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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

Wed 9 Jul 2025 09:30

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No.104 in D "London" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Harnoncourt conducts Haydn.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 21.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Jota (La vida breve)

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jesús López Cobos.
    • Falla: La Vida Breve: Lopez-Cobos, Cincinnati Symphony Orchstra.
    • Telarc.
  • Robert Schumann

    Toccata in C major Op.7

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • PIANO CLASSICS.
  • Anton Bruckner

    Christus factus est 1884 version

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Bruckner: Mass in E minor/Motets: Polyphony/Britten Sinfonia/Layton.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Antonio Bertali

    Chiacona

    Music Arranger: Christina Pluhar. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • All' Improvviso: Ciaccone, Bergamasche, & un po' di Follie....
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 9.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11, Suite: IV. Intermezzo \"Garden Scene\"

    Performer: Bomsori. Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jakub Hrůša.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    5 Novelettes Op.15 (Valse)

    Ensemble: Borodin Quartet.
    • Teldec.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: I. -

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Bach: Keyboard Concertos, BWV 1052, 1053, 1054 & 1056.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 10.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard concerto No 5 in F minor, BWV 1056 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No. 5 in F Minor, BWV 1056: III. Presto

    Performer: Beatrice Rana. Orchestra: Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • Bach: Keyboard Concertos, BWV 1052, 1053, 1054 & 1056.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 12.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante defunte

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Grace Williams

    Y Gwydd (The Loom)

    Performer: Rachel Kay Green. Singer: Jeremy Huw Williams.
    • My Last Duchess.
    • LORELT.
    • 28.
  • Amy Beach

    Symphony in E minor, Op.32 "Gaelic" (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Münchner Symphoniker. Conductor: Joseph Bastian.
    • Solo Musica.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 41, 'Jupiter' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 5.
  • Florence Price

    String Quartet no.2 in A minor (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Uncovered Vol 2: Florence B Price.
    • Azica Records.
    • 11.
  • Craig Armstrong

    Balcony Scene (From "Romeo & Juliet")

    Orchestra: Czech National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Bateman.
    • Shakespeare In Music & Words.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 8.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Je vais, d'un coeur aimant (Beatrice et Benedict)

    Singer: Enkelejda Shkosa. Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Singer: Sara Mingardo. Singer: Susan Gritton.
    • Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict.
    • Lso Live.
    • 4.
  • Claude Debussy

    Jardins sous la pluie (Estampes)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.2 in D major Op.43 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus Mäkelä.
    • DECCA.
  • Pietro Locatelli

    Introduttione teatrale in B-flat major, Op.4 No.3

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto No 2 in F minor, Op 21 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Evgeny Kissin. Orchestra: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Dmitri Kitayenko.
    • RCA.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Serenade for Strings, Op 48 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique Bátiz.
    • Orchestral Lollipops: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Enrique Batiz.
    • RPO.
    • 11.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    Pini di Roma

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.
  • Leó Weiner

    Romanze

    Performer: Ditta Rohmann. Performer: Melinda Felletár. Orchestra: MÁV Szimfonikus zenekar. Conductor: Valéria Csányi.
    • Weiner: Complete Orchestral Works, Vol. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Jean Cras

    Quintette: I. Assez anime

    Ensemble: Linos Ensemble.
    • French Music for Flute, Harp And String Trio.
    • SWR Classic.
    • 1.
  • Frank Bridge

    Seascape (The Sea)

    Orchestra: ѿý National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.
  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Chalumeau Concerto in B flat major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Colin Lawson. Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • Fasch: Concertos/Orchestral suite: The English Concert/Pinnock.
    • Archiv Produktion.
  • Antonín Dvořák

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

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Karel Šejna.
    • SUPRAPHON.

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