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Great classical music for your morning

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 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

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

1100 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.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Wed 15 May 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • 脡douard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole Op.21 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capu莽on. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris 鈥 Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • ERATO.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Rose Adagio (The Sleeping Beauty)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker - Highlights.
    • EMI.
    • 7.
  • Billy Mayerl

    Marigold

    Performer: Susan Tomes.
    • Loose Elbows - Susan Tomes plays the piano music of Billy Mayerl.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 4.
  • Bernhard Crusell

    Divertimento, Op.9

    Performer: Christopher O'Neal. Ensemble: Fibonacci Sequence.
    • DEUX-ELLES.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Knight in Armour, Op.8

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Georges Bizet

    Les Pecheurs de perles - opera in 3 acts: Act 1 no.2b; Au fond du temple saint

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Singer: Ludovic T茅zier. Orchestra: Bavarian State Orchestra. Conductor: Bertrand de Billy.
    • 尝'翱辫茅谤补.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Phaeton (Chaconne)

    Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • APARTE.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance in E minor Hess13

    Performer: Patrick Gallois. Performer: Pascal Gallois. Performer: Myung-Whun Chung. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto/Violin Romances: Chung Trio/Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Henri Duparc

    L'invitation au voyage

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Singer: Johanna Wallroth.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.6 in C major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Julius Fucik

    Florentiner-Marsch Op.214

    Ensemble: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: John Anderson.
    • Brassed off.
    • RCA.
    • 11.
  • Frank Bridge

    Valse intermezzo

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bridge: Orchestral works vol.5: 大象传媒 NOW/Hickox.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 14.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Op.65 Bk 8)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 19.
  • William Brade

    Cornish Dance; Irish Dance; Scottish Dance

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Performer: Timothy Roberts.
    • English music from Henry VIII to Charles II.
    • HYPERION.
    • 17.
  • Raymond Premru

    Of Knights and Castles

    Conductor: John Iveson. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.
    • Easy Winners.
    • Marcophon.
    • 12.
  • Sir George Dyson

    The Canterbury Pilgrims: II. The Knight

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Choir: London Symphony Chorus. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Dyson: The Canterbury Pilgrims, At the Tabard Inn & In Honour of the City.
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • William Walton

    Touch her soft lips, and part (Henry V Suite)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • DECCA.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Dance of the 4 Knights (from Checkmate)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Chandos.
  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Act 3 Prelude)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Wagner: Preludes: Siegried-Idyll/Bernard Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 4.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio No. 19, Op. 43, Hob. XV: 6 No. 1: I. Vivace

    • Haydn: Complete Piano Trios, Vol. 3.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Soave sia il vento (Cos矛 fan tutte)

    Singer: Miah Persson. Singer: Christine Rice. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Tutto Mozart!: Bryn Terfel/Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Barrington Pheloung

    Inspector Morse Theme

    Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Barrington Pheloung.
    • Inspector Morse Volume II Original Soundtrack.
    • Virgin Catalogue.
    • 18.
  • George Lloyd

    Symphony no.6 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: 大象传媒 Philharmonic. Conductor: George Lloyd.
    • George Lloyd: Overture, 'John Socman'; Sixth Symphony; Tenth Symphony (November.
    • Albany Troy.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No 5 in D major, BWV 1050

    Performer: Malcolm Proud. Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, English Baroque Soloists.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 4.
  • Heino Eller

    Dawn

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • Music From Estonia.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 007.
  • Ernesto Nazareth

    Carioca

    • SOLATINO.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 26.
  • John Adams

    The Chairman Dances

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Fran莽ois-Andr茅 Danican Philidor

    L'art de la Modulation [Quartet no.1 in G minor]

    Performer: Karl Kaiser. Ensemble: Camerata K枚ln.
    • Francois Andre Philidor: Six Quatuors: Camerata Koln.
    • cpo.
    • 1-3.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for Strings, Op 22 (Scherzo)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Tchaikovsky & Dvorak: Serenades: Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Mar.
    • Decca.

Broadcast

  • Wed 15 May 2024 09:30

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