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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, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

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

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

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

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

1200 鈥�25 for 25: Sounds of the Century鈥� 鈥� a series of brand new commissions celebrating and commemorating some of the biggest events of the 21st century so far.

1230 Album of the Week.

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Thu 10 Apr 2025 09:30
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Music Played

  • Franz Leh谩r

    Ballsirenen [Sirens of the Ball] - waltz on themes from The Merry Widow

    Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Peter Maxwell Davies

    Farewell to Stromness

    Ensemble: The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet.
    • LAGQ.
    • Sony.
    • 16.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 cellos in G minor, RV 531

    Performer: Vladimir Waltham. Performer: Carina Drury. Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • Vivaldi X2虏.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 4.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Capriccio in B minor (8 Pieces Op.76)

    Performer: Richard Goode.
    • Richard Goode plays Brahms.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise (Sunrise - Suite)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Aulin, Moberg, Andr茅e: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
    • 5.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Piano Quintet No 2 in A major, Op 81 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Schubert Ensemble.
    • Dvorak: Piano Quintet/Piano Quartet.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 103 in E flat (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Eighteenth Century. Conductor: Frans Br眉ggen.
    • Haydn: London Symphonies.
    • Philips.
    • 10.

  • Nino Rota

    Nonetto: I. Allegro

    Performer: Daishin Kashimoto. Performer: Joaqu铆n Riguelme Garc铆a. Performer: Claudio Boh贸rquez. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Paul Meyer. Performer: Fran莽ois Meyer. Performer: Gilbert Audin. Performer: Beno卯t de Barsony. Performer: Olivier Thiery.
    • Nino Rota: Chamber Music.
    • Alpha.
    • 7.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    On Wenlock Edge: No. 1. On Wenlock Edge

    Singer: Andrew Kennedy. Ensemble: Dante Quartet. Performer: Simon Crawford鈥怭hillips.
    • Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge / / Gurney: Ludlow and Teme / Venables: Songs.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 101.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Consecration of the House Op.124

    Orchestra: Anima Eterna Brugge. Conductor: Jos van Immerseel.
    • Zigzag.

  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise - suite for orchestra: 1st movement; Sunrise

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.

  • Jean鈥怭hilippe Rameau

    Menuets en rondeau (Les Paladins)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Gustav Leonhardt.
    • Rameau: Suite Les Paladins: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Leonhardt.
    • Philips.
    • 9.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Villanelle

    Performer: Ahran Kim. Performer: Eva-Maria May.
    • Poulenc: Chamber Music, Vol. 2.
    • Paladino Music.
    • 701.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No. 27 in B-Flat Major, K. 595: III. Rondo. Allegro

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • W.A. Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 21 in C Major, K. 467; Piano Concerto No. 27 in.
    • Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin.
    • 6.

  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O ecclesia oculi tui

    Singer: Emily Van Evera. Choir: Gothic Voices. Conductor: Christopher Page.
    • Hildegard of Bingen - 'A Feather on the Breath of God'.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise - suite for orchestra: 1st movement; Sunrise

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.

  • Hannah Peel

    Sunrise through the Dusty Nebula

    Ensemble: Tubular Brass. Conductor: Sandy Smith.
    • My Own Pleasure.

  • Joaqu铆n Turina

    Zapateado [Danzas Andaluzas, Op.8]

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Favourite Spanish Encores.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 13.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et Chlo茅 Suite no.2 (Lever du jour)

    Orchestra: Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Yannick Nezet-Seguin Ravel Rotterdam Phiharmonic Orchestra.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Souvenir de Florence, Op 70 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: G茅rard Korsten.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Sonata a 22 S.241 [1615 no.20]

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort & Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • ARCHIV.

  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Choir: Polyphony. Director: Stephen Layton.
    • A Christmas Present from Polyphony.
    • Hyperion.
    • 14.

  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major, D.803 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Emma Johnson. Ensemble: Carducci String Quartet. Performer: Chris West. Performer: Philip Gibbon. Performer: Michael Thompson.
    • Somm.

  • Natalie Holt

    Partita No 1

    Performer: Richard Harwood.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Ancient Airs and Dances Suite no.1

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6-9.

  • Henry Purcell

    Sound the trumpet (Come ye sons of art)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Singer: Christophe Dumaux. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • O Solitude: Andreas Scholl, Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.

  • Robert Schumann

    3 Romanzen, Op. 94: No. 1, Nicht schnell

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Clara & Robert Schumann: Music for Clarinet and Piano.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.

  • Georges Bizet

    La patrie

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • Mercury Living Presence.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz No.14 in E minor, Op.posth

    Performer: Dinu Lipatti.
    • EMI.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Prelude, Fugue and Riffs

    Performer: Benny Goodman. Ensemble: Columbia Jazz Band. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Sony.

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