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The best classical morning music

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

Tue 12 Dec 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Michael Praetorius

    In dulci jubilo

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8: OAE, Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 1.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    My Joys Op.74 no.12

    Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • DECCA.
    • 8.
  • Karl Goldmark

    'Rustic Wedding' symphony Op.26 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Goldmark: Symphony No. 1, "Rustic Wedding" & Violin Concerto - Dohn谩nyi: Variati.
    • Warner Classics.
  • George Enescu

    Impromptu concertant

    Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips.
    • DG.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Or let the merry bells ring round (L'Allegro, il penseroso, ed il moderato)

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Choir: Bach Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: David Hill.
    • BIS.
  • L茅o Delibes

    Waltz (Coppelia)

    Orchestra: Les Si猫cles. Conductor: Fran莽ois鈥怷avier Roth.
    • Bru Zane.
  • Peter Warlock

    I saw a fair maiden for chorus [SATTB]

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • O magnum misterium: 20th Century Christmas Carols.
    • HELIOS.
    • 11.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    String Quartet No 1 in E minor, 'From my life' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Pavel Haas Quartet.
    • Supraphon.
  • John Sheppard

    Verbum caro

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • The Flowering of Genius.
    • Coro.
    • 10.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Act 2 Waltz)

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Ballets russes.
    • Parlophone (France).
    • 11.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in E flat major, Op 27 No 1, 'Quasi una fantasia' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • Beethoven: Piano Sonatas, Opp.26, 27 & 49.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 13.
  • Lucy Walker

    There is no Rose

    Performer: Emma Tring. Performer: 大象传媒 Singers. Performer: Owain Park.
    • 大象传媒 recording.
  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: Hall茅. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Butterworth/Delius: English Rhapsody: Halle, Elder.
    • Halle.
    • 4.
  • Franz Xaver Gruber

    Silent Night

    Music Arranger: Mark Brown. Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Performer: James O鈥橠onnell. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Classical Christmas: Essential Works.
    • Menuetto Classics.
    • 13.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Concerto a 8 in G major ZWV.186 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Collegium 1704.
    • Zelenka: Komposizione per Orchestra.
    • Supraphon.
    • 10-12.
  • Andrew Carter

    Toccata on Veni Emmanuel

    Performer: Kevin Bowyer.
    • NIMBUS.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Gaude, Gaude (Veni, Veni, Emmanuel)

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka鈥怭ekka Saraste.
    • CATALYST.
    • 5.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Piano Concerto in C sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Poulenc: Piano Concerto, Organ Concerto & Stabat Mater.
    • LPO.
    • 2.
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    I zampognari! [Bell Chorus] (I Pagliacci)

    Choir: Groot Omroepkoor. Choir: Nationaal Kinderkoor. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • William Byrd

    The Bells

    Music Arranger: Mark Kroll. Ensemble: Canadian Brass.
    • English Renaissance Music.
    • SONY.
    • 26.
  • Henry Purcell

    Rejoice in the Lord alway Z.49 'Bell anthem'

    Ensemble: The Taverner Choir, Consort & Players. Conductor: Andrew Parrott.
    • Purcell: Music for Pleasure and Devotion.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 109.
  • Jonathan Harvey

    Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco (excerpt)

    Performer: Jonathan Harvey.
    • SARGASSO.
  • Edward Elgar

    The Starlight Express - Suite (conclusion)

    Music Arranger: Sir Andrew Davis. Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Singer: Roderick Williams. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Elgar: The Starlight Express.
    • Chandos.
    • 34.
  • Sylvius Leopold Weiss

    Fantasie

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Baroque.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Foxtrot (Suite for Jazz Band no.1)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Gabriela Montero

    Improvisation on Vivaldi's Winter

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • EMI.
  • Tom谩s Luis de Victoria

    O magnum mysterium

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Candlelight: Seasonal Reflections & Celebrations.
    • Collegium.
    • 2.
  • Edward Elgar

    Symphony no.1 in A flat major Op.55 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Decca.
  • Peter Cornelius

    The Three Kings

    Music Arranger: Ivor Atkins. Music Arranger: Owain Park. Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Morning Star: Music for Epiphany Down the Ages.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Performer: Marc-Andr茅 Hamelin.
    • Grainger: Solo Piano Music: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • George Walker

    Concerto for trombone and orchestra: 3rd mvt; Allegro

    Performer: Christian Lindberg. Orchestra: Malm枚 SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: James DePreist.
    • BIS.
  • Richard Strauss

    Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche Op.28

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • REFERENCE RECORDINGS.
  • Jonathan Dove

    The Three Kings

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Signum.

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