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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with 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 our starter today.

1100 Essential Five – our focus this week is on essential piano quintets.

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

3 hours

Last on

Thu 7 Oct 2021 09:00

Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Three Parts upon a Ground, Z.731

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Edward Elgar

    Pomp and Circumstance March No 2 in A minor, Op 39

    Orchestra: Ჹé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Ჹé.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Adagio cantabile (Cinnamon Grove)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 17.
  • Michael Nyman

    Chasing sheep is best left to shepherds (The Draughtsman's Contract)

    Orchestra: Michael Nyman Band.
    • Argo.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Trio in B flat major D.898 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Frank Braley.
    • Schubert Piano Trios 1&2.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Finlandia, Op 26

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Kevin John Edusei.
    • Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New world - Sibelius: Finlandia.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1.
  • Benjamin Ellin

    Tim's Fair

    Ensemble: Tafahum.
    • Tafahum.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Julien Hervé. Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Gimeno.
    • Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Clarinet Quintet & Quintettsatz, K.Anh.91.
    • NoMadMusic.
    • 101.
  • Maurice Ravel

    String Quartet in F major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Ravel, Debussy & Fauré String Quartets.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Piangerò la sorte mia (Giulio Cesare)

    Singer: Natalie Dessay. Orchestra: Le Concert d’Astrée. Director: Emmanuelle Haïm.
    • G. F. Handel: Cleopatra: Arias from Giulio Cesare: Natalie Dessay/Emmanuelle Hai.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 12.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Piano Concerto No.4 in C minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Romain Descharmes. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Marc Soustrot.
    • Saint-Saëns: Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5.
    • Naxos.
    • 102.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze (Cantata BWV.208)

    Music Arranger: Lautten Compagney. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Conductor: Wolfgang Katschner.
    • Bach: Redemption.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.
  • Henry Purcell

    King Arthur, Z. 628, Act II: Prelude, Song & Chorus - How Blest Are Shepherds

    Singer: James Way. Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Orchestra: Gabrieli Choir. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Purcell: King Arthur, 1691.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 306.
  • Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Grainger: The Grainger Edition: Various Artists.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Henry Purcell

    Strike the viol (from Come, ye sons of art away)

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Singer: Raquel Andueza. Orchestra: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Music for a While - Improvisations on Purcell.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 103.
  • Simon Jeffes

    Perpetuum mobile

    Performer: Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
    • Signs of Life.
    • E.G. Records.
    • 9.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet in F minor, Op.2 (4th 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.
    • 12.
  • Amy Beach

    Piano Quintet in F sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • American Quintets.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Leonore - Overture no.3 Op.72b

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • VIRGIN.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D major RV.549

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • L'Estro Armonico.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
    • 1-3.
  • William Marsey

    Be Nice to See You

    Ensemble: Solem Quartet.
    • The Four Quarters.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 701.
  • George Gershwin

    Prelude No.3 in E flat minor

    Performer: Wayne Marshall.
    • A Gershwin Songbook & Improvisations.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 3.
  • Frederick Delius

    Brigg Fair

    Orchestra: Welsh National Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • DECCA.

Broadcast

  • Thu 7 Oct 2021 09:00