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Relax into the day with classical

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

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3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 14 Nov 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.6 in B flat major BWV.1051 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Perahia Plays Chopin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Romance in C Major Op.48

    Performer: Tianwa Yang. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Marc Soustrot.
    • Saint-Saëns: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 201.
  • Robert Schumann

    Concertstück in F major, Op.86 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • RCA.
  • Carl Davis

    Pride and Prejudice: Main Title

    Performer: Melvyn Tan. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Carl Davis.
    • Pride and Prejudice.
    • EMI.
    • 1.
  • Frank Bridge

    Two Entr'actes: Rosemary

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Eternal Light: Elin Manahan-Thomas.
    • Heliodor.
    • 3.
  • Robert Fuchs

    Clarinet Quintet in E flat major Op.102 (Allegro scherzando)

    Performer: Sebastian Manz. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • AVI Music.
  • Edward German

    Nell Gwyn (Overture)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Avie.
  • Thomas Weelkes

    To shorten winter's sadnesse

    Music Arranger: Nikolaus Newerkla. Ensemble: Quadriga Consort.
    • Quadriga Consort - On a Cold Winter's Day.
    • Deutsche Harmonia Mundi.
    • 7.
  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)

    Singer: Joseph Calleja. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi.
    • Decca.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.15 in B flat major K.450 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    The Fair Melusine Op.32

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio Méndez.
    • Schumann & Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos.
    • LINN.
    • 4.
  • Ēriks Ešenvalds

    Rivers of light

    Performer: Shankar Viswanathan. Choir: Portland State University Chamber Choir. Singer: Emmalyn Fox. Singer: Sterling Roberts. Conductor: Ethan Sperry.
    • Ēriks Ešenvalds: The Doors of Heaven.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in G major Op.3`3

    Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Handel: Concerti Grossi Op.3: John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Apex.
  • Edward Elgar

    Rosemary [That's for remembrance]

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Elgar: The Longed-for Light, Elgar's Music in Wartime.
    • Somm.
  • Johannes Brahms

    7 Lieder, Op. 62: No. 1, Rosmarin

    Conductor: Simon Phipps. Choir: Swedish Chamber Choir.
    • Geistlich und weltlich.
    • Footprint Records.
    • 7.
  • Billy Mayerl

    Sweet William

    Performer: Susan Tomes.
    • Loose Elbows - Susan Tomes plays the piano music of Billy Mayerl.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 17.
  • Nigel Hess

    Ladies in Lavender

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • The Silver Violin: Nicola Benedetti.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.59 in A major 'Fire' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Haydn: The 'Sturm und Drang' Symphonies: English Concert/ Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Franz Liszt

    Les jeux d'eaux à la Villa d'Este (Années de pèlerinage III)

    Performer: Hélène Grimaud.
    • Helene Grimaud: Water.
    • DG.
    • 11.
  • Nikolai Artciboucheff

    Serenade for string quartet (Les Vendredis)

    Ensemble: Vertavo Quartet.
    • Les Vendredis.
    • SIMAX.
    • 1.
  • John Tavener

    Mother and Child

    Music Arranger: Matthew Barley. Performer: Matthew Barley. Orchestra: Sinfonietta Rīga.
    • Tavener: The Protecting Veil.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 401.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 1 in C minor, Op 68 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Brahms: Symphonies 1-4. Berliner Philharmoniker - Rattle.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G minor, Op.23 No.5

    Performer: Tom Borrow.
  • Edward Elgar

    Concert Overture, Op 50, 'In the South'

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Collins.
  • Jorge Morel

    Danza brasilera

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Akin Euba

    L'ori oke ati petele (3 Yoruba Songs Without Words)

    Performer: Rebeca Omordia.
    • African Pianism.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 3.
  • Franz Schubert

    Rosamunde (Ballet Music in G major)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • BIS.
  • Robert Schumann

    String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 41 No. 2 (1st mvt)

    • Schumann: Quartets Nos. 2 & 3.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.
  • Michael Abels

    Winged Creatures

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Performer: Demarre McGill. Orchestra: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Allen Tinkham.
    • Winged Creatures.
    • Cedille.
    • 101.

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