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Great classical music for your morning

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

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante defunte

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in F major RV.538 for 2 horns and orchestra

    Performer: Anneke Scott. Performer: Jocelyn Lightfoot. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • AVIE.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Octet in E flat major, Op.20 (4th mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Ensemble: Seattle Chamber Players.
    • Onyx.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)

    Singer: Jane Sheldon. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.
    • Elena Kats-Chernin - Wild Swans.
    • ABC.
    • 2.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Quintet in G minor Op.57 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Lyda Chen. Performer: Alissa Margulis. Performer: Mischa Maisky.
    • Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1 - Piano Trio No. 2 - Piano Quintet & Concerti.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.
  • Henry Purcell

    When I Am Laid in Earth (Dido and Aeneas)

    Music Arranger: Leopold Stokowski. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.
    • Through the Night.
    • BIS.
    • 106.
  • Gustav Holst

    The Perfect Fool

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • EMI.
  • Thomas Tallis

    If ye love me

    Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • English Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Franz Berwald

    Septet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Wigmore Soloists.
    • Beethoven and Berwald: Septets.
    • BIS.
    • 203.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sta nell'Ircana (Alcina)

    Singer: Christine Rice. Orchestra: La Nuova Musica. Orchestra: La Nuova Musica. Conductor: David Bates. Conductor: David Bates.
    • Pentatone.
  • Anton Bruckner

    2 Aequale

    Performer: Mark Templeton. Performer: Helen Vollam. Performer: Patrick Jackman.
    • Brahms & Bruckner: Motets.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.25 in C major K.503 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Kristian Bezuidenhout. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos K. 238 & 503.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wir müssen durch viel Trübsal in das Reich Gottes eingehen (Canata BWV.146)

    Choir: Amsterdam Baroque Choir. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Director: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantatas Vol. 15.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 9.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    String Serenade C Major Op.48 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: LSO String Ensemble. Conductor: Roman Simović.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C - Bartók: Divertimento.
    • Lso Live.
    • 104.
  • Carl Orff

    Carmina Burana (O Fortuna)

    Choir: Philharmonia Chorus. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Orff: Carmina burana.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 125.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Air on a G string (Suite no.3 in D major BWV.1068)

    Music Arranger: Jacques Loussier. Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.
    • Air On A 'G' String - The Very Best Of Jacques Loussier.
    • Music Club.
    • 1.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Simple Symphony (Playful Pizzicato)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • Decca.
  • Léo Delibes

    Sous le dôme épais (Lakmé)

    Singer: Mady Mesplé. Singer: Danielle Millet. Orchestra: Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra‐Comique. Conductor: Alain Lombard.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.
  • Denis King

    Galloping ѿý (Black Beauty)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Stanley Black.
    • PICKWICK INTERNATIONAL.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Bassoon Concerto in F major, op. 75: III. Rondo

    Performer: Dag Jensen. Conductor: Gregor Bühl. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Weber · Crusell · Berg: Bassoon Concertos.
    • CPO.
    • 103.
  • Franz Schubert

    Du bist die Ruh D. 776

    Orchestrator: Anton Webern. Singer: Benjamin Appl. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Oscar Jockel.
    • Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 105.
  • Robert Schumann

    Piano Quartet in E flat major Op.47 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras.
    • Schumann: Piano Quartet - Piano Quintet.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.
  • Percy Grainger

    Scotch Strathspey and Reel

    Choir: The Joyful Company of Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Grainger: Vol. 5 - Works for Chorus & Orchestra 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Wind Serenade Op.44 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: François Leleux. Performer: Barbara Stegemann. Performer: Sharon Kam. Performer: Diemut Schneider. Performer: Stefan Schweigert. Performer: Dag Jensen. Performer: Marie Luise Neunecker. Performer: Sibylle Mahni. Performer: Ozan Çakar. Performer: Tanja Tetzlaff. Performer: Hiroaki Aoe.
    • Dvorak: Serenade for Winds, Op. 44 & String Quartet No. 13, Op. 106.
    • Cavi-Music.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    11 Bagatelles Op.119 (no.6 in G major)

    Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • Beethoven: The Complete Bagatelles for Solo Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony no.3 in A minor Op.44 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • The Asia Tour, Vol. 2.
    • Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • 119.

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  • Wed 29 Nov 2023 09:00

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