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Georgia Mann

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.

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

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, 'Classical Symphony' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Søndergård.
    • Linn.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • O Magnum Mysterium.
    • NYCGB.
    • 1.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in C major, HWV 318, 'Alexander's Feast' (3rd mvt: Allegro)

    Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Catherine Mackintosh. Performer: Susan Sheppard. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Virgin Classics.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Sextet in C minor for piano and wind, Op 40 (2nd mvt: Andante sostenuto)

    Performer: Eric Le Sage. Ensemble: Les Vents Français.
    • Les Vents Français - Winds & Piano.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 105.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony No 6 in D major, Op 60 (Scherzo - Furiant)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Decca.
  • Nkeiru Okoye

    Dusk (African Sketches)

    Performer: William Chapman Nyaho.
    • MSR CLASSICS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute - Overture

    Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne - Suite No 1 (Entr'acte: Adagietto)

    Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Pablo Gonzalez.
    • Bizet: Carmen & L'arlésienne Suites.
    • Naxos.
    • 303.
  • Jean Sibelius

    King Christian II Suite Op.27 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • ALPHA.
  • William Cornysh

    A Robyn, gentyl Robyn

    Choir: Tallis Scholars. Director: Peter Phillips.
    • GIMELL.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major, Op 42

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 5.
  • Amy Beach

    Symphony in E Minor, Op 32, 'Gaelic' (3rd mvmt: Lento con molto espressione)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Barber: Symphony No. 1, School for Scandal Overture - Beach: Gaelic Symphony.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Chaconne (Dardanus)

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Havergal Brian

    Why dost thou wound and break my heart?

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Brian Rayner Cook.
    • Toccata Classics.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 104 in D major, 'London' (Finale)

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • J. Haydn: Symphonies nos. 103 & 104: Norrington.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Elfrida Andrée

    Ingeborg's Lament (Fritiof Suite)

    Orchestra: Stockholm Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustaf Sjökvist.
    • Sterling.
  • Scott Joplin

    Sunflower slow drag

    Performer: Dick Hyman.
    • Scott Joplin - Piano Works, 1899-1904.
    • RCA.
    • 006.
  • William Byrd

    Fantasia in C major for five-part consort, 'Two in One'

    Ensemble: QuintEssential Sackbut and Cornett Ensemble.
    • Chaconne.
  • Richard Strauss

    Traum durch die Dämmerung

    Music Arranger: Mark Steinberg. Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Ensemble: Brentano Quartet.
    • Into the Fire (Live at Wigmore Hall).
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.
  • Cecil Armstrong Gibbs

    Fancy dress (Dance suite, Op 82): No 3, Dusk (Waltz)

    Music Arranger: Jay Wilbur. Conductor: Vivian Dunn. Orchestra: Light Music Society Orchestra.
    • British Light Classics.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.
  • Charles Ives

    The Children's Hour

    Performer: Warren Jones. Singer: Samuel Ramey.
    • Copland: Old American Songs / Ives: 10 Songs.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 18.
  • Duke Ellington

    Dusk

    Ensemble: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.
    • Dusk.
    • Documents.
    • 5.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Long Day Closes

    Ensemble: The King’s Singers.
    • Romance Du Soir.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 19.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Quiet Reflection on an Autumn Evening

    Performer: Fumiko Shiraga.
    • Piano Works.
    • BIS.
    • 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Beethoven Symphonies: Live from the Edinburgh Festival.
    • Hyperion.
    • 3.
  • Traditional Scottish

    Bonnie Susie Cleland

    Singer: Alasdair Roberts. Singer: Olivia Chaney. Ensemble: Concerto Caledonia. Director: David McGuinness.
    • Revenge of the Folksingers.
    • Delphian.
    • 3.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Tarantelle for flute, clarinet and orchestra

    Performer: Silvia Careddu. Performer: Patrick Messina. Orchestra: Divertimento. Conductor: Zahia Ziouani.
    • Bacchanale: Saint-Saëns et la Méditerranée.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 5.
  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestrator: Jim Gray. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Price: Adoration (Arr. Gray for Violin and Orchestra).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 1.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in D major, K 491

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Murray Perahia plays Handel and Scarlatti.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 16.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Schicksalslied, Op 54

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Choir: Ernst Senff Choir. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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  • Thu 18 May 2023 09:00

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