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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

0915 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.

1030 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to today’s starter.

1100 Essential Five – this week we're highlighting the harpsichord.

1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Last on

Thu 22 Jul 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Toshiro Mayuzumi

    Concertino for xylophone and orchestra (3rd mvt)

    Orchestrator: Simon Kong Su Leong. Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: Taipei Chinese Orchestra. Conductor: En Shao.
    • Ecstatic Drumbeat.
    • Bis.
    • 008.
  • Franz Liszt

    Valse oubliée No 1 in F sharp major

    Performer: Alfred Brendel.
    • Philips.
  • Johann David Heinichen

    Dresden Concerto in F major, S 231

    Orchestra: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerti Musica Antiqua Koln Reinhard Goebel.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 14.
  • Ruggero Leoncavallo

    I zampognari! [Bell Chorus] (I Pagliacci)

    Choir: Groot Omroepkoor. Choir: Nationaal Kinderkoor. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Henri Mulet

    Tu es petra (Esquisses byzantines)

    Performer: Peter Crompton.
    • Toccatas and Roses, Peter Crompton.
    • Priory.
    • 11.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Symphony No 1 in F Minor (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • DG.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in E flat major Op.33`2 'Joke' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Dvorak: Complete Symphonies and Concertos.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op.117 no.2

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • A Portrait: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Henry Purcell

    Sonata No 1 in G minor, Z 790

    Ensemble: Retrospect Trio.
    • Linn.
  • Johann Nepomuk Hummel

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge Op.10 (Variation 10)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Robert Schumann

    Kerner Lieder, Op. 35: Stille Tränen

    Performer: Michael Gees. Singer: Christoph Prégardien.
    • RCA.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in D major Op.6`4

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • ʴÉ.
  • Louis Vierne

    2 Pieces for viola and piano op 5: no 1 Le Soir

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Simon Crawford‐Phillips.
    • HYPERION.
  • Chiara Margarita Cozzolani

    Nisi Dominus (Vespers)

    Ensemble: I Gemelli. Conductor: Emiliano Gonzalez‐Toro.
    • NAIVE.
  • Pietro Mascagni

    Intermezzo (Cavalleria rusticana)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 17.
  • Léo Delibes

    Où va la jeune hindoue (Lakmé)

    Singer: Sabine Devieilhe. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Mirages.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.
  • Franz Schubert

    Arpeggione Sonata in A minor D.821 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Concert champêtre (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Maggie Cole. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Poulenc: The Concertos for Solo Keyboard: Hickox.
    • Virgin.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Trio in C Major, Op 87 (3rd mvt)

    Music Arranger: John P. Newhill. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Beethoven: Chamber Music for Winds.
    • WARNER.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV 46 'Schauet doch und sehet, ob irgend ein Schmerz sei'

    Singer: Kai Wessel. Singer: Makoto Sakurada. Singer: Peter Kooij. Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.
  • Judith Weir

    The Vanishing Bridegroom: Act 2 opening 'The Hill'

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Judith Weir: The Vanishing Bridegroom.
    • NMC.
    • 20.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov. Orchestra: Mariinsky Orchestra. Conductor: Valery Gergiev.
    • DG.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Marche miniature viennoise

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.
    • The Kreisler Album: Joshua Bell/Paul Coker.
    • Decca.
    • 15.
  • Herbert Howells

    Te Deum and Jubilate 'Collegium regale' (Te Deum)

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Performer: Owain Park. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.

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