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Classical coffee break

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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

Mon 27 Nov 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No.5/Karelia Suite etc: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • Erato.
    • 4.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in E flat major Op.18 'Grande valse brillante'

    Performer: Lang Lang.
    • Lang Lang: The Chopin Album.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 15.
  • Fela Sowande

    Joyful Day (African Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • SONY.
  • Bernhard Crusell

    Clarinet Quartet no.1 in E flat major Op.2 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Osmo V盲nsk盲. Performer: Pekka Kauppinen. Performer: Anu Airas. Performer: Ilkka P盲lli.
    • Finntastic.
    • Bis.
    • 015.
  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur Z.628 (Act 5 Chaconne)

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • WINGED LION.
  • Leroy Anderson

    The Typewriter

    Performer: Alasdair Malloy. Orchestra: 大象传媒 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Leroy Anderson - Orchestral Works Volume 3.
    • NAXOS.
    • 16.
  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Missa Papae Marcelli (Sanctus - Benedictus)

    Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura. Conductor: Matthew Knight.
    • Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 4.
    • Naxos.
    • 13.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major K.364 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Louis Langr茅e.
    • Mozart: Violin Concertos 1 and 3; Sinfonia Concertante.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 7.
  • Enrique Granados

    El pelele (Goyescas Op.11)

    Performer: Javier Perianes.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite in D major HWV.349 (Prelude; Alla Hornpipe)

    Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel. Conductor: Herv茅 Niquet.
    • Water Music & Fireworks.
    • Glossa.
    • 10-11.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Rigaudon (Holberg Suite, Op 40)

    Ensemble: Philharmonische Virtuosen Berlin.
    • Grieg: Holberg Suite/Tchaikovsky: Serenade: Philharmonische Virtuosen Berlin.
    • Teldec.
    • 9.
  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Casta diva (Norma)

    Singer: Maria Callas. Choir: Chorus of La Scala, Milan. Orchestra: Orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Conductor: Tullio Serafin.
    • EMI.
  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor, Op.17 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Gunilla S眉ssmann.
    • AVI Music.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les Biches - suite (Adagietto)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.5 in E flat major Op.73 'Emperor' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • Hyperion.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Taubenpost (Schwanengesang, D.957)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Performer: Gerold Huber.
    • Schubert: Schwanengesang & 4 Lieder: Gerhaher/Huber.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 14.
  • Dario Marianelli

    Briony (Atonement)

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch.
    • Cinematic Nights Vol. 2.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 82.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Tatiana's Letter Scene (Eugene Onegin)

    Singer: Lucia Popp. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Stefan Solt茅sz.
    • Essential Tchaikovsky.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Simon Jeffes

    Telephone and Rubber Band

    Ensemble: Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
    • ZOPF LTD.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in A minor RV.356 Op.3 no.6

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Vivaldi - L'Estro Armonico, Op.3.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 109.
  • Franz Schubert

    Abendstern D.806

    Music Arranger: Alexander Schmalcz. Singer: Benjamin Appl. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Oscar Jockel.
    • Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 101.
  • Margaret Bonds

    Troubled water (Spiritual suite)

    Performer: Samantha Ege.
    • 大象传媒 recording.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Rafael Kubel铆k.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D minor Op.64`5 'The Lark' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.
    • Warner.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Serenity [O Magnum Mysterium]

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: Guy Johnston. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • KINGS COLLEGE.
  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Eugene Ormandy.
    • Clair de lune: Music of France: Ormandy.
    • RCA Victor.
    • 8.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major BWV.1050 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Kati Debretzeni. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, English Baroque Soloists.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 5.
  • Henryk Wieniawski

    Polonaise No.1 in D major Op.4

    Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Performer: Itamar Golan.
    • Paganini; Sarasate; Kreisler; Wieniawski.
    • Teldec.
    • 1.

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