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Classical coffee break

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

Wed 6 Dec 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle Styrienne

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Cala.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Chaconne and Variations in G major HWV.435

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • P谩l Esterh谩zy

    Dormi Jesu

    Singer: M谩rta Sebesty茅n. Singer: Judit Andrejszki. Performer: Caius Hera.
    • BIEM ARTISJUS.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Ruy Blas Op.95

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Mendelssohn in Birmingham, Vol. 5.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Lili Boulanger

    颁辞谤迟猫驳别

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • The Jukebox Album.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 201.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G minor Op.74 no.3 'Rider' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op.74.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 12.
  • Steve Reich

    Nagoya Marimbas

    Performer: Colin Currie. Performer: Sam Walton.
    • Classical Chillout.
    • EMI CLASSSICS.
    • 12.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Schwingt freudig euch empor (Cantata BWV.36)

    Choir: Collegium Vocale Gent. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Bach/Adventskantaten/Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Scheherazade, Op 35 (The Sea and Sinbad's Ship)

    Performer: Christopher Warren鈥怗reen. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade: Philharmonia/Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Czech Suite Op.39 (Polka)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Dvorak: Violin concerto etc: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Swensen.
    • Linn.
    • 5.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Suite Op.23 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Rapha毛lle Moreau. Performer: David Moreau. Performer: J茅r茅mie Moreau. Performer: Edgar Moreau.
    • A Family Affair.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Reena Esmail

    The Unexpected Early Hour

    Choir: 大象传媒 Singers. Conductor: Bob Chilcott.
    • 大象传媒 recording.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Sonata in A Major Op.47 'Kreutzer' (3rd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Performer: Nemanja Radulovi膰. Ensemble: Double Sens.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Jacob van Eyck

    Wat zal men op den avond doen

    Performer: Pamela Thorby. Performer: Andrew Lawrence鈥怟ing.
    • Garden of early delights.
    • LINN.
    • 2.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets, Op.32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
    • 4.
  • Francis Pott

    There is No Rose

    Ensemble: Choir of St John鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Performer: James Anderson-Besant. Conductor: Andrew Nethsingha.
    • Advent Live, Vol. 3.
    • Signum Records.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    Erlk枚nig D.328

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Andreas Haeifliger.
    • Schubert Lieder Volume 7: Erlk枚nig.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Richard Wagner

    The Ride of the Valkyries (Die Walk眉re)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Donald Runnicles.
    • Wagner: Der Ring - Orchestral Highlights: Runnicles.
    • Teldec.
  • Frederick Loewe

    The Ascot Gavotte (My Fair Lady)

    Librettist: Alan Jay Lerner. Ensemble: Original Cast.
    • My Fair Lady: Original London Cast Recording.
    • Columbia.
    • 9.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Little Bells (The Wand of Youth - Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites No.1 & 2: New Zealand SO/Judd.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.
  • David Overton

    Fantasia on 'In dulci jubilo'

    Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: John Georgiadis.
    • In Dulci Jubilo - Christmas with James Galway.
    • RCA RED SEAL.
    • 1.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Introduction and polonaise in C major Op.3

    Performer: Sergio Tiempo. Performer: Mischa Maisky.
    • Hommage.
    • AVANTI CLASSIC.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.36 in C major K.425 'Linz' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Symphonies; SCO; Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.
    • 8.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Vocalise Op.34 no.14

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27, etc.: BFO, Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 5.
  • Josquin des Prez

    Missus est Gabriel angelus

    Ensemble: Le Miroir de Musique. Director: Baptiste Romain.
    • The Birth of the Violin.
    • Ricercar.
    • 2.
  • Claude Debussy

    Valse romantique

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • Debussy: Suite Bergamasque, Pour le Piano etc., Noriko Ogawa.
    • Bis.
    • 5.
  • George Gershwin

    Cuban Overture

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Warner.

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