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Sara Mohr-Pietsch plays the best in classical music featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Sara Mohr-Pietsch 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

Thu 5 Oct 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Gioachino Rossini

    The Silken Ladder (Overture)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Rossini: Overtures: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sarabande from Keyboard suite in D minor, HWV 437

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Music Arranger: Olivier Four茅s. Ensemble: Daniel Hope Ensemble.
    • DG.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Polonaise in A major, Op 40 No 1, 'Military'

    Performer: David Quigley.
    • El Greco.
  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet no. 2 in D major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Borodin: String Quartets Nos. 1&2: Borodin Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Dance (Aladdin)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Nielsen: Aladdin Suite . Helios etc..
    • DG.
    • 14.
  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Autumn in Albania (4 World Seasons, No 1)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Graham Bradshaw.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Septet in E flat major Op.20 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Berlin Soloists.
    • Apex.
  • Antonio Cesti

    Berenice [Il TIto]

    Singer: Raquel Andueza. Ensemble: La Galan铆a.
    • Anima E Corpo.
  • Uuno Klami

    Nummisuutarit

    Orchestra: Oulu Sinfonia. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Overtures from Finland.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅

    Waltz in G major Op.8 no.4

    Performer: John Williams.
    • Sony.
  • Ernest John Moeran

    Overture for a Festival

    Orchestrator: Rodney Newton. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.
    • Dutton.
  • John Bennet

    Venus' birds, whose mournful tunes

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Julian Behr. Ensemble: Concerto di Viole.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    脡tude symphonique, Op.28

    Performer: Jonathan Plowright.
    • Homage to Paderewski: Jonathan Plowrigtht.
    • Hyperion.
    • 23.
  • Nicolas Gombert

    Media vita in morte sumus

    Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.
    • Cypres.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.1 in D major, Op.11 (6th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.
  • Florence Beatrice Price

    String Quintet in E minor

    Performer: Michelle Cann. Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered Vol 2: Florence B Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 20-22.
  • Feim Ibrahimi

    Tokate

    Performer: Kirsten Johnson.
    • Guild.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Automne

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Janet Baker.
    • Janet Baker - Song Recital.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Petit adagio (The Seasons - Autumn)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Joseph Kosma

    Autumn Leaves

    Performer: 脡dith Piaf.
  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.1`1

    Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players. Director: Nicholas Kraemer.
    • Locatelli: 12 Concerti Grossi, op.1.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1-4.
  • M. Camargo Guarnieri

    Dan莽a negra

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Dance.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.
  • Edward MacDowell

    In October [Suite No.1, Op.42]

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Takuo Yuasa.
    • Naxos.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Pace

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Errollyn Wallen: Peace on Earth.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 3.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Trio in A minor, 3rd mvt: Passacaille

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Maurice Ravel.
    • CRD.
    • 8.
  • Alfonso X el Sabio

    Cantigas de Santa Maria, CSM 37: Miragres fremosos faz por nos

    Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Cantigas de Santa Maria (Remastered).
    • Alia Vox.
    • 9.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Suite no.2 in C major Op.53 (Scherzo Burlesque)

    Orchestra: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • The Stuttgart Recordings.
    • CapriccioNR.
    • 603.
  • Stephen Sondheim

    Send in the clowns (A Little Night Music)

    Singer: Glynis Johns.
    • Columbia.
  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Festive Morning (Suite Veneziana)

    Orchestra: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin. Conductor: Ariane Matiakh.
    • Strauss: Aus Italien / Wolf-Ferrari: Suite Veneziana.
    • Capriccio.
    • 008.

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