Refresh your morning with classical 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 – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.
1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.
1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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AntonÃn Dvořák
Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.- TELDEC.
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John Gardner
Tomorrow shall be my dancing day
Performer: Margaret Phillips. Performer: Ben Hoffnung. Performer: William Lockhart. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Hodie - An English Christmas Collection.
- Coro.
- 25.
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Felix Mendelssohn
Octet in E flat major, Op 20 (4th mvt, Presto)
Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet.- Deutsche Grammophon.
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Teresa Carreño
Le sommeil de l'enfant
Performer: Alexandra Oehler.- Teresa Carreno: Klavierwerke (Piano works).
- ARS MUSICI.
- 010.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in D major, RV.90 (The Goldfinch)
Performer: Maurice Steger. Orchestra: I Barocchisti. Director: Diego Fasolis.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Judith Weir
My Guardian Angel
Ensemble: The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford. Conductor: Will Dawes.- The Dawn of Grace: Music for Christmas.
- Resonus Classics.
- 16.
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Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite (Praeludium)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Grieg: Holberg Suite/Tchaikovsky: String Serenade: Orheus Chamber Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Nathaniel Dett
Winter
Performer: Clare Hammond. -
Anon.
There is no rose
Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.- Medieval Carols, Oxford Camerata.
- DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
- 06.
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Sergey Prokofiev
Winter Bonfire (Departure)
Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.- ASV.
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Helena Munktell
Le lac de Siljan (Suite dalecarlienne)
Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.- Sterling.
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John Joubert
Torches
Performer: David Dunnett. Choir: Ikon. Conductor: David Hill.- Venite, Gaudete!: Choral Music for Christmas.
- Naxos.
- 104.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 9 in E flat major, K 271 (3rd mvt, Rondo)
Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Director: Daniel Barenboim.- Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
- EMI Classics.
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Franz Xaver Gruber
Silent Night
Music Arranger: James Morgan. Music Arranger: Juliette Pochin. Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Ensemble: Piano Hands. Conductor: James Morgan.- Carols Revisited - Christmas with the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers.
- Warner Classics.
- 6.
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Judith Weir
My Guardian Angel
Ensemble: The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford. Conductor: Will Dawes.- The Dawn of Grace: Music for Christmas.
- Resonus Classics.
- 16.
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Errollyn Wallen
Horseplay (2nd movement, Lively)
Ensemble: Continuum Ensemble. Conductor: Philip Headlam.- Wallen: The Girl in my Alphabet.
- AVIE.
- 9.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Concerto for oboe and violin in C minor, BWV 1060 (2nd mvmt, Adagio)
Performer: Alfredo Bernardini. Performer: Cecilia Bernardini. Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.- Linn Records : CKD519.
- Linn Records.
- 2.
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Grace Williams
Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes
Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Andrew Penny.- Welsh Classical Favourites: Royal Ballet Sinfonia/Penny.
- Marco Polo.
- 1.
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Rebecca (Junior Carol Competition winner)
Polaris
Performer: Iain Farrington. Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers. -
SENIOR Carol 4 - Clare Welfare
Polaris
Choir: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Singers. Performer: Iain Farrington. Conductor: Nicholas Chalmers. -
Vincent Youmans
Tahiti Trot (Tea for Two)
Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.- Shostakovich: Symphony No 11 etc..
- Warner Classics.
- 109.
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Judith Weir
My Guardian Angel
Ensemble: The Choir of Somerville College, Oxford. Conductor: Will Dawes.- The Dawn of Grace: Music for Christmas.
- Resonus Classics.
- 16.
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George Frideric Handel
Waft her, Angels (Jephtha)
Singer: Mark Padmore. Ensemble: The English Concert. Director: Andrew Manze.- Handel Arias - Padmore / The English Concert / Manze.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 017.
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George Crumb
Black Angels
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.- Elektra Nonesuch.
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Felix Mendelssohn
For he shall give his angels watch over thee (Elijah)
Singer: Gwyneth Jones. Singer: Janet Baker. Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos.- Mendelssohn: Elijah.
- Warner Classics.
- 9.
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George Gershwin
Someone to watch over me
Singer: Ella Fitzgerald.- Mr Paganini.
- Dreyfus Jazz.
- 4.
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Carl Sprague Ruggles
Angels
Ensemble: London Brass.- Modern Times.
- Warner Classics.
- 7.
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George Frideric Handel
Happy, Iphis shalt thou live (Jephtha)
Singer: Grace Davidson. Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.- Handel: Jephtha.
- CORO.
- 36.
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Georges Bizet
L'Arlésienne, Suite No 1 (Minuetto)
Orchestra: Orchestre Lamoureux. Conductor: Antal Doráti.- The Best of Bizet.
- Philips.
- 12.
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Duke Ellington
Nutcracker Suite (Peanut Brittle Brigade)
Composer: Billy Strayhorn. Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Music Arranger: Jeff Tyzik. Conductor: Andrew Grams. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra.- The Nutcracker Suite.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 5.
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Kathy Cave
Immanuel
Ensemble: Irini Quartet. -
Anon.
Veni Veni Emmanuel
Music Arranger: Mark D. Templeton. Choir: Basel Male Voice Choir.- SUISA.
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George Frideric Handel
Music for the Royal Fireworks (La réjouissance)
Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- Alia Vox.
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Hélène de Montgeroult
Piano Sonata in F Minor, Op 5 No 2 (2nd mvt, Aria con espressione)
Performer: Nicolas Horvath.- Montgeroult: Complete Piano Sonatas.
- Grand Piano.
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Francesco Geminiani
Concerto Grosso No 5 in G minor after Corelli (2nd mvt)
Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Lorenza Borrani. Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.- 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 15.
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Gerald Finzi
In terra pax Op.39
Singer: Roderick Williams. Singer: Julia Doyle. Choir: City of London Choir. Performer: Mark Willliams. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hilary Davan Wetton.- In Terra Pax: A Christmas Anthology.
- Naxos.
- 6.
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Johannes Brahms
Hungarian Dance No 5 in G minor
Orchestrator: Iván Fischer. Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Brahms/Dvorak: Hungarian Dances/Slavonic Dances: Budapest Festival Orch/Fischer.
- Decca.
- 4.
Broadcast
- Fri 22 Dec 2023 09:00´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio 3