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Celebrating classical greats

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 9 Jan 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • Stravinsky: Apollon Musag猫te & Pulcinella Suite.
    • Linn Records.
    • 11.
  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Sicilienne

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Mariko Anraku.
    • Beau Soir, French and Japanese melodies: Pahud/Anraku.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    L'Eraclito amoroso [Udite amanti]

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Ensemble: Le Concert d鈥橝str茅e. Conductor: Emmanuelle Ha茂m.
    • ERATO.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Sarka (Ma Vlast)

    Conductor: Ji艡铆 B臎lohl谩vek. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic.
    • Smetana: M谩 Vlast.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 3.
  • John Field

    Nocturne no.18 in E major 'Le Midi'

    Performer: Finghin Collins.
    • The bright day is done.
    • Claves Records.
    • 5.
  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise (Sunrise - Suite)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Aulin, Moberg, Andr茅e: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
    • 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.
  • Stewart Goodyear

    Callaloo (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Stewart Goodyear. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Wayne Marshall.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • Pierre de la Rue

    Absalon, fili mi (Absalom, my son)

    Choir: Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • HYPERION.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Act 2 Waltz)

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

    Dawn Chorus in a Viennese Bird-Seller's Shop; Grasshopper (Mozart's Pets)

    Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Wind Instruments Ensemble. Conductor: Shea Lolin.
    • Chromosphere: Symphonic Colours of the Woodwind Orchestra.
    • Divine Art.
    • 4-5.
  • Franz Schubert

    Am Bach im Fr眉hling, D.361

    Performer: Gerald Moore. Singer: Hans Hotter.
    • Schubert: Lieder.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 18.
  • Andr茅 Cardinal Destouches

    Chaconne (Les Elements)

    Composer: Michel鈥怰ichard de Lalande. Orchestra: Ensemble Les Surprises. Conductor: Louis-No毛l Bestion de Camboulas.
    • Delalande & Destouches: Les El茅ments.
    • Ambronay.
    • 132.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in C major H.15.27 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio.
    • Joseph Haydn - Piano Trios.
    • Philips.
    • 6.
  • Dora Peja膷evi膰

    Symphony in F sharp minor Op.41 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
  • Henry Purcell

    Come ye sons of art away Z.323 (Mvts 2-4)

    Singer: Michael Chance. Singer: Timothy Wilson. Ensemble: The English Concert Choir. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
  • Hannah Peel

    Sunrise through the Dusty Nebula

    Ensemble: Tubular Brass. Conductor: Sandy Smith.
    • My Own Pleasure.
  • James MacMillan

    O Radiant Dawn

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Mel Bonis

    Matin (Soir et matin Op.76)

    Performer: Sandrine Cantoreggi. Performer: Gustav Rivinius. Performer: Sheila Arnold.
    • Mel Bonis: Entre Soir et Matin.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 20.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The sun, whose rays are all ablaze (The Mikado)

    Singer: Lesley Garrett. Orchestra: The English National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Robinson.
    • The Mikado (Highlights).
    • That's Entertainment.
    • 13.
  • B茅la Bart贸k

    10 Easy Pieces Sz.39 (Dawn)

    Performer: Zolt谩n Kocsis.
    • Bart贸k: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 6.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 40.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Sunrise (Scythian Suite)

    Conductor: Antal Dor谩ti. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No.5/The Love for 3 Oranges Suite/Scythian Suite.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Valerie Coleman

    Le grand duc mambo (Portraits of Langston)

    Ensemble: McGill / McHale Trio.
    • Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet & Piano.
    • Cedille.
    • 206.
  • Emanuele Barbella

    Mandolin Concerto in D major

    Performer: Avi Avital. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7-9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Norwegian Dance Op.35 no.1

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • NAXOS.
  • Marianna Martines

    Harpsichord Sonata in A major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sarah Hagen.
    • Self release.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Gloria; Laudamus te (Gloria)

    Performer: Britten Sinfonia. Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Poulenc - Gloria; Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1-2.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in G minor Op.6`8 'Christmas Night' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Thorsten Rosenbusch. Performer: Karl-Heinz Schr枚ter. Performer: Harald Winkler. Performer: Raphael Alpermann. Performer: Christian Trompler. Orchestra: Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen.
    • Christmas Concertos - Kammerochestrer Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 20.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Three Wonders (The Tale of Tsar Saltan - Suite Op.57)

    Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • Suites by Russian Composers.
    • Melodiya.
    • 10.

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