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The ideal mix of classical 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

Music Played

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Violin Concerto in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Gil Shaham. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Barber/Korngold: Violin Concerto op.14: Gil Shaham/LSO/André Previn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.39 in E flat major K.543 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphonies 38 - 41 Scottish Chamber Orchestra Sir Charle.
    • Linn.
    • 7.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    12 Studies, Op 10: No 8 in F major

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Decca.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Saul: Symphony

    Orchestra: Concerto Köln. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Les Biches - suite (Rondeau)

    Orchestra: RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Poulenc: Les biches Suite, Les animaux modèles Suite & Sinfonietta.
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Ivor Gurney

    Sleep (5 Elizabethan Songs)

    Music Arranger: Iain Farrington. Music Arranger: Iain Farrington. Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Warner.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String quartet in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Mendelssohn: Felix & Fanny: Quatuor Ebene.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 6.
  • Herbert Howells

    Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks

    Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Performer: Philip Scriven. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Favourite Anthems from Winchester.
    • HERALD.
    • 2.
  • Karl Goldmark

    Symphony No 1 in E flat "Rustic Wedding Symphony": V. Dance

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Goldmark: Rustic Wedding Symphony - Hindemith: Symphony in E-Flat Major.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Carl Orff

    Dance (Carmina Burana)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
  • Richard Strauss

    Waldseligkeit, Op 49 No 1

    Performer: Mathieu Pordoy. Singer: Sabine Devieilhe.
    • ERATO.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Rhapsody in G minor Op.79 no.2

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Brahms: Piano Pieces, Opp.117, 118, 119.
    • DECCA.
    • 2.
  • Barbara Strozzi

    Le tre grazie a Venrere

    Choir: TENET.
    • AVIE.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet No 13 in A minor, 'Rosamunde' (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • Schubert: String Quartets D. 804 "Rosamunde", D. 703 & D. 87.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Dmitri Kabalevsky

    Colas Breugnon, Op 24 (Overture)

    Orchestra: ѿý Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Kabalevsky: Piano concerto etc: Kathryn Stott/ѿý Philharmonic/Sinaisky.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Antonio Bazzini

    La ronde des lutins Op.25

    Performer: James Ehnes. Performer: Eduard Laurel.
    • Homage: James Ehnes.
    • Onyx.
    • 1.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Organ Sonata in C minor Op.65 no.2 (2nd & 3rd mvts)

    Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • ARGO.
  • William Byrd

    Lullaby, my sweet little baby

    Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Director: Owain Park.
    • Fading.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.
  • Rebecca Clarke

    Morpheus

    Performer: Vinciane Béranger. Performer: Dana Ciocarlie.
    • Rebecca Clarke: Works for Viola.
    • 貹é.
    • 4.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Serenade for tenor, horn and strings: Sonnett

    Performer: Richard Watkins. Singer: Allan Clayton. Orchestra: Aldeburgh Strings. Director: Markus Däunert.
    • LINN.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    The Love for Three Oranges: March

    Performer: Sarah Chang. Performer: Sandra Rivers.
    • EMI.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in D minor, after RV 565 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Sirena Recorder Quartet.
    • BIS.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Cello Concerto No 1 in A Minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mischa Maisky. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Saint-Saëns: Cello Concerto No.1; Cello Sonata No.1; Suite, Op. 16; Le Cygne Fro.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
  • Sarah Rimkus

    My heart is like a singing bird

    Lyricist: Christina Rossetti. Choir: The Gesualdo Six. Conductor: Owain Park.
    • Fading.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • George Frideric Handel

    March (Scipione)

    Performer: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Music Arranger: Crispian Steele‐Perkins. Orchestra: Armonico Consort.
    • Let The Bright Seraphim Works by J.S. Bach, Telemann, A.Scarlatti and Handel.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 21.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in C minor, Op 13, 'Pathétique' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Stephen Kovacevich.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 14.
  • Claude Debussy

    La mer

    Orchestra: Lucerne Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Debussy: La Mer: Abbado, Lucerne Festival Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 1.
  • Henry Purcell

    Sound the trumpet (Come ye sons of art)

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Singer: Christophe Dumaux. Orchestra: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Stefano Montanari.
    • Henry Purcell, O Solitude: Andreas Scholl/Accademia Bizantina.
    • Decca.
    • 2.
  • Louis-François-Joseph Patouart

    Trio Sonata for 2 cellos and bass continuo No 6, Op 2

    Ensemble: UnderStories Ensemble.
    • A French Odyssey - Music for Two Cellos by Rameau, Barriere, Corrette, Boismorti.
    • Challenge Classics.
    • 13.
  • Gabriela Montero

    Hallelujah [Improvisation on the Theme of the Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah]

    Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • EMI.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Homage March (Sigurd Jorsalfar Suite)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude & Fugue in A major, BWV864 (Well-tempered Clavier, Book 1)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • ECM.
  • Hubert Parry

    I Was Glad

    Choir: Gabrieli Roar. Ensemble: Chetham's School of Music Symphonic Brass Ensemble. Ensemble: Gabrieli Consort. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: David Chatterton.
    • An English Coronation, 1902-1953.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 1001.

Broadcast

  • Tue 15 Jul 2025 09:30