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Celebrating classical greats

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

Fri 10 Nov 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.5 in C minor Op.67 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Musica Aeterna. Conductor: Teodor Currentzis.
    • Sony.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in E flat 'Schlummerlied' Op.117 no.1

    Performer: Arcadi Volodos.
    • SONY.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe, violin & strings in C minor, BWV 1060 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alexei Ogrintchouk. Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Ensemble: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • BIS.
  • Pavel Grigorievich Chesnokov

    We Praise Thee

    Choir: St. Petersburg Chamber Choir. Conductor: Nikolay Kornov.
    • Credo (Dmitri Hvorostovsky 鈥 The Philips Recitals, Vol. 7).
    • DECCA.
    • 13.
  • William Walton

    Cello Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • HYPERION.
  • York Bowen

    A Leaf from the Sky (Fragments from Hans Andersen)

    Performer: Nicolas Namoradze.
    • Hyperion.
  • George Walker

    Concerto for trombone and orchestra: 3rd mvt; Allegro

    Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: James DePreist.
    • BIS.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert waltz no.1 in D major Op.47

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Kazuki Yamada.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Chiquinha Gonzaga

    Gaucho - tango brasileiro

    Performer: Arnaldo Cohen.
    • BIS.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in E major Op.2`10

    Ensemble: The Purcell Quartet.
    • Chandos.
  • Gustav Holst

    A Fugal Overture, Op.40`1

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Quartet No 2 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.
    • Korngold: The String Quartets.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit (A German Requiem)

    Singer: Margaret Price. Choir: Ambrosian Singers. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
  • George Enescu

    Romanian Rhapsody No 1 in A major, Op 11

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti.
    • Mercury.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Adagio in C major K.580a

    Music Arranger: Nicholas Daniel. Ensemble: Britten Oboe Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Marcel Lanquetuit

    Toccata in D major

    Performer: Jane Parker鈥怱mith.
    • Jane Parker-Smith at the Goll Organ of St. Martin Memmingen.
    • Avie.
    • 1.
  • Konstantia Gourzi

    Wind Whispers: Floating Leaf

    Performer: William Youn.
    • Konstantia Gourzi: Whispers.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 2.
  • Imogen Holst

    The Fall Of The Leaf: Vivace

    Performer: Oliver Coates.
    • Holst: String Chamber Music.
    • NMC.
    • 10.
  • Gerald Finzi

    The Fall of the Leaf, Op 20

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.
    • Lyrita.
  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    A blown-away leaf (On an Overgrown Path, Book 1 No.2)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Jan谩cek: Piano Music.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Herbert Howells

    King David

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Iestyn Davies.
    • Divine Music 鈥 An English Songbook.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 109.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Take, o take those lips away

    Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Roderick Williams.
    • Sounds and Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook.
    • BIS.
    • 123.
  • C茅sar Franck

    Symphony in D minor (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Cecilia McDowall

    The Lord is good for 2 sopranos and chorus

    Singer: Susanna Fairbairn. Singer: Miranda Laurence. Choir: Sospiri. Conductor: Christopher Watson.
    • NAXOS.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D minor Kk.141

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • This & That: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Galton Concert Productions.
    • 5.
  • Robert Schumann

    Violin Concerto in D minor (2nd mvt - with a coda by Benjamin Britten)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Joshua Bell.
    • SONY.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chloe (conclusion)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Choir: Sinfonia of London Chorus. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Agust铆n Barrios Mangor茅

    Danza Paraguaya No.2 "隆Jha, Che Valle!"

    Performer: David Russell.
    • Music of Barrios.
    • Telarc.
    • 4.
  • Richard Wagner

    Tannhauser: Overture

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • EMI.

Broadcast

  • Fri 10 Nov 2023 09:00

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