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Refresh your morning with classical music

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

Tue 7 Nov 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Billy Mayerl

    Autumn Crocus

    Performer: Susan Tomes.
    • Loose Elbows - Susan Tomes plays the piano music of Billy Mayerl.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 13.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D major Op.61 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Thomas Zehetmair. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen.
    • Violin Concerto and Romances (Thomas Zehetmair).
    • DECCA.
    • 005.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Sanctus (London)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Oja Gjeilo.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Johann David Heinichen

    Dresden Concerto in G major S.217 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerti Musica Antiqua Koln Reinhard Goebel.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 17.
  • Giovanni Sgambati

    Serenata napoletana Op.24`2

    Performer: Alban Gerhardt. Performer: C茅cile Licad.
    • Casals: Encores: Alban Gerhardt, Cecile Licad.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.
  • Gerald Finzi

    A Severn Rhapsody Op.3

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit - The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 16.
  • Hamish MacCunn

    The Land of the Mountain and the Flood Op.3

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • MacCunn - Land of the Mountain and the Flood.
    • Hyperion.
    • 001.
  • Robin Holloway

    Serenade in C Major Op.41 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.
    • Ferguson, Bliss & Holloway: Chamber Music.
    • BIS.
    • 113.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek.
    • Dvorak: Complete Symphonies and Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Concertino, Op.107

    Performer: Sharon Bezaly. Orchestra: Residentie Orkest. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Great works for flute and orchestra.
    • BIS.
    • 007.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Impromptu no.2 in B minor

    Performer: Isata Kanneh鈥怣ason.
    • Decca.
  • Robert Schumann

    Concertst眉ck in F major, Op.86 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • RCA.
  • Richard Strauss

    Winterweihe (5 Lieder Op.48)

    Singer: Diana Damrau. Orchestra: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Richard Strauss: Orchestral Songs, Diana Damrau/Christian Thielemann.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.
  • Michael Torke

    Sky - concerto for violin and orchestra (1st mvt)

    Performer: Tessa Lark. Orchestra: Albany Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Alan Miller.
    • TROY.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Cadiz (Suite espa帽ola)

    Music Arranger: Unspecified. Performer: John Williams.
    • Echoes of Spain.
    • CBS.
    • 7.
  • Edward Elgar

    Minuet (Severn Suite, Op.87)

    Ensemble: The Fairey Band. Conductor: James Gourlay.
    • Brass from the Masters, Vol. 1.
    • Chandos.
  • Ivor Gurney

    Severn Meadows

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Susie Allan.
    • Severn and Somme.
    • Somm.
    • 6.
  • Steve Hackett

    Tales of the Riverbank (after M Giuliani's Andante in C)

    Performer: Steve Hackett.
    • Camino.
  • Claude Debussy

    Reflets dans l'eau (Images, set 1)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski.
    • Debussy: Images.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Ernest Farrar

    Over the Hills and Far Away (English pastoral impressions Op.26)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Alasdair Mitchell.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • AVIE.
  • Amy Beach

    Fairy lullaby (3 Shakespeare songs Op.37)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • Sounds and Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook.
    • BIS.
  • Thomas Canning

    Fantasy on a hymn tune by Justin Morgan

    Orchestra: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.
    • American Dreams.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Symphony no. 4 for wind instruments in B flat major T.285/3`4

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • J.C. Bach: Wind Symphonies: Consortium Classicum.
    • MDG.
    • 11-13.
  • John Ireland

    Concertino Pastorale (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Henry Purcell

    Rejoice in the Lord alway, Z.49, 'Bell Anthem'

    Singer: Iestyn Davies. Singer: James Gilchrist. Singer: Neal Davies. Choir: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Orchestra: St John's Sinfonia. Director: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • My Beloved Spake: Anthems by Purcell and Humfrey.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C major H.16.3 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lucio Silla (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Mozart Overtures Sir Colin Davis Staatskapelle Dresden.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 4.

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