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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 – 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

Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Op.65 Bk 8)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 19.
  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Eliza's Aria (Wild Swans)

    Singer: Jane Sheldon. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ola Rudner.
    • Elena Kats-Chernin - Wild Swans.
    • ABC.
    • 2.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    La Poule (Concert en sextuor no.6 in G minor)

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire: Musiciens du Louvre/Minkowski.
    • Archiv.
    • 11.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse lyrique Op.96 no.1

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Sibelius: Violin concerto, Karelia Suite, The Swan of Tuonela and other works.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 8.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Sextet in A major Op.48 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Veronika Hagen. Performer: Gary Hoffman. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet. Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quintet, Op. 97 & String Sextet, Op. 48.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 4.
  • Annabel Rooney

    Keep me as the apple of the eye

    Choir: The Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge. Conductor: David Rowland.
    • REGENT.
  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto No 2 in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ronald Janezic. Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: André Previn.
    • DG.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flautino Concerto in C Major, RV 443 (Arr. for Marimba & Orchestra): I. Allegro

    Composer: Anon.. Performer: Fumito Nunoya. Orchestra: Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester. Orchestra: Kurpfälzisches Kammerorchester. Conductor: Johannes Schlaefli. Conductor: Johannes Schlaefli.
    • Concertos on Marimba.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    13 Preludes Op.32 (no.2 in G major)

    Performer: Nelson Goerner.
    • Chopin, Polonaise-Fantasie: Nelson Goerner.
    • Wigmore Hall Live.
  • Friedrich Kuhlau

    Elf Hill (Overture)

    Orchestra: Danish National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Schønwandt.
    • Kuhlau: Overtures: Danish National Radio Symphony Orch/Schonwandt.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Clara Schumann

    Ich Stand In Dunklen Traumen from 6 Songs Op.13

    Performer: Ian Tindale. Singer: Santiago Sánchez.
  • Annabel Rooney

    Keep me as the apple of the eye

    Choir: Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge. Conductor: David Rowland.
    • REGENT.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Symphony in E major, Wq 182 No 6

    Orchestra: Stuttgarter Kammerorchester. Director: Wolfram Christ.
    • C.P.E. Bach - Hamburger Sinfonien WQ.182.
    • Hanssler Classic.
    • 16-18.
  • Edmund Rubbra

    Meditazioni Sopra 'Coeurs Desoles' Op. 67

    Performer: Melinda Maxwell. Performer: Michael Dussek. Ensemble: Endymion Ensemble.
    • Rubbra: Chamber Music.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 2.
  • Alexander Borodin

    In the Steppes of Central Asia

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin: Neeme Jarvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in F sharp major Op.78

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • chandos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Höchster, mache deine Güte (Cantata "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen", BWV51)

    Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Director: Christopher Monks. Orchestra: Armonico Consort.
    • Let The Bright Seraphim Works by J.S. Bach, Telemann, A.Scarlatti and Handel.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 3.
  • Rachel Portman

    Apple Tree

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • Ask the River.
    • Node Records.
    • 7.
  • Mátyás Seiber

    3 Hungarian Folksongs: No. 2, Apple, apple

    Lyricist: Trad.. Choir: Choir of the 21st Century. Conductor: Howard Williams.
    • Mátyás Seiber: A Cappella.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 2.
  • Erik Satie

    Trois morceaux en forme de poire (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Utah Symphony. Conductor: Maurice Abravanel.
    • Vanguard.
  • Elizabeth Poston

    Jesus Christ the Apple Tree

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Orchestra: Orchestra of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • The Holly and the Ivy.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 17.
  • Ferdinand Hérold

    Clog Dance; Dance of the Cock and Hens (La Fille Mal Gardée)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • EMI.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Sinfonietta (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Korngold: Sinfonietta: Andrew Litton.
    • Dorian.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia concertante in E flat major, K 364 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Julia Fischer. Performer: Gordan Nikolitch. Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest. Conductor: Yakov Kreizberg.
    • Pentatone.
  • Catrin Finch

    Listen to the Grass Grow

    Performer: Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita.
    • SOAR.
    • bendigedig.
    • 6.
  • William Walton

    Walton: Suite from "Henry V" - Concert Suite from Film Score (complete)

    Music Arranger: Muir Mathieson. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Walton: Centenary Edition.
    • Decca.
  • Suor Leonora d'Este

    Haec dies quam fecit Dominus

    Choir: Musica Secreta. Choir: Celestial Sirens. Director: Laurie Stras. Director: Deborah Roberts.
    • Lucrezia Borgia's Daughter.
    • OBSIDIAN.
    • 3.
  • Henry Purcell

    Sonata for trumpet and strings in D major Z.850

    Performer: Mark Bennett. Ensemble: The Purcell Quartet.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Roberto Abbado.
    • Hungarian Dance No. 1 in G Minor.
    • 900360.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Hear my prayer

    Performer: Mark Williams. Singer: Rachel Bennett. Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Richard Marlow.
    • Mendelssohn: Sacred Choral Works: Richard Marlow.
    • Chandos.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in C major H.16.10

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Haydn: Piano Sonatas Vol. 8.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Gaetano Pugnani

    String Quartet No. 3 in A Major (Version for Orchestra) - mov. 2

    Performer: Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Alba Records.

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