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A feast of great music

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

Mon 13 Jan 2025 09:30

Music Played

  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Yeoman of the Guard (overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • The Yeoman of the Guard and Trial by Jury.
    • TELARC.
    • 1.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat major Op.57

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Chopin: Late Masterpieces, Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 1 in G minor, "Winter Daydreams" (3rd movement, Scherzo)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • LPO.
  • Dave Shepherd

    The Rose of Raby

    Music Arranger: Ronn McFarlane. Performer: Ronn McFarlane. Performer: Carolyn Surrick. Performer: Jackie Moran.
    • Fermi's Paradox.
    • Sono Luminus.
    • 501.
  • Émile Waldteufel

    Les patineurs, Op. 183 "Skater's Waltz": Les Patineurs, Op. 183

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
    • A Family Christmas.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1201.
  • Katia Beaugeais

    Like Snowdrops You Will Shine

    Performer: Helena Rathbone. Ensemble: ACO Collective.
    • ABC Classics.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    5 Novelettes Op.15 (Valse)

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Teldec.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat major, K.271 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart Piano Concertos nos. 8 & 9.
    • Philips.
    • 3.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Atalanta (Overture)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • EMI.
  • Franz Schubert

    Ungeduld, D 795 No 7 (Die schöne Müllerin)

    Performer: Helmut Deutsch. Singer: Jonas Kaufmann.
    • Jonas Kaufman Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Kevin Puts

    Marimba concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Ji Su Jung. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Kevin Puts: Marimba Concerto, The City & Oboe Concerto No. 2 "Moonlight".
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Richard Strauss

    Duett-Concertino (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Julie Price. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra.
    • Strauss: Concertante Works.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 004.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Madam Butterfly; Humming Chorus

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Choir: Chorus of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Puccini: Madama Butterfly.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Johann Christian Bach

    Symphony no. 4 for wind instruments in B flat major T.285/3`4

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • J.C. Bach: Wind Symphonies: Consortium Classicum.
    • MDG.
    • 11-13.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Seasons, Op. 37a: IV. April. Snowdrop

    • Tchaikovsky: The Seasons.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 4.
  • Gustav Holst

    Nunc dimittis

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • COLLEGIUM.
  • Konstantin Vassiliev

    Snowdrops (3 Forest Paintings)

    Performer: Irina Kulikova.
    • My Playlist for Painting & Drawing.
    • Naxos.
    • 1101.
  • James Oswald

    Airs for the Seasons, Winter. Snow Drop

    Ensemble: Rezonance Baroque Ensemble.
    • James Oswald: Airs for the Seasons.
    • Leaf Music.
    • 38.
  • Ronald Binge

    Elizabethan Serenade

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Jubilee - Sparkling Classical Gems.
    • Sony Music UK.
    • 2.
  • Robert Schumann

    Marchenerzahlungen, Op.132 (Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell)

    Performer: Jörg Widmann. Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Dénes Várjon.
    • MYRIOS CLASSICS.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Oboe and Strings in B flat major, RV464

    Performer: Heinz Holliger. Orchestra: I Musici.
    • PENTATONE.
  • Thomas Enhco

    Silence

    Composer: Vassilena Serafimova. Performer: Thomas Enhco.
    • Bach Mirror (Extended Edition).
    • Masterworks.
    • 9.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Sony.
  • Dobrinka Tabakova

    Cello Concerto (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Kristina Blaumane. Orchestra: Lietuvos kamerinis orkestras. Conductor: Maxim Rysanov.
    • ECM New Series.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Chôro no.1

    Performer: Carlos Bonell.
    • The Private Collection: Carlos Bonell.
    • Upbeat Classics.
    • 4.
  • Josef Suk

    Fantastic Scherzo, Op 25

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Naxos.
  • Derek Bourgeois

    Serenade Op.22

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Michael Antrobus.
    • Chandos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen, BWV 66: V. Ich furchte zwar/nicht des Grabes Finsterni

    Performer: Davina Clarke. Singer: Nick Pritchard. Singer: Hugh Cutting.
    • J. S. Bach: The Art of Obligato.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 15.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Aquarium (Carnival of the Animals)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Sir Charles' Precious Music Box 1, Groves, Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • DENON.
    • 22.
  • Joaquim Malats

    Serenata Española

    Music Arranger: Christoph Denoth. Performer: Christoph Denoth. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos.
    • Nocturnos de Andalucía.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 301.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in F major, Op 74 No 2 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
  • Carter Pann

    SLALOM

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • CSO Media.

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