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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

Wed 15 Nov 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Franz Schubert

    Marche militaire in D major, D.733 no.1

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Schubert: Marches Militaires: Daniel Barenboim/Radu Lupu.
    • Teldec.
    • 1.
  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony no.2 in E flat major Op.63 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DECCA.
  • Percy Grainger

    Irish tune from County Derry vers. for wind band

    Ensemble: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Reynish.
    • The Grainger Edition, Vol. 4.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major K.581 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart & Weber Quintets.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 5.
  • Richard Strauss

    Dance of the Seven Veils (Salome Op.54)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Rudolf Kempe.
    • Richard Strauss: Tone Poems.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O viridissima virga

    Ensemble: Gothic Voices. Director: Christopher Page.
    • Hyperion.
  • Judith Weir

    O Viridissima

    Ensemble: Hebrides Ensemble.
    • Airs from Another Planet: Chamber Music and Songs by Judith Weir.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 8.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata no.9 in A major Op.47 'Kreutzer' (1st mvt)

    Music Arranger: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Performer: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Ensemble: Double Sens.
    • Warner.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich liebe den H枚chsten von ganzem Gem眉te BWV.174 (Sinfonia concerto)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Conductor: Bernhard Forck.
    • J.S. Bach: Violin Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Moments musicaux Op16 (no.5 in D flat major)

    Performer: Inon Barnatan.
    • Rachmaninoff: Reflections.
    • Pentatone.
    • 108.
  • Franz Schubert

    Erlkonig D.328

    Music Arranger: Alexander Schmalcz. Singer: Matthias Goerne. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Florian Donderer.
    • Schubert Revisited: Lieder Arranged for Baritone and Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • Roman Hoffstetter

    String Quartet in F Major Op.3 no.5 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • Hommage.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Symphony no.3 Op.27 'Sinfonia Espansiva' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabio Luisi.
    • Carl Nielsen: The Symphonies.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Souvenirs de Bayreuth

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • ALPHA.
  • David Rose

    The Stripper

    Orchestra: David Rose and His Orchestra.
    • Jazz Lounge Classics.
    • Master Classics Records.
    • 1.
  • Frank Loesser

    Take back your mink (Guys and dolls)

    Singer: Dorothy Shay.
    • The Very Best Of.
    • Master Classics Records.
    • 23.
  • John Tavener

    The Protecting Veil (opening)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gennady Nikolayevich Rozhdestvensky.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Samson et Dalila)

    Singer: El墨na Garan膷a. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Sommernachtskonzert 2023 / Summer Night Concert 2023.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Sacrificial Dance (The Rite of Spring)

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yoel Levi.
    • TELARC.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto in F Major HWV.334 (6th mvt)

    Performer: Petra M眉llejans. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • Handel: Concerti a due cori.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 106.
  • Guillaume Dufay

    Ave maris stella

    Music Arranger: Jan Garbarek. Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • Officium.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 12.
  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Hansel and Gretel (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Humperdinck: H盲nsel und Gretel.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 101.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat major (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto no.1 in D minor Op.15 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Trpceski. Orchestra: WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne. Conductor: Cristian M膬celaru.
    • Linn.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Marche pour la c茅r茅monie des Turcs

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Tous les matins du monde: Original soundtrack.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 1.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony no.5 in D minor Op.47 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47 (Live).
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 104.

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