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A feast of great 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.

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.

1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 10 Sep 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, 'Classical' (4th mvmt, Molto vivace)

    Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Prokofiev: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Franz Liszt

    Liebestraum No 3 in A flat major

    Performer: Saskia Giorgini.
    • Consolations.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 13.
  • Helena Munktell

    Le lac de Siljan ('Davlsvit' Suite Dalecarlienne)

    Orchestra: Gävle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Tobias Ringborg.
    • Sterling.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Sinfonia Melodica in C major TWV.50:2

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Viola Orlovsky. Ensemble: Berliner Barock Solisten. Conductor: Rainer Kussmaul.
    • Sinfonia Melodica - Works by Telemann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 22.
  • William Walton

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

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • DECCA.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    Godere in gioventù (Enjoy your youth)

    Ensemble: Fieri Consort.
    • Fieri Records.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 77 in B flat major (1st mvmt, Vivace)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 44 & 77.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Madrigal divine (8 Bible Vignettes, No 8)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 15.
  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Joyeuse marche

    Orchestra: Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • Chabrier: Oeuvres pour orchestre: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse/Plasson.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Anne Cawrse

    Songs without words (No 2, Lied)

    Ensemble: Benaud Trio.
    • Women of Note vol 3.
    • ABC Classics.
    • 2.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite Op.11 (Alla marcia)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No.5/Karelia Suite etc: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • Erato.
    • 6.
  • John Ireland

    When I am dead, my dearest

    Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Performer: Alan Rowlands.
    • LYRITA.
  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Trio Sonata No 5 in F major (1st mvmt, Allegro)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas. Director: Monica Huggett.
    • Zelenka: Sonatas.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Photography (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra X. Conductor: Nicholas Kok.
    • NMC.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major, RV.572 (Proteus, or The World Turned Upside-Down)

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Signum Records.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite (Air)

    Conductor: Neville Marriner. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields.
    • Grieg: Holberg Suite / Sibelius: Rakastava / Nielsen: Little Suite / Wirén: Sere.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in B flat major, D 960 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Schubert: Piano Sonatas D845 & D960.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 7.
  • David Del Tredici

    Acrostic Song

    Ensemble: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • The American Collection.
    • Collins Classics.
    • 24.

Broadcast

  • Tue 10 Sep 2024 09:30

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