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Relax into the day with classical

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.

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

Tue 22 Jul 2025 09:30

Music Played

  • Jeremiah Clarke

    The Prince of Denmark's March (Trumpet Voluntary)

    Performer: Håkan Hardenberger. Performer: Simon Preston.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Romeo og Juliet Op.18

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Svendsen: Orchestral Works Vol. 1: Thorsen / BPO / Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet in E flat major K.614 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Klenke Quartett. Performer: Harald Schoneweg.
    • Accentus Music.
  • Hildegard von Bingen

    O Euchari In Leta Via

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas.
    • HELIODOR.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Polonaise in A flat major Op.53 'Eroica'

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Decca.
  • Joby Talbot

    Ink Dark Moon - Allegro energico

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • DECCA.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Flute Sonata in E flat major, BWV.1031

    Performer: Peter Holtslag. Performer: Ketil Haugsand.
    • Bach: Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord.
    • Aeolus.
    • 8-10.
  • Augusta Holmès

    Overture for a Comedy

    Orchestra: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Samuel Friedmann. Conductor: Samuel Friedmann.
    • Augusta Holmès: Orchestral Works.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 3.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty: Panorama

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Santtu Conducts Sleeping Beauty.
    • Signum Records.
    • 6.
  • Richard Wagner

    Wesendonck-Lieder (Der Engel)

    Singer: Matthias Goerne. Performer: Seong‐Jin Cho.
    • DG.
  • Joby Talbot

    Ink Dark Moon - Allegro energico

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Gernon.
    • DECCA.
  • Michael Haydn

    Symphony No.41 in A P.33

    Orchestra: Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • CPO.
  • Caroline Shaw

    Dolce Cantavi

    Performer: TENET.
    • The Secret Lovers.
    • Avie.
    • 13.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 2 in D major, Op 73 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Brahms: 4 Symphonies: Berlin Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Silent Woods, Op 68 No 5

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Anna Polonsky.
    • Alisa Weilerstein Dvorak.
    • DECCA.
    • 8.
  • Marianna Martines

    Symphony in C Major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Salzburger Hofmusik. Conductor: Wolfgang Brunner.
    • Martines: Symphony in C Major, Psalms 110 & 151.
    • CPO.
    • 201.
  • John Dowland

    In darkness let me dwell

    Performer: Thibaut Garcia. Singer: Philippe Jaroussky.
    • Erato.
  • Laura Mvula

    Sing to the Moon

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Director: Anna Lapwood.
    • Signum.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and Fugue in C minor BWV.847 (Well-tempered Clavier, Bk 1)

    Performer: Víkingur Ólafsson.
    • DG.
  • Frederick Delius

    Daybreak (Florida Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Beecham.
    • Beecham Conducts Delius.
    • EMI.
    • 4.
  • Andrzej Panufnik

    Prayer

    Music Arranger: Roxanna Panufnik. Ensemble: Isis Ensemble. Conductor: Jacques Cohen.
    • Music For Strings: Isis Ensemble/Jacques Cohen.
    • Meridian.
  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Te Deum, H 146 (Prelude)

    Orchestra: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Guerre et Paix.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 22.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Iberia Book 1 (Evocación)

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Albeniz: Iberia; Navarra; Suite Espanola - Larrocha.
    • Decca.
    • 1.
  • Ina Boyle

    Symphony no.1 'Glencree' [In the Wicklow Hills]

    Orchestra: ѿý Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • DUTTON.
  • Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni

    Concerto à 5 in B flat major, Op.7`3

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Ensemble: Scottish Ensemble.
    • Italian Concertos; Alison Balsom, Scottish Ensemble.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 7.
  • Leevi Madetoja

    Stabat Mater, Op. 27 No. 2 "Marian murhe"

    Lyricist: Jacopone da Todi. Conductor: Rumon Gamba. Orchestra: Oulu Sinfonia. Choir: Madetoja Music High School's Girls' Choir. Ensemble: Soma Ensemble.
    • Pictures from Finland.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.
  • Elmer Bernstein

    The Great Escape (main theme)

    Music Arranger: James Langley. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nic Raine.
    • Film Music Gala: A Celebration of the Greatest Film Music Ever Written.
    • RPO.
  • Mel Bonis

    Soir et matin, Op 76

    Performer: Thomas Albertus Irnberger. Performer: David Geringas. Performer: Barbara Moser.
    • It's a Girl!.
    • Gramola.
    • 5-6.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Der Freischütz (Overture)

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • Weber: Der Freischutz: Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Janowski.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 1.

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