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Georgia Mann

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

0930 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.

1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

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

3 hours

Last on

Tue 2 May 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • John Stanley

    Trumpet Voluntary

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Newman.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata no.8 in C minor, Op.13 'Pathetique' (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Frederick Delius

    By the River (Florida Suite)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • The Essential Delius - Various.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Wilhelm Fitzenhagen

    Concert Waltz Op.13

    Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Ingemar Brantelid. Performer: Henrik Dam Thomsen. Performer: Fredrik Sjölin.
    • 48 Strings: Music for 1, 2, 4 & 12 Cellos.
    • Naxos.
    • 301.
  • Stefano Landi

    Passacaglia della vita

    Singer: Marco Beasley. Singer: Johannette Zomer. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • ALPHA.
  • Ilan Eshkeri

    Nureyev (The White Crow)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Performer: Dudana Mazmanishvili.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Arthur Bliss

    Kenilworth - suite for brass band (T.55) [1936]

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Winifred Atwell

    Coronation Rag

    Performer: Winifred Atwell.
    • Spectrum.
  • Joaquín Turina

    Escena andaluza Op.7 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Nash Ensemble.
    • Turina Chamber Music The Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Francesco Geminiani

    Concerto grosso in E minor Op.3`3

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • NAIVE.
  • George Gershwin

    Strike up the Band (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • DG.
  • Trad.

    Sekstur from Vendsyssel; The Peat Dance

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • DaCapo.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto no.2 in D minor Op.40 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Hyperion.
  • Anon.

    Go to sleep

    Singer: Aafje Heynis. Performer: Felix de Nobel.
    • Aafje Heynis - Complete Philips Recordings.
    • Universal Music, a division of Universal International Music BV.
    • 35.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    Triumphal symphony in E major Op.6 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel Šejna.
    • SUPRAPHON.
  • Philip Glass

    String Quartet no.3 'Mishima' (1962 - Body Building)

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Kronos Quartet performs Philip Glass.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 16.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Song of the Black Swan

    Performer: Steven Isserlis. Performer: Thomas Adès.
    • Steven Isserlis: The Complete RCA Recordings.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Apotheose (Apollon musagète)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Stravinsky: Pulcinella Suite, Apollon musagète & Concerto for Strings in D Major.
    • BIS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Krähe (Winterreise)

    Singer: Mark Padmore. Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Schubert Winterreise: Mark Padmore - Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 15.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Love Dance (Romeo & Juliet Op.64)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64.
    • Naxos.
    • 121.
  • 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.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No.1 in B flat "Spring" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Schumann : Symphonies 1-4 & Violin & Piano Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Jonče Hristovski

    Makedonsko devojče

    Music Arranger: Aleksandar Sedlar. Music Arranger: Nemanja Radulović. Orchestra: Double Sens. Conductor: Nemanja Radulović.
    • Roots.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • César Franck

    Cello Sonata in A major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Paris La Belle Epoque.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
    • 10.
  • Sir George Dyson

    Confortare

    Choir: ѿý Symphony Chorus. Performer: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Dyson: Nebuchadnezzar, Woodland Suite, O Praise God in His Holiness, Confortare.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.
  • William Byrd

    The woods so wild

    Performer: Julian Bream.
    • The Woods So Wild.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Eclogue in F major Op.10

    Performer: Tom Poster. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 17.
  • André Caplet

    Quintet (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Les Vents Français - Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Serenade in E major Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Saito Kinen Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • Dvorak, Bartok, Wolf: Saito Kinen, Ozawa.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • Théodore Dubois

    Toccata in G major (12 Pieces for organ)

    Performer: Joseph Nolan.
    • The Organ of Buckingham Palace Ballroom.
    • Signum Records.
    • 5.

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  • Tue 2 May 2023 09:00

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