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Classical soundtrack for your morning

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

Mon 4 Mar 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Aaron Copland

    Fanfare for the Common Man (ѿý Philharmonic Studio Concerts)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde (Ballet Music in G major)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.
  • André Caplet

    Quintet (3rd mvt)

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

    Polska from Dorotea

    Music Arranger: Duo Aliada. Ensemble: Duo Aliada.
    • East West.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 6.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Béatrice et Bénédict Op.27 (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Berlioz Odyssey: The Complete Colin Davis Recordings.
    • Lso Live.
    • 401.
  • John Ireland

    Amberley Wild Brooks

    Performer: John Lenehan.
    • Ireland: Piano Works 3: John Lenehan.
    • Naxos.
    • 15.
  • Eugène Ysaÿe

    Variations on Paganini's Caprice no.24

    Music Arranger: Jacques Ysaÿe. Ensemble: Ensemble Capriccio.
    • Orchid Classics.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.40 in G minor K.550 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
  • John Foulds

    Impressions of Time and Place (Isles of Greece Op.48)

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • J Foulds, Keltic Suite: ѿý Concert Orchestra/Corp.
    • Epoch.
    • 6.
  • Édouard Lalo

    Symphonie espagnole Op.21 (5th mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • ERATO.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse chevaleresque Op.96`3

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • The Sibelius Edition - Orchestral Works.
    • BIS.
    • 3.
  • Johann David Heinichen

    Oboe Concerto in G minor S.237

    Performer: Andreas Helm. Orchestra: Irish Baroque Orchestra. Director: Monica Huggett.
    • Concerti Bizarri.
    • LINN.
    • 8.
  • Giulio Caccini

    Ave Maria

    Singer: Inese Galante. Orchestra: Latvian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Aleksandrs Viļumanis.
    • Debut.
    • Campion.
    • 8.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Roses from the South, Op.388

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Franz Welser‐Möst.
    • J. Strauss II: Walzes & Overtures: Welser-Most.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 2.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 4 [1608 no.3]

    Ensemble: Berlin Brass.
    • Gabrieli: Music for Brass and Organ.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 07.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Forelle D.550

    Music Arranger: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Mischa Maisky. Performer: Daria Hovora.
    • DG.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Sussex Landscape Op.27 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Decca.
  • Ivor Gurney

    Severn meadows

    Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Performer: David Willison.
    • Chandos.
  • Arnold Bax

    Morning song (Maytime in Sussex)

    Performer: Ashley Wass. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Bax: Winter Legends: Ashley Wass, Bournemouth SO, James Judd.
    • Naxos.
    • 5.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Polonaise in E flat major B.100

    Orchestra: Prague Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Dvorak, Suk: Small Orchestral Pieces, Fantastic Scherzo.
    • Supraphon.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in A minor RV.356, Op.3 No.6 for violin and orchestra

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.
    • Concerti per una vita.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Study in A flat major, Op.25 no.1

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Chopin: Etudes Op.10 & Op.25: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.
  • Georges Bizet

    Petite Suite 'Jeux d'enfants'

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Bizet: Symphony in C etc.: Concertgebouw Orchestra/Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Emma Jayakumar

    Bell Birds Suite (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Darlington Quartet.
    • ABC Classics.
  • Will Todd

    Benedictus (Mass in Blue Op.28)

    Singer: Bethany Halliday. Choir: Vasari Singers. Performer: Will Todd. Performer: Jim Fleeman. Performer: Gareth Huw Davies. Performer: Adrain Revell. Performer: Ben Castle. Performer: Mike Smith. Performer: Chris Storr. Performer: Dominic Glover. Performer: Fayyaz Virji. Performer: Patrick Hartley. Performer: Richard Henry. Performer: Matthew Turner. Conductor: Jeremy Backhouse.
    • Will Todd: Mass in Blue: Vasari Singers.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 5.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet in D major Op.18 no.3 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Hungarian Quartet.
    • Beethoven The Collector's Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 11.
  • Robert Schumann

    Introduction and Allegro, Op.134

    Performer: Jan Lisiecki. Orchestra: Santa Cecilia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

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