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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.

0930 Playlist starter – listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day – harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

3 hours

Music Played

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Okko Kamu.
    • Sibelius: Orchestral Works: Various orchestras and conductors.
    • Finlandia.
    • 2.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Deep river (24 Folk melodies Op.59)

    Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason.
    • Summertime.
    • Decca.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Symphonie fantastique Op.14 (Un bal)

    Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Gloria in Excelsis (All-night Vigil Op.37)

    Choir: Eesti Filharmoonia Kammerkoor. Conductor: Paul Hillier.
    • Vespers + Complete all-night Vigil, Op. 37.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.
  • Robert Schumann

    Violin Sonata No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 105 - II. Allegretto

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Beethoven, Schumann, Franck.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Léo Delibes

    Sous le dôme épais (Lakmé)

    Singer: Renée Fleming. Singer: Susan Graham. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sebastian Lang-Lessing.
    • Guilty Pleasures.
    • Decca.
    • 9.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.41 in C major K.551 'Jupiter' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Music of the Spheres.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Edvard Grieg

    String Quartet in G minor Op.27 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Modigliani Quartet.
    • Mirare.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Preise dein Glücke, gesegnetes Sachsen (Canata BWV.215)

    Choir: Bach Collegium Japan Chorus. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • Bach: Celebratory Cantatas.
    • BIS.
    • 12.
  • Franz Schubert

    Octet in F major D.803 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Anne Katharina Schreiber. Performer: Danusha Waskiewicz. Performer: Kristin von der Goltz. Performer: James Munro. Performer: Lorenzo Coppola. Performer: Teunis van der Zwart. Performer: Javier Zafra.
    • Schubert: Oktett.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Crisantemi

    Music Arranger: Lucas Drew. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Ivan Repušić.
    • Puccini: Orchestral Songs & Works.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 119.
  • Nadia Boulanger

    Écoutez la chanson bien douce

    Singer: Cyrille Dubois. Performer: Tristan Raës.
    • Lili et Nadia Boulanger: Mélodies.
    • 貹é.
    • 104.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.1 in C minor Op.11 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3.
    • BIS.
    • 104.
  • Enrique Granados

    Allegro de concierto

    Performer: Alicia de Larrocha.
    • Granados: 12 Danzas españolas, Danza lenta & Allegro de concierto.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 14.
  • Edward Elgar

    Mina

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Onyx.
  • Benjamin Britten

    To Daffodils (5 Flower Songs)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker - Suite)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet, Nutcracker Suite; Maazel, the Cleveland Orchestra.
    • Telarc.
    • 9.
  • Jean Françaix

    Horloge de Flore (3h - Galant de jour)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Mathias Mönius.
    • Bonjour Paris.
    • DECCA.
    • 4.
  • Noël Coward

    London Pride

    Performer: Noël Coward. Orchestra: Unknown Orchestra. Conductor: Carroll Gibbons.
    • I'll see you again.
    • ASV.
    • 19.
  • Gabriela Lena Frank

    Danza de los Saqsampillos

    Performer: Todd Kemp.
    • Naxos.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in C Minor BWV.1060R (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Avi Avital. Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Giovanni Antonini. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Concertos.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Piano Quintet no.1 in A minor Op.30 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Schubert Ensemble of London.
    • Louise Farrenc: The Two Piano Quintets.
    • ASV.
    • 03.
  • Jean Françaix

    Clarinet Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Orchestra: Münchner Symphoniker.
    • Sony.
  • André Danican Philidor

    Les Amazones (Venez, troupe guerriere/Puisque tout/Combattons)

    Singer: Lea Desandre. Singer: Véronique Gens. Ensemble: Jupiter. Conductor: Thomas Dunford.
    • Amazone.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 9.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor Op.21 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Das Chopin-Album.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.
  • Henry Mancini

    The Pink Panther (theme)

    Ensemble: Philharmonix.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Mazurek in E minor Op.49

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Dvorak: Violin Concerto; Romance; Mazurek; Humoresque.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Bachiana brasileira no.5 (Aria)

    Singer: Karita Mattila. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Director: Neville Marriner.
    • Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasileiras No.5.
    • Phillips.
    • 2.

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  • Wed 10 Jan 2024 09:00

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