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A feast of great music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

0930 Playlist starter 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

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

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

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Fri 8 Sep 2023 09:00
蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    The Ruins of Athens Op.113 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: Overturen - Weiner Philharmoniker/Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 3.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Zadok the priest HWV.258

    Ensemble: Apollo's Singers. Orchestra: Apollo鈥檚 Fire. Director: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • Handel: Dixit Dominus, Zadok the Priest, Ode for Queen Anne: Apollo's Fire, Sorr.
    • Avie.

  • Kurt Weill

    September Song

    Music Arranger: Paul Bateman. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Jacques Ammon. Orchestra: Z眉rcher Kammerorchester.
    • Daniel Hope For Seasons.
    • DG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Clarinet Quintet in A Major K.581 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet.
    • Mozart & Weber Quintets.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 5.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Norwegian Dances Op.35 (no.3)

    Orchestra: Iceland Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
    • CHANDOS : CHAN-9028.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 3.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    The place where the rainbow ends (Magnolia Suite)

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 5.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Suffolk Morris: Ritmico (Suffolk Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Carwithen: Orchestral Music.
    • Chandos.
    • 008.

  • Ermanno Wolf鈥怓errari

    Idillo-concertino in A major, Op.15 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Andrea Tenaglia. Orchestra: Orchestra sinfonica di Roma. Conductor: Francesco La Vecchia.
    • Complete Wind Concertos.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasia for Piano Four Hands in F Minor, D. 940

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Sergio Tiempo.
    • AVANTI.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Mar铆a de Buenos Aires (Fuga y Misterio)

    Performer: Bjarke Mogensen. Ensemble: Storstr酶ms Kammerensemble.
    • Album for Astor.
    • OUR Recordings.
    • 106.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    String Quartet No 12 in F major, Op 96, 'American' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Amadeus Quartet.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Richard Strauss

    Four Last Songs - 2. September

    Performer: Lise Davidsen. Orchestra: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Decca.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Mazurka in C sharp minor, Op 63 No 3

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: Late Masterpieces, Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.2 in F major BWV.1047

    Ensemble: Musica Antiqua K枚ln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • J.S.Bach: Brandenburg Concertos Nos. 1, 2, 3: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Archiv Produktion.

  • Richard Wagner

    Entry of the Gods into Valhalla (Das Rheingold)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Klaus Tennstedt.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Roger Quilter

    Fairy Frolic (Where the Rainbow Ends)

    Conductor: Richard Hickox. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia.
    • English Miniatures: Hickox.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Harold Arlen

    Over the Rainbow

    Music Arranger: Keith Jarrett. Performer: Keith Jarrett.
    • ECM.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 - II. Allegro scherzando

    Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Performer: Alexander Melnikov.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Alfred Schnittke

    Choir Concerto (4th mvt, 'Complete this work which I began')

    Choir: Danish Radio Choir. Conductor: Stefan Parkman.
    • Schnittke: Minnesang/Choir Cto.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 5.

  • Anna Clyne

    Masquerade

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Anna Clyne: Mythologies.
    • Avie.
    • 1.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in C major, RV 194

    Performer: Boris Begelman. Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • 狈补茂惫别.

  • Jos茅 White Lafitte

    La Bella Cubana (Arr. for Solo Winds and Orchestra by Jorge Arag贸n)

    Performer: Sarah Willis. Conductor: Jos茅 Antonio M茅ndez Padr贸n. Orchestra: Havana Lyceum Orchestra.
    • ALPHA.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    P锚cheurs de nuit, Op 127 No 4

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
    • Helios.
    • 17.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Courtly Dances (Gloriana)

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Benjamin Britten: Works for Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 3.

Broadcast

  • Fri 8 Sep 2023 09:00
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