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Great classical music for your morning

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

Mon 28 Jul 2025 09:30

Music Played

  • Leos Janáček

    Sinfonietta (1st mvmt, Sokol Fanfare)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Zdeněk Košler.
    • Czech Tone Poems.
    • Denon.
    • 1.
  • Augusta Holmès

    Ludus pro patria: II. La Nuit et l'Amour

    Conductor: Nikolaj Szeps-Znaider. Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lyon.
    • Aux étoiles - French Symphonic Poems.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 7.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in B flat major, K 270 (1st mvt, Allegro molto)

    Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra Wind Soloists.
    • Linn.
  • Carl Nielsen

    Helios - overture Op.17

    Orchestra: Copenhagen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Giordano Bellincampi.
    • Carl Nielsen: Symphony Nr. 3 "Espansiva", Helios, Ved en ung kunstners båre.
    • Parlophone Denmark.
    • 5.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G minor, RV 315, 'Summer' (3rd mvmt, Presto)

    Performer: Théotime Langlois de Swarte. Ensemble: Le Consort.
    • Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons).
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 7.
  • Clara Schumann

    Beim Abschied (Parting)

    Performer: Eugene Asti. Singer: Stephan Loges.
    • Hyperion.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Swan Lake (Spanish Dance)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Nutcracker: LSO, Previn.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Chaconne (Dardanus)

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Tielman Susato

    Branle (Les Quatre branles)

    Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London. Director: David Munrow.
    • TESTAMENT.
  • Tarik O’Regan

    Diomedes (Variations for Judith)

    Performer: Melvyn Tan.
    • NMC.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Concertino for flute and orchestra

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Orchestra: Paris Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: François Leleux.
    • Mozart & Flute in Paris.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
    • 4.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Heart, the seat of soft delight (Acis and Galatea)

    Singer: Teresa Wakim. Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Chamber Ensemble. Director: Paul O’Dette. Director: Stephen Stubbs.
    • Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49.
    • CPO.
    • 211.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Rondo in C major Op.51`1

    Performer: Radu Lupu.
    • Beethoven: Piano concerto no.5 etc: Radu Lupu.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Dora Pejačević

    Symphony in F sharp minor, Op 41 (3rd mvt, Scherzo)

    Orchestra: ѿý Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Chandos.
  • Joan Ambrosio Dalza

    Pavana alla venetiana

    Performer: Massimo Lonardi.
    • Joan Ambrosio Dalza, Vincenzo Capirola: Intabulatura de Lauto.
    • NAR International.
    • 1.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Cantique de Jean Racine

    Choir: Accentus Chamber Choir. Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Laurence Equilbey.
    • Naive.
  • Grace Williams

    Penillion

    Performer: Ray Allan. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Grace Williams: Sea Sketches; Fantasia; Carillons; Penillion.
    • Lyrita.
    • 6-9.
  • Ailsa Dixon

    The Spirit of Love (No 1, As the Harmonic to the Sounding String)

    Singer: Lucy Cox. Ensemble: Villiers Quartet.
    • The Spirit of Love: I. As the Harmonic to the Sounding String.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.
  • Tom Lehrer

    We will all go together when we go

    Performer: Tom Lehrer.
    • The Songs of Tom Lehrer.
    • Kessels.
    • 23.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 45 in F sharp minor, 'Farewell' (Finale)

    Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • ALPHA.
  • Eleanor Alberga

    Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Celebration Dance)

    Orchestra: The Taliesin Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Ash.
    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Roald Dahl).
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 20.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Prelude in E minor, Op 28 No 4

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Music of the Night: The Essential Chopin Collection.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    The Three Wonders (from The Tale of Tsar Saltan)

    Orchestra: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of The Russian Federation. Conductor: Evgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov.
    • Suites by Russian Composers.
    • Melodiya.
    • 10.
  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Violin Sonata in A minor Op.2 no.3 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sophie Rosa. Performer: Ian Buckle.
    • Montgeroult, Viotti, Weber & Mendelssohn: Violin Sonatas.
    • Rubicon.
    • 5.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.4 in G major BWV.1049 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Concerto Italiano. Director: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos: Concerto Italiano.
    • Naive.
    • 1.
  • Ildebrando Pizzetti

    Canti della stagione alta (Songs of the High Season): 2nd and 3rd mvmts

    Performer: Marisa Borini. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Rudolf Alberth.
    • FY.
  • Scott Joplin

    Maple Leaf Rag

    Music Arranger: Lars Winther. Ensemble: Horsholm Percussion and Marimba Ensemble. Director: Ole Pedersen.
    • Hørsholm Percussion & Marimba Ensemble.
    • Danacord Records.
    • 16.
  • Alexey Shor

    Melancholy (Childhood Memories, No 8)

    Performer: Narek Hakhnazaryan. Orchestra: Wiener Symphoniker. Conductor: Tigran Hakhnazaryan.
    • ARS PRODUKTION.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Valiant-for-Truth

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • Vaughan Williams: Sacred Choral Music.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    6 Melodies (Allegro molto vivace)

    Performer: Béatrice Rauchs.
    • BIS.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Andante festivo

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Unknown.
    • Music of Jean Sibelius.
    • Finlandia.
    • 2.
  • Franz Schubert

    Die Taubenpost, D 965a

    Performer: Eugene Asti. Singer: James Rutherford.
    • BIS.

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