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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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Zoltán Kodály
Intermezzo (Hary Janos Suite)
Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.- Kodaly: "Hary Janos" Suite: Fischer.
- Philips.
- 15.
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Franz Schubert
Entr'acte in B flat major (Rosamunde)
Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- DG.
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Margaret Bonds
Troubled Water
Performer: Martin James Bartlett.- Till I Wake.
- Warner Classics.
- 2.
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Georges Bizet
L'Arlésienne - Suite No 1 (Entr'acte: Adagietto)
Orchestra: Orquestra Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya. Conductor: Pablo González.- Bizet: Carmen & L'arlésienne Suites.
- Naxos.
- 303.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in B minor for 4 violins, RV 580
Performer: Boris Begelman. Performer: Elisa Citterio. Performer: Andrea Rognoni. Performer: Stefano Barneschi. Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.- Vivaldi - Bach.
- NAIVE.
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Catharina van Rennes
Zegenbede (Benediction)
Music Arranger: Martin Zonnenberg. Choir: Christelijk Sliedrechts Mannenkoor Ichthus. Conductor: Martin Zonnenberg.- Witter Dan Sneeuw.
- P4Y JQZ.
- 20.
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Bedrich Smetana
The Bartered Bride (Dance of the Comedians)
Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Václav Neumann.- Little Pearls of Czech Classics: Czech Philharmonic Orch/Neumann.
- Supraphon.
- 7.
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Gerald Finzi
Romance Op.11
Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.- Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
- Decca.
- 12.
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Athanasius Kircher
Tarantella napoletana
Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Director: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata.- La Tarantella: Antidotum Tarantulae.
- Alpha Classics.
- 3.
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Leonie Cohen
Light Finale (The Diary of Anne Frank)
Performer: Louise King. Performer: Therese Milanovic.- Women of Note Vol 3.
- ABC Classics.
- 16.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat major, K 495 (3rd mvmt, Rondo)
Performer: Louis‐Philippe Marsolais. Ensemble: Les Violons du Roy. Director: Mathieu Lussier.- ATMA Classique.
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
The Willow Song (Othello)
Performer: Joseph Middleton. Singer: Carolyn Sampson.- Sounds and Sweet Airs - A Shakespeare Songbook.
- BIS.
- 35.
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Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev
Islamey, Op. 18
Orchestrator: Sergei Mikhailovich Lyapunov. Orchestra: Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lan Shui.- Russian Spectacular.
- BIS.
- 301.
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Catharina van Rennes
Zegenbede (Benediction)
Music Arranger: Martin Zonnenberg. Choir: Christelijk Sliedrechts Mannenkoor Ichthus. Conductor: Martin Zonnenberg.- Witter Dan Sneeuw.
- P4Y JQZ.
- 20.
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Hélène de Montgeroult
Étude no.41 in E flat major
Performer: Clare Hammond.- Hélène de Montgeroult: Études.
- BIS.
- 108.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Suite in D major, TWV.55:D18 (Ouverture)
Orchestra: Berlin Academy for Early Music.- Telemann: Orchestral Suites.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 1.
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Edvard Grieg
Holberg Suite (Air)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.- Grieg: Holberg Suite / Sibelius: Rakastava / Nielsen: Little Suite / Wirén: Sere.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 4.
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Dame Ethel Mary Smyth
The Wreckers (Overture)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Gibson.- EMI.
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Catharina van Rennes
Zegenbede (Benediction)
Music Arranger: Martin Zonnenberg. Choir: Christelijk Sliedrechts Mannenkoor Ichthus. Conductor: Martin Zonnenberg.- Witter Dan Sneeuw.
- P4Y JQZ.
- 20.
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Thomas Tallis
If ye love me
Ensemble: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.- English Motets.
- Hyperion.
- 5.
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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Classical Hits: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 3.
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John Rutter
A Gaelic Blessing
Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: John Rutter.- The Ultimate Collection.
- Decca (UMO).
- 18.
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Dmitry Shostakovich
Foxtrot [Blues] (Suite for Jazz Band no.1)
Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.- Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
- Decca.
- 3.
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Antoine Reicha
Andante No 1 in E flat major
Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.- BIS.
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George Frideric Handel
Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op 6 No 7 (5th mvt, Hornpipe)
Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.- HARMONIA MUNDI.
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Helena Munktell
Violin Sonata in E flat major Op.21 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Cecilia Zilliacus. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.- db Productions.
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Gioachino Rossini
The Barber of Seville (Overture)
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.- Rossini Overtures.
- WARNER.
- 3.
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Richard Strauss
Duett-Concertino for Clarinet, Bassoon and Strings
Performer: Joy Farrall. Performer: Julie Andrews. Ensemble: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury.- Strauss: Horn Concertos Nos.1 & 2 / Duet Concertino / Serenade.
- Warner Classics.
- 4-6.
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Meredith Monk
Night Travel (Atlas)
Orchestra: Orchestra. Conductor: Wayne Hankin.- ECM.
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Frédéric Chopin
Nocturne in E minor Op.72`1
Performer: Maria João Pires.- Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 9.
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Orlando Gibbons
Pavan and Galliard for 6 viols
Ensemble: Fretwork.- My Days.
- Signum Records.
- 1-2.
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Antonín Dvořák
Rusalka's Song to the Moon
Performer: Phillip McCann. Performer: Black Dyke Band. Music Arranger: Gordon Langford. Conductor: Roy Newsome.- CHANDOS.
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Errollyn Wallen
Dances for Orchestra (No 3)
Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: John Andrews.- Errollyn Wallen: Orchestral Works.
- Resonus Classics.
- 3.
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Arcangelo Corelli
Violin Sonata in E minor, Op 5 No 8 (3rd mvt, Sarabanda)
Ensemble: Locatelli Trio.- Corelli: Violin Sonatas: The Locatelli Trio.
- Hyperion.
- 7.
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Camille Saint‐Saëns
Wedding-cake Op.76
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.- Hyperion.
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- Fri 6 Jun 2025 09:30ѿý Radio 3