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A feast of great 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

Thu 12 Oct 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Eric Coates

    The Merrymakers

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Coates: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • E虅riks Es虒envalds

    Long Road for chorus

    Ensemble: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Passion and Resurrection.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto, Op. 3 No. 10 'Con quattro Violini e Violoncello obligato', RV 580: All

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • SONY.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Trio no.1 in D minor, Op.49 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Itzhak Perlman. Performer: Yo鈥怸o Ma. Performer: Emanuel Ax.
    • Mendelssohn: Piano Trios, Opp. 49 & 66: Perlman : Ma : Ax.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    4 Characteristic waltzes Op.22 (Valse de la reine)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Lyrita.
  • Olli Mustonen

    Frogs Dancing on Water Lilies

    Conductor: Olli Mustonen. Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta.
    • Finland 100: A Century of Finnish Classics.
    • Ondine.
    • 401.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia concertante in E flat for Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon & Orchestra, K297b, 1st movt

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Fran莽ois Leleux. Performer: Gilbert Audin. Performer: Radovan Vlatkovi膰. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Fran莽ois Leleux.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Anon.

    Folias Criollas

    Performer: Hesp猫rion XXI. Performer: Jordi Savall.
    • Altre Follie (1500-1750).
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Barcarolle, Op.60

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
  • Aaron Copland

    Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo, No. 1)

    Orchestra: Colorado Symphony. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Bis.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Songs of Travel - The Vagabond

    Performer: David Willison. Singer: Benjamin Luxon.
    • R. Vaughan Williams: Songs Luxon/Willison.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Rachel Portman

    'Chocolat' - Main Title

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: David Snell.
    • Chocolat (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in G Major, Wq 183 No 4

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 - C.P.E. Bach: Symphonies, Wq 175 & 183/17.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 108.
  • Evelyn Glennie

    Light in darkness for marimba

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie.
    • RCA Victor.
  • Billy Joseph Mayerl

    A Lilly Pond

    Conductor: Gary Carpenter. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra.
  • John Dowland

    The Frog Galliard

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • My Favourite Dowland.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 008.
  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Plat茅e (Air de ballet)

    Orchestra: European Union Baroque Orchestra. Director: Roy Goodman.
    • Rameau: Ballet Suites.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • John Lanchbery

    Mrs Tiggy-winkle's Laundry; The Tale of Mr Jeremy Fisher (Tales of Beatrix Potter)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • Tales Of Beatrix Potter.
    • EMI.
    • 3, 5, 6.
  • The Count Basie Orchestra

    Teddy the Toad

    Ensemble: Count Basie.
    • Cayo Records.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Anne鈥怱ophie Mutter. Performer: Pablo Ferr谩ndez. Performer: Lambert Orkis.
    • Sony Masterworks.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    Transylvanian dances Sz.96

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Bartok: Orchestral Works Vol.1: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Philips.
    • 15.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Rusalka Op 114 Act 1 Song to the Moon arr. Cello, harp and piano

    Performer: Raphaela Gromes. Lyricist: Julian Riem.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.2 in B flat major Op.19 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Beethoven Complete Piano Concertos Lewis - Belohlavek.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.
  • Cassandra Miller

    Leaving

    Ensemble: Quatuor Bozzini.
    • Just So.
    • Another Timbre.
  • William Grant Still

    African Dancer (Suite for violin and piano)

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Zhu Wang.
    • Roots.
    • Decca.
    • 9.
  • Jo茫o Louren莽o Rebelo

    Panis Angelicus

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • A Golden Age of Portguese Music.
    • Coro.
    • 008.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • HYPERION.

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