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The ideal morning mix of classical music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 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.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 10 May 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite (Op. 40) vers. for piano; 1. Praeludium

    Performer: Andrey Gugnin.
    • HYPERION.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No.41 in C major "Jupiter" (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 39, 40 & 41 "Jupiter".
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 204.
  • Josquin des Prez

    La Spagna à 5

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • William Walton

    Coronation Te Deum

    Choir: Polyphony. Choir: Polyphony. Performer: James Vivian. Ensemble: Wallace Collection. Ensemble: Wallace Collection. Conductor: Stephen Layton. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Joby Talbot

    The Mad Hatter's Tea Party (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Austin.
    • Signum.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid (Old Viennese Dances)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.
    • Kreisler: Liebesleid, Liebesfreud: Joshua Bell.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Louis Spohr

    Variations on a theme from 'Alruna'

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Robin O’Neill.
    • Spohr: Clarinet Concertos 1&2: Collins/Swedish Chamber Orchestra/O'Neill.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • Ina Boyle

    The Bringer of Dreams

    Performer: Iain Burnside. Singer: Paula Murrihy.
    • DELPHIAN.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No. 86 in D Major, Hob. I:86 - IV. Finale. Allegro con spirito

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • harmonia mundi.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    String Quartet in E minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • String Quartets.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6-7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonore - overture no.1 Op.138

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Beethoven: Overtures: Harnoncourt, COE.
    • Teldec.
    • 5.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Hyperion.
  • Pietro Locatelli

    Concerto grosso in F major Op.1`1

    Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players. Director: Nicholas Kraemer.
    • Hyperion.
  • Vincent Youmans

    Tea for Two

    Music Arranger: Max Harris. Performer: Yehudi Menuhin. Performer: Stéphane Grappelli. Performer: Jan Blok. Performer: John Etheridge. Performer: Pierre Michelot. Performer: Ronnie Verrell.
    • Icon: Menuhin and Grappelli.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.
  • Alan Clare

    Alice in Wonderland

    Lyricist: Spike Milligan. Choir: The King’s Singers.
    • Gold.
    • Signum Records.
    • 12.
  • Claude Debussy

    Cake-walk (Children's Corner)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Debussy: Complete works for piano vol.3: Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.
  • Michael Nyman

    Wonderland [music for the film]: Molly

    Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band. Conductor: Michael Nyman.
    • Wonderland.
    • VENTURE.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in B minor for 4 violins and cello, RV 580 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Vivaldi: La Viole de gambe in Concerto: Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No.1 (op. 38) in B flat major "Spring"; 4. Allegro animato

    Orchestra: Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Jerome Moross

    The Big Country (opening titles)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tony Bremner.
    • The Big Country.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 1.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Long Day Closes

    Composer: Henry F. Chorley. Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Sirens' Song.
    • CORO.
    • 24.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in A Major, Op. 5, No. 2: III. Rondeau

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathon Heyward.
    • A New Dawn.
    • PLATOON.
    • 04.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor, Op 40

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Hyperion.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun dorma (Turandot)

    Lyricist: Carlo Gozzi. Singer: Freddie De Tommaso. Choir: The Apollo Voices. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Paolo Arrivabeni.
    • Il Tenore.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet in F minor, Op.2 (1st mvt)

    Performer: John Fadial. Performer: Janet Orenstein. Performer: Scott Rawls. Performer: Brooks Whitehouse. Performer: Andrew Harley. Performer: Mary Ashley Barret. Performer: Michael Burns. Performer: Kelly Burke. Performer: Lynn Huntzinger Beck.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor; Chamber Music.
    • CENTAUR.
    • 9.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Harpsichord Concerto in G Major, H. 412; III. Allegro assai (Cadenza: Mayer)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Berlin Baroque Soloists.
    • Bach Generations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    Sure on this shining night (Nocturnes)

    Choir: Polyphony. Performer: Morten Lauridsen. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Lauridsen: Nocturnes, Mid-Winter Songs, Les Chansons des Roses: Polyphony, Layto.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • Eric Coates

    London Suite: III. Knightsbridge (March)

    Orchestra: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study in E flat minor, Op 10 No 6

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Alice Mary Smith

    Symphony in A Minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.

Broadcast

  • Fri 10 May 2024 09:30

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