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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 – 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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 22 Feb 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream (Scherzo)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • CHANNEL.
  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Performer: Peter Maxwell Davies.
    • NAXOS.
  • Francesca Caccini

    Ciaccona

    Performer: Luigi Cozzolino. Ensemble: Cappella di Santa Maria degli Angiolini. Director: Gian Luca Lastraioli.
    • Maria, dolce Maria.
    • Brilliant Classics.
    • 3.
  • Geirr Tveitt

    The last farewell (A Hundred Hardanger Tunes)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Naxos.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Royal Hunt and Storm (The Trojans)

    Choir: Strasbourg Philharmonic Chorus. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: John Nelson.
    • Berlioz: Les Troyens.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 144.
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Etruscan Concerto (1st mvmt, Promenade)

    Performer: Keith Jarrett. Orchestra: Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • MusicMasters Classics.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Hymn to Nature (The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh)

    Orchestra: Gürzenich-Orchester Köln. Conductor: Dmitri Georgievich Kitayenko.
    • Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov & Lyadov: Works.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 201.
  • Valerie Coleman

    Concerto for Wind Quintet (1st mvmt, Afro)

    Ensemble: Imani Winds.
    • Koch International Classics.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major, Op 64 No 3

    Performer: Ingrid Fliter.
    • Chopin: Piano Sonata No.3 etc: Ingrid Fliter.
    • EMI.
    • 12.
  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Tu mi chamas

    Performer: Nicolas Krüger. Singer: Jodie Devos.
    • And Love Said....
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 13.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto grosso in F major, Op 6 No 6 (4th mvmt, Vivace)

    Ensemble: Gli Incogniti. Director: Amandine Beyer.
    • Corelli: The Complete Concerti Grossi.
    • Zig-Zag Territoires.
    • 38.
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Etruscan Concerto (1st mvmt, Promenade)

    Performer: Keith Jarrett. Orchestra: Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • MusicMasters Classics.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in G minor, Op 46 No 8

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • TELDEC.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Blue Cathedral

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Spano.
    • Rainbow Body.
    • TELARC.
    • 4.
  • Chevalier de Saint-Georges Joseph Bologne

    Quartet concertant No 1 in B flat major (2nd movement, Gratioso)

    Ensemble: Arabella String Quartet.
    • Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto concertans.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    The Red Hill (The Unforgettable Year 1919, Op 89a)

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • The Film Music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vol.3.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Etruscan Concerto (1st mvmt, Promenade)

    Performer: Keith Jarrett. Orchestra: Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • MusicMasters Classics.
  • Frederic Curzon

    Le Boulevardier - characteristic intermezzo

    Performer: Julian Leaper. Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics - 1.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Claude Debussy

    Syrinx

    Performer: Juliette Hurel.
    • NAIVE.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

    Singer: Kiri Te Kanawa. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Pritchard.
    • EMI.
  • Reginald Smith Brindle

    5 Etruscan preludes for guitar (No 4, Un poco lento e sostenuto)

    Performer: Duilio Meucci.
    • Smith Brindle: Guitar Music, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence, Op.70 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • John Williams

    Superman (Main title)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Rhino.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Homesickness, Op 57 No 6 (from Lyric Pieces)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, K297b (3rd mvt, Andantino con variazioni)

    Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart : Sinfonia concertante.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 3.
  • Helvi Leiviskä

    Orchestral Suite No. 2, Op. 11: II. Humoreski (Humoresque)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Helvi Leiviskä: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • BIS.
    • 202.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Alcina (Verdi prati)

    Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: Symphony of Harmony and Invention. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.
  • Myroslav Skoryk

    Violin Sonata No 2 (3rd mvmt, Burlesque)

    Performer: Solomiya Ivakhiv. Performer: Steven Beck.
    • Ukrainian Masters.
    • Naxos.
    • 105.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne, Suite No 2 (Menuetto)

    Music Arranger: Ernest Guiraud. Orchestra: National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • A Bizet Weekend.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 16.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini: William Tell: Antonio Pappano.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

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  • Thu 22 Feb 2024 09:00

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