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A feast of great music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, and asks listeners for ideas for a sports related playlist.

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

1000 A special, sports themed edition of Playlister challenge, celebrating the 20th anniversary of what many consider to be the greatest cricket series of all time 鈥� England鈥檚 first Ashes win over Australia for 18 years. The radio programme "Test Match Special" has teamed up with the 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic to record a new version of the theme tune "Soul Limbo", and Georgia is asking listeners to come up with suggestions for a playlist to follow on from that to create a curated sequence of music.

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.

To listen on most smart speakers say "Ask 蜜芽传媒 Sounds to play Essential Classics鈥�.

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Thu 24 Jul 2025 09:30
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Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.
    • Decca.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    Ave virgo sanctissima - motet for 5 voices

    Choir: Contrapunctus. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • Salve, Salve, Salve: Josquin鈥檚 Spanish Legacy.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 601.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Faur茅: Barcarolle No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 26

    Performer: Kathryn Stott.
    • Faur茅: The Complete Music for Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.

  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Valse des d茅p锚ches (Les Maries de la tour Eiffel)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Chandos.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Winter (The Four Seasons)

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • VIVALDI: LE QUATTRO STAGIONI.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Soul Limbo arr. Pete Willmot

    Music Arranger: Peter Willmott. Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Mark Heron.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major - 2nd mvt: Larghetto

    Performer: Maria Jo茫o Pires. Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Sonata No 5 in C major, BWV 529 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Peter Hurford.
    • J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor.
    • HMV Classics.
    • 10.

  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Chandos.

  • William Lloyd Webber

    How Do I Love Thee?

    Singer: John Mark Ainsley. Performer: Ian Brown.
    • Lloyd Webber: Chamber Music & Songs.
    • Hyperion.
    • 13.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    English Folk Song Suite

    Orchestrator: Gordon Jacob. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • AVIE.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Rhapsody in E flat major, Op 119, No 4

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Brahms: Handel Variations op.24 etc.: Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.

  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Music Arranger: Jarle Storl酶kken. Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Ensemble: tenThing.
    • She Composes Like A Man.
    • Lawo Classics.
    • 4.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Introduction and Allegro

    Performer: Osian Ellis. Ensemble: Melos Ensemble.
    • Decca.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Sleep

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Whitacre: Cloudburst & other choral works: Polyphony, Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Albert Ket猫lbey

    Bells across the Meadows

    Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics, Vol. 1.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • Sam Fonteyn

    Pop Looks Bach ['Ski Sunday' theme']

    Ensemble: London Music Works.
    • Alan Partridge - Alpha Papa.
    • Rhino.
    • 19.

  • Roy Harper

    When an Old Cricketer Leaves the Crease

    Ensemble: Cantabile: The London Quartet.
    • Songs of Cricket.
    • Signum Records.
    • 20.

  • Percy Grainger

    Mock Morris

    Orchestra: 蜜芽传媒 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Grainger Edition Vol.6: Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.

  • Lord Beginner

    Victory Test Match

    • London Is the Place for Me.
    • Honest Jon's Records.
    • 6.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Perpetuum mobile, Op 257

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Johann & Josef Strauss: Polkas.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 18.

  • Madeleine Dring

    Festival Scherzo

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Conductor: Robert Salter.
    • HYPERION.

  • George Frideric Handel

    My Heart is Inditing (Coronation Anthem No 4, HWV261)

    Choir: Choir of King鈥檚 College, Cambridge. Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Stephen Cleobury.
    • Handel Coronation Anthems.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Gaetano Donizetti

    Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore)

    Singer: Rolando Villaz贸n. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia. Conductor: Daniele Callegari.
    • Rolando Villazon: Tenor.
    • Deutsche Grammaphon.
    • 10.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Piano Concerto No 2 in D minor, Op 40

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Hyperion.

  • Erik Satie

    Gymnopedie No. 3

    Music Arranger: Claude Debussy. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Tortelier.
    • INSPIRATION Wintertr盲ume - Winter Dreams.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Leevi Madetoja

    Pastoraalisarja, Op. 34: IV. Valse

    Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: Oulu Sinfonia.
    • Pictures from Finland.
    • Chandos.
    • 108.

  • Roxanna Panufnik

    Salve Regina

    Choir: Ex Cathedra Choir. Performer: Alexander Mason. Conductor: Jeffrey Skidmore.
    • Roxanna Panufnik: Celestial Bird.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 301.

  • Richard Wagner

    Siegfried Idyll

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • PHILIPS.

Broadcast

  • Thu 24 Jul 2025 09:30
    蜜芽传媒 Radio 3