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Your perfect classical playlist

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.

1000 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 14 Jun 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light divine (Birthday Ode for Queen Anne)

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Performer: David Blackadder. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • HELIODOR.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La forza del destino (Overture)

    Orchestra: West–Eastern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • WARNER.
  • Joan Trimble

    Suite for Strings (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Director: Fionnuala Hunt.
    • Black Box.
  • Traditional Peruvian

    Cachua Serranita

    Orchestra: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Bailar Cantando.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 20.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Wiener Blut (waltz)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • Legendary Moments of the New Year's Concert.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 9.
  • Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou

    ѿýsickness (part 1)

    Performer: Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou.
    • Ethiopiques 21.
    • Buda Music.
    • 09.
  • Claude Debussy

    Le Matin d'un jour de fête (Ibéria)

    Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.
    • Debussy: Jeux, Images & Musiques pour "Le roi Lear".
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • Dmitry Bortniansky

    O Lord, hear my prayer

    Choir: Kyiv Chamber Choir.
    • Ukrainian Sacred Choral Music of the XVII - XVIII Centuries.
    • Alexsey Zakharenko.
    • 3.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in F major, Op 46 No 4

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • Dvorák: Slavonic Dances Opp. 46 & 72.
    • DECCA.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    The Magic Flute (Overture)

    Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Absence (Les Nuits d'été)

    Singer: Brigitte Balleys. Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs‐Élysées. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Berlioz: Nuits d'été, Herminie.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.
  • Ρένα Κυριακού

    Burlesque, Op 9 No 2

    Performer: Έφη Αγραφιώτη.
    • Sounds from the Drawer.
    • Irida.
    • 26.
  • Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou

    ѿýsickness (part 1)

    Performer: Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou.
    • Ethiopiques 21.
    • Buda Music.
    • 09.
  • Edvard Grieg

    The Last Spring (2 Elegiac melodies Op.34)

    Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Iona Brown.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Graeme Koehne

    Inflight Entertainment (3rd mvmt, Beat Girl)

    Performer: Diana Doherty. Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Takuo Yuasa.
    • Inflight Entertainment.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cello Suite No 1 in G major, BWV 1007 (Prelude)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein.
    • Bach: Cello Suites, BWVV 1007-1012.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Piano Concerto in G minor, Op 33 (1st mvmt, Allegro moderato)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
  • Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou

    ѿýsickness (part 1)

    Performer: Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou.
    • Ethiopiques 21.
    • Buda Music.
    • 09.
  • William Levi Dawson

    Soon Ah Will Be Done

    Choir: Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola.
    • Cool of the Day - A Cappella Choral Gems Through The Centuries.
    • MSR Classics.
    • 19.
  • Grace Williams

    Hiraeth (Yearning)

    Performer: Edward Witsenburg.
    • Harp Music from Six Centuries.
    • Globe.
    • 20.
  • Raffaella Aleotti

    Audivi vocem de caelo

    Ensemble: Cappella Artemisia. Conductor: Candace Smith.
    • Aleotti: Le Monache di San Vito.
    • Tactus.
    • 3.
  • Angela Morley

    Kehaar's Theme (Watership Down)

    Performer: Angela Morley.
    • Watership Down (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack).
    • Masterworks.
    • 12.
  • Ayo Bankole

    Variations for Little Ayo

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • Heritage.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 4 in B flat major, Op 60 (3rd mvmt, Allegro vivace)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • RCA Red Seal.
  • Giuseppe Torelli

    Sonata in D major, G.1

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
    • Jubilo - Fasch, Corelli, Torelli & Bach.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6-9.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Piano Trio No 2 in A minor (2nd mvmt, Lento)

    Ensemble: Trio Aralia.
    • Entre deux mondes.
    • Initiale.
    • 107.
  • John Williams

    Star Wars (main theme)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Arista.
  • Sir George Dyson

    Hierusalem

    Performer: Thomas Trotter. Singer: Valery Hill. Choir: St. Michael’s Singers. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Rennert.
    • HELIOS.
  • Valerie Coleman

    Le grand duc mambo (Portraits of Langston)

    Ensemble: McGill / McHale Trio.
    • Portraits: Works for Flute, Clarinet & Piano.
    • Cedille.
    • 206.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Fantaisie-tableaux (Suite No 1), Op 5 (1st mvmt, Barcarolle)

    Performer: André Previn. Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Rachmaninov: Suites 1&2: Ashkenazy/Previn.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Richard Jones

    Chamber airs for a violin and thorough bass in A minor, Op 2 No 4

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • The Muses Restor'd.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 27-29.
  • Franz Schubert

    Entr'acte in B flat major (Rosamunde)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fete! (La Fille du regiment)

    Singer: Michael Spyres. Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg. Conductor: Marko Letonja.
    • ERATO.
  • Vítězslava Kaprálová

    Suita Rustica, Op 19 (3rd mvmt)

    Orchestra: Janáčkova filharmonie Ostrava. Conductor: Alena Hron.
    • Kaprálová: The Completed Orchestral Works.
    • CPO.
    • 108.

Broadcast

  • Fri 14 Jun 2024 09:30

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