
Georgia Mann
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music and the third of Kate Romano's five sketches of Vaughan Williams's life and music. Presented by Georgia Mann.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.
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 Vaughan Williams Snapshot – the third of Kate Romano's five sketches of Ralph Vaughan Williams, offering a sideways glance at the great composer's life and music.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Nicola Porpora
Carlo il Calvo (Overture)
Ensemble: Concerto Köln. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.- El Maestro - Farinelli.
- Archiv.
- 2.
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Eva Saether
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Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.- ECM.
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Sergey Rachmaninov
Prelude in D major, Op.23 no.4
Performer: Alessio Bax.- Rachmaninov: Preludes & Melodies: Bax.
- Signum.
- 4.
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Francis Poulenc
Les Biches (Ouverture)
Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Thierry Fischer.- Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring - Poulenc: Les Biches.
- Signum Classics.
- 201.
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John Harle
The Interpretation of Dreams
Performer: John Harle. Singer: Sarah Leonard. Ensemble: Doric String Quartet.- Sospiro.
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Gustav Holst
Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets, Op.32)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.- London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
- LPO.
- 4.
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Claudio Monteverdi
Chiome d'oro, bel tesoro
Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Conductor: Christina Pluhar.- VIRGIN.
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Franz Schubert
Symphony no.5 in B flat major, D.485 (1st mvt)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 1.
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Jonny Greenwood
Licorice Pizza
Performer: Vicky Lester. Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Hugh Brunt.- Licorice Pizza (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
- ISLAND.
- 16.
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Maurice Ravel
Ma mère l'oye (Le jardin féerique)
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.- Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
- EMI.
- 17.
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Astor Piazzolla
Adiós Nonino
Ensemble: ESCUALO5.- Piazzolla: Tango Works.
- BIS.
- 107.
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Johann Sebastian Bach
Wachet Auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV.645
Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Chris Thile.- Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Thile & Edgar Meyer's Bach Trios.
- Nonesuch.
- 005.
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Leos Janáček
The Queen's Monastery, Brno (Sinfonietta)
Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: David Zinman.- Great Orchestral Showpieces, Vol.1.
- Philips.
- 3.
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Trad.
Ya Salió De La Mar
Singer: Arianna Savall. Performer: Petter Udland Johansen.- ECM.
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Danny Elfman
Piano Quartet (Die Wolfsjungen)
Ensemble: Philharmonic Piano Quartet Berlin.- Violin Concerto "Eleven Eleven" and Piano Quartet.
- Sony Classical.
- 9.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Symphony no.5 in E minor Op.64 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Tchaikovsky : Symphony No.5 & 1812 Overture.
- Warner Classics International.
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Gabriel Fauré
Après un rêve (3 Songs Op.7)
Singer: Sandrine Piau. Performer: Susan Manoff.- Ïշ.
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Ed McCurdy
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
Performer: Pete Seeger.- This Land Is Your Land: 50 Messages of Protest, Vol. 1.
- Supreme Media.
- 12.
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John Adams
Harmonielehre (Meister Eckhardt and Quackie)
Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.- American Music.
- Warner Classics.
- 103.
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Miklós Rózsa
Spellbound
Orchestra: London Festival Orchestra. Choir: The London Festival Chorus and Orchestra. Conductor: Stanley Black.- DECCA.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Laudate Dominum (Vesperae solennes de confessore K.339)
Singer: Danielle de Niese. Choir: The Apollo Voices. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.- The Mozart Album: Danielle de Niese/OAE/Mackerras.
- Decca.
- 12.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
To the Ploughboy (Folk Songs of the Four Seasons)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Martin Yates.- Dutton.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
A London Symhpony (Scherzo [Nocturne])
Performer: Lynn Arnold. Performer: Charles Matthews.- Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony and Other Works.
- Albion Records.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams
Pastoral Symphony [Symphony No. 3] (2nd mvt)
Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Boult.- Vaughan Williams: The Nine Symphonies.
- Warner Classics.
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Oliver Davis
Arboretum Suite (Aspen, Acai Palm, Mountain Hemlock)
Performer: Kerenza Peacock. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.- Oliver Davis: Air.
- Signum Classics.
- 501.
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Claude Debussy
Preludes - book 2: no.10; Canope
Performer: Tom Borrow. -
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in F major RV.138
Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.- NAIVE.
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Reena Esmail
When the Guitar
Singer: Lauren McAllister. Choir: Conspirare. Ensemble: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Conductor: Craig Hella Johnson.- The Singing Guitar.
- Delos.
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Moisés Moleiro
Sonatina no.2 in C major
Performer: Clara Rodriguez.- ASV.
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Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber
Mystery (Rosary) sonata no. 9 in A minor 'Jesus carries his cross' (Sonata)
Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Performer: Bjarte Eike.- BIS.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Spring 1
Composer: Max Richter. Performer: Daniel Hope. Orchestra: Zürcher Kammerorchester.- DG.
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Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride (Overture)
Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.- CHANDOS.
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Frédéric Chopin
4 Mazurkas Op.33 (no.1 in G sharp minor)
Performer: Maurizio Pollini.- DG.
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Soren Nils Eichberg
Symphony no.3 - Finale 'Ruhig'
Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Joshua Weilerstein.- DaCapo.
Broadcast
- Wed 25 May 2022 09:00ѿý Radio 3