ma Plays Cello Masterworks.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Fri 11 Aug 2023 09:00

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