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Great classical music for your morning

Sara Mohr-Pietsch plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch 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

Fri 6 Oct 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Solomon: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Fugue; Air

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Kenneth Sillito.
    • CAPRICCIO.
  • Claude Debussy

    Valse romantique

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete Works for Piano: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Inon Zur

    Inon Zur's Syberia: The World Before

    • Decca.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Hebrides, Op 26

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Kurt Masur: Legendary Recordings.
    • Berlin Classics.
  • Gustav Holst

    A Fugal Concerto Op.40`2

    Performer: William Bennett. Performer: Peter Graeme. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Imogen Holst.
    • Holst: Brook Green Suite, Lyric Movement, Fugal Concerto: ECO, Imogen Holst.
    • Lyrita.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in E flat major, D.897 'Notturno'

    Ensemble: Trio Fontenay.
    • Teldec.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    F锚te polonaise

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Collard

    En pri猫re

    • M茅lodies francaises.
    • EMI.
    • 13.
  • Marin Marais

    La sonnerie de Sainte-Genevi猫ve du Mont de Paris

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Tous Les Matins Du Monde: Bande Originale du Film, Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Andante Cantabile (Op.11) arr for cello and orchestra from String Quartet No. 1

    Performer: Gautier Capu莽on. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Paris. Conductor: Douglas Boyd.
    • Erato.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Sevilla (Suite Espagnola, Op.47)

    Music Arranger: John Williams. Performer: John Williams.
    • Sony.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in A major Kk.212

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • SONY.
  • Henry Balfour Gardiner

    Evening Hymn

    Performer: Andrew Lucas. Choir: St Paul's Cathedral Choir. Conductor: John Scott.
    • HYPERION.
  • Gustav Holst

    Venus, the Bringer of Peace (The Planets)

    Orchestra: The National Youth Orchestra. Performer: Dominic Martens. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Strauss / Holst: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 011.
  • Irving Berlin

    Putting On the Ritz

    • Hollywood Stars.
    • Discos Cada.
    • 3.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Serenade in E major Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Dvorak, Bartok, Wolf: Saito Kinen, Ozawa.
    • Philips.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Trio Sonata in B flat major, HWV.380

    Ensemble: Convivium.
    • Handel, Trio Sonatas for Oboe and Violin: Convivium.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-Flat Major, K. 271 "Jeunehomme": II. Andantino

    Conductor: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Leif Ove Andsnes Plays Mozart.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.
  • Claudio Monteverdi

    Zefiro torna (Scherzi musicali)

    Singer: Nigel Rogers. Singer: Ian Partridge. Performer: Colin Tilney. Director: J眉rgen J眉rgens.
    • Monteverdi - Caccini - Peri - Saracini: Canti Amorosi.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 5.
  • Scott Joplin

    A Breeze from Alabama

    Performer: Dick Hyman.
    • Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
    • RCA.
    • 010.
  • William Grant Still

    Symphony No. 1, 'Afro-American' (IV. Lento con risolutione)

    Orchestra: Fort Smith Symphony. Conductor: John Jeter.
    • William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony/In Memoriam/Africa (Symphonic Poem).
    • NAXOS.
    • 8.

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  • Fri 6 Oct 2023 09:00

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