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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

Last on

Thu 20 Jul 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise in A major, Op 40 No 1, 'Military'

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Decca.
  • Jaromír Weinberger

    Svanda the bagpiper [Svanda dudak] - suite: Polka

    Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz. Conductor: Karl‐Heinz Steffens.
    • CPO.
  • Jaromír Weinberger

    Svanda the bagpiper [Svanda dudak] - suite: Fuga

    Conductor: Karl‐Heinz Steffens. Orchestra: Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland‐Pfalz.
    • Weinberger: Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 106.
  • Nikolai Sokoloff

    Polka (Les Vendredis)

    Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Cloudburst

    Choir: Polyphony. Performer: Stephen Betteridge. Performer: Robert Millett. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • William Walton

    Violin Concerto in B minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Walton: Symphony No.1/Violin Concerto.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Canon in D major arr. for brass

    Ensemble: Harmonic Brass.
    • Meisterwerke.
    • Brass Works Munich.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Rondo in D major, K 485

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Serenade no.2 in A major Op.16 (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Brahsm: Serenades No. 1 and No. 2.
    • Telarc.
    • 11.
  • Tarquinio Merula

    Canzona (La Lusignuola) a 4 [Pelplin Tablature, c.1620-40]

    Ensemble: Sirena Recorder Quartet.
    • BIS.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    3 Old Viennese Dances - No. 2, Liebesleid (Transcr. for Violin and Orc

    Performer: María Dueñas. Conductor: Manfred Honeck. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker.
    • Beethoven and Beyond.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.
  • Olivia Chaney

    Roman Holiday

    Music Arranger: Marianne Schofield. Ensemble: The Hermes Experiment.
    • Song.
    • Delphian.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Fair Melusina Op.32

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mendelssohn: Overtures: LSO/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Amy Beach

    Piano Trio in A minor Op.150

    Ensemble: Mithras Trio.
  • Zoltán Kodály

    Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)

    Performer: Laurence Kaptain. Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Kodaly: Hary Janos Suite: Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Passacaglia in G minor

    Music Arranger: Johan Halvorsen. Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Gautier Capuçon.
    • Renaud Capucon - Le violion Roi.
    • Virgin.
    • 3.
  • Cristoforo Caresana

    La Tarantella (La Tarantella 1675)

    Performer: L’Arpeggiata. Performer: Christina Pluhar.
    • Alla Napoletana.
    • Erato.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Music for children, Op.65: Tarantella; Procession of Grasshoppers; Catch me if you can

    Performer: Olli Mustonen.
    • ONDINE.
  • Luigi Denza

    Funiculi, funicula

    Singer: José Carreras. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Edoardo Müller.
    • Neapolitan Songs.
    • Philips.
    • 1.
  • Robert Schumann

    Toccata in C major Op.7

    Performer: Ivo Pogorelich.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Felice Romani

    Il turco in Italia: Intesi ah! tutto intesi... Tu seconda il mio disegno

    Composer: Gioachino Rossini. Conductor: Giacomo Sagripanti. Singer: Levy Sekgapane. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra.
    • Giovin Fiamma.
    • Prima Classic.
    • 08.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.2 in F major BWV.1047

    Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • J.S.Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    España arr for guitar (Zortzico)

    Performer: Xuefei Yang. Music Arranger: Xuefei Yang.
    • Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez: Xuefei Yang.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 14.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Op 112

    Choir: Corydon Singers. Orchestra: Corydon Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • HYPERION.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    In the Bottoms: Barcarolle (Morning)

    Performer: Rochelle Sennet.
    • Bach to Black: Suites for Piano.
    • Albany Records.
    • 27.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante Festivo

    Ensemble: Tempera Quartet.
    • Sibelius: String Quartets 1890 - 1922.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • Arturo Márquez

    Danzón no.2

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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  • Thu 20 Jul 2023 09:00

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