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Refresh your morning with classical music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favorites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favorites.

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.

1230 Album of the Week.

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Music Played

  • Vincent Youmans

    Tahiti trot [Tea for two] (No, no, Nanette)

    Orchestrator: Dmitry Shostakovich. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 16.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, K 488 (2nd mvt, Adagio)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart; English Chamber Orchestra/Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.

  • Charles Gounod

    Petite symphonie in B flat major (3rd mvt, Scherzo)

    Ensemble: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Gounod/Bizet: Symphony no.1/L'Arlesienne: St Paul Chamber Orch/Hogwood.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Suor Leonora d'Este

    Sicut lilium inter spinas

    Choir: Lyyra.
    • More Love.
    • VOCES8 Records.
    • 1.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    A Midsummer Night's Dream (Overture)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream (excerpts) etc: Berliner Philharmoniker/Abb.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.

  • Philippa Duke Schuyler

    The King of France

    Performer: Sarah Masterson.
    • Travelogue.
    • Centaur Records, Inc..
    • 6.

  • William Boyce

    Symphony No 5 in D major (1st mvmt)

    Ensemble: Aradia Ensemble. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Naxos.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in B flat major, Op 11 (2nd mvmt, Adagio)

    Ensemble: Beethoven Trio Bonn.
    • Beethoven: Gassenhauer Trio & Symphony No. 6.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 2.

  • Carl Nielsen

    Maskarade (Overture)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • DACAPO.

  • Judith Weir

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvmt, The Sweet Primeroses)

    Performer: Xak Bjerken. Ensemble: Ensemble X.
    • ALBANY.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Act 2 Waltz)

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo J盲rvi.
    • Ballets russes.
    • Parlophone (France).
    • 11.

  • Reinhard Keiser

    Lasciami piangere (Fredegunda)

    Singer: Joyce DiDonato. Orchestra: Il Complesso Barocco. Conductor: Alan Curtis.
    • Drama Queens.
    • EMI.
    • 4.

  • Claude Debussy

    Marche 茅cossaise sur un th猫me populaire

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: St茅phane Den猫ve.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Philippa Duke Schuyler

    The King of France

    Performer: Sarah Masterson.
    • Travelogue.
    • Centaur Records, Inc..
    • 6.

  • Dumisani Maraire

    Mai Nozipo [Mother Nozipo]

    Ensemble: Kronos Quartet.
    • Released 1985-1995 / Unreleased.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 1.

  • V铆tezslav Nov谩k

    Slovak Suite (3rd mvmt, The Lovers)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Franti拧ek Vajnar.
    • Novak: South Bohemian Suite, Op. 64; Slovak Suite, Op. 32.
    • Supraphon.
    • 007.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Trio in G major (3rd mvt, Rondo all'ongarese)

    Ensemble: The Florestan Trio.
    • Haydn: Piano Trios, Vol.1: The Florestan Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Faust Overture

    Orchestra: Kolner Akademie. Conductor: Michael Alexander Willens.
    • CPO.

  • Philippa Duke Schuyler

    The King of France

    Performer: Sarah Masterson.
    • Travelogue.
    • Centaur Records, Inc..
    • 6.

  • L茅o Delibes

    Le Roi s'amuse (Pavane)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • Bizet: Carmen Suite etc..
    • EMI.
    • 14-20.

  • Jean鈥怋aptiste Lully

    Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (Chaconne of the Scaramouches)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Jean-Baptiste Lully: L'Orchestre Du Roi Soleil: Le Concert des Nations, Jordi Sa.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Darius Milhaud

    La Chemin茅e du roi Ren茅 (No 7, Madrigal-nocturne)

    Ensemble: Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Wind Quintet.
    • French Music for Wind Quintet.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • William Walton

    Agincourt Song (from music for the film Henry V)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: William Walton.
    • EMI.

  • Elfrida Andr茅e

    Ring's Ode (Fritiof Suite)

    Orchestra: Stockholm Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustaf Sj枚kvist.
    • Sterling.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in A flat major, Op 34 No 1

    Performer: Anna Fedorova.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Sinfonia in E flat major, RV 130 (Al Santo Sepolcro)

    Orchestra: Combattimento. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.
    • The Four Seasons.
    • Challenge Classics.

  • Henriette Reni茅

    Harp Concerto in C Minor: II. Adagio

    Performer: Emmanuel Ceysson. Orchestra: Orchestre national Avignon-Provence. Conductor: Samuel Jean.
    • Belle Epoque.
    • Naive.
    • 2.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    4 African Dances (No 3, Allegro con brio)

    Performer: David Juritz. Performer: Michael Dussek.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Sonata in D Minor - African Dances - Hiawathan Sketches - Peti.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 6.

  • John Williams

    Superman (Main title)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Rhino.

  • Sir George Dyson

    Sweet Thames, Run Softly

    Singer: Stephen Roberts. Choir: Royal College of Music Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • Somm.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 5 in B flat major, D 485 (1st mvmt, Allegro)

    Orchestra: London Classical Players. Conductor: Sir Roger Norrington.
    • Symphonies.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Gabriel Dupont

    Cr茅puscule d'茅t茅 (Summer Dusk)

    Performer: Tristan Ra毛s. Singer: Cyrille Dubois.
    • Gabriel Dupont: The Complete Songs.
    • 础辫补谤迟茅.
    • 18.

  • Clarice Assad

    Archetypes (No 11, The Hero)

    Ensemble: Connecta Quartet.
    • Pulse and echoes.
    • KRB RECORDS distributed by Altafonte.
    • 1.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Dance in E minor, Op.72 No.2

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel 艩ejna.
    • SUPRAPHON.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Agnus Dei (Missa Tu es Petrus)

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: Martin Baker.
    • HYPERION.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F major, BWV.1047

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • J.S. Bach: The Brandenburg Concertos; Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Tue 22 Apr 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3

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