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The best classical morning music

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

Fri 15 Sep 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

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

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.3 in D major BWV.1068 (Overture)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Bach: Works for Orchestra: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 9.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Valse des d茅p锚ches (Waltz of the Telegrams)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • L'eventail De Jeanne / Les Mari茅s De La Tour Eiffel.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for wind in D minor, Op 44 (3rd mvt, Andante con moto)

    Ensemble: Bl盲serensemble Sabine Meyer.
    • Dvorak: Blaserserenaden.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Eine kleine Nachtmusik (1st mvt, Allegro)

    Ensemble: Die K枚lner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • Mozart: Posthorn Serenade & Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
    • BIS.
    • 401.
  • Rachel Portman

    Apple Tree

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • Ask the River.
    • Node Records.
    • 7.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A major for 2 violins, RV.519

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Johannes Pramsohler. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Edward Elgar

    Dream Children (No 1)

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Decca.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Quintet no.1 in A minor Op.30 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble of London.
    • Louise Farrenc: The Two Piano Quintets.
    • ASV.
    • 03.
  • Ludwig Senfl

    Ave rosa sine spinis

    Ensemble: Singer Pur. Ensemble: Ensemble Leones.
    • Ludwig Senfl: Motets & Songs.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 4.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker Suite; Maazel, the Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Telarc.
    • 9.
  • Nicola Matteis I

    Diverse bizzarie sopra la vecchia sarabanda 貌 pur ciaccona

    Performer: Th茅otime Langlois de Swarte. Performer: Thomas Dunford.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Fairuz

    Li Beirut

    Composer: Joaqu铆n Rodrigo. Performer: Sean Shibe. Music Arranger: Karim Sulayman. Music Arranger: Sean Shibe. Singer: Karim Sulayman.
    • Broken Branches.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 109.
  • Rachel Portman

    Apple Tree

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • Ask the River.
    • Node Records.
    • 7.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Polacca (Horn Concertino in E minor, Op 45)

    Performer: Alec Frank-Gemmill. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • Carl Maria von Weber: Wind Concertos.
    • Linn.
    • 9.
  • Florence Beatrice Price

    Symphony No 4 in D minor (1st mvmt, Tempo moderato)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata No 35 in A flat major, H XVI 43 (3rd mvt, Rondo)

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Haydn: Piano Sonatas: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Rachel Portman

    Apple Tree

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • Ask the River.
    • Node Records.
    • 7.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Fughetta (No 5 of Five Bagatelles, Op 23)

    Performer: Robert Plane. Music Arranger: Lawrence Ashmore. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Finzi: Clarinet Concert, Five Bagatelles: Robert Plane.
    • Naxos.
  • Ivor Gurney

    The Apple Orchard

    Performer: James Baillieu. Singer: Benjamin Appl.
    • Forbidden Fruit.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Les Vergers fleuris

    Performer: Alan Curtis.
    • Couperin Harpsichord Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 28.
  • Traditional

    Jesus Christ the apple tree

    Music Arranger: Elizabeth Poston. Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Director: Sir David Willcocks.
    • Christmas at King's.
    • EMI.
    • 13.
  • Erik Satie

    Trois morceaux en forme de poire (No 2)

    Performer: Gabriel Tacchino. Performer: Aldo Ciccolini.
    • EMI.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Linden Lea

    Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Performer: John Constable.
    • An Anthology of English Song: Various artists.
    • Novello.
    • 7.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Naxos.
  • Mel Bonis

    Divertissement (Suite dans le style ancien)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Latitudes.
    • Musique fran莽aise au f茅minin.
    • Disques Triton.
    • 12.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Felicissima quest'alma (Apollo e Dafne)

    Singer: Anna Prohaska. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Director: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Anna Prohaska - Enchanted Forest.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 5.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor, Op 18 (3rd mvmt, Allegro scherzando)

    Performer: Nobuyuki Tsujii. Conductor: Yutaka Sado. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra, Berlin.
    • Piano concerto no. 2 & Piano Pieces.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 3.
  • Liz Lane

    Serenata

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Jack Stamp.
    • Postcards from Grimethorpe.
    • Toccata Next.
    • 104.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op 56a

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Brahms: 4 Symphonies: Berlin Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Fri 15 Sep 2023 09:00

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