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Refresh your morning with classical music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

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

3 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.1 in C major Op.21 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet in E major, Op.11`5 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Eckart Runge. Ensemble: Casals Quartet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Aulis Sallinen

    Sunrise serenade, Op.63

    Orchestra: Turku Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jorma Panula.
    • Finnish Orchestral Favourites.
    • NAXOS.
    • 15.
  • Paul Jeanjean

    Clair matin

    Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: Julien Quentin.
    • Music for Clarinet and Piano: Bliss/Quentin.
    • EMI.
  • Henri Vieuxtemps

    Violin Concerto No 4 in D minor, Op 31 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Bill Evans

    Peace Piece

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet.
    • Conversations with Bill Evans: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 10.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 104 in D major, 'London' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Haydn: The London Symphonies: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 12.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Oboe and Violin Concerto in B flat major RV.548

    Performer: Paolo Grazzi. Performer: Stefano Montanari. Ensemble: Zefiro.
    • Ïշ.
  • Charles Camilleri

    Concertino No 4 for two pianos, 'Summer Nights in Malta' (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Glen Inanga. Ensemble: Jennifer Micallef. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Brian Schembri.
    • Camilleri - Orchestral Works.
    • Divine Art.
    • 8.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    La Belle Dame Sans Merci

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • The English Songbook.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.
  • Ethel Smyth

    Serenade in D (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: 91ȱ Philharmonic. Conductor: Odaline de la Martinez.
    • Chandos.
  • Max Bruch

    Concerto for Clarinet & Viola in E Minor, Op.88 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Dimitri Ashkenazy. Performer: Anton Kholodenko. Orchestra: Baltic Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Mats Liljefors.
    • Weber & Bruch: Works for Clarinet, Viola & Orchestra.
    • Paladino Music.
    • 503.
  • Henry Purcell

    The Washerwoman Set

    Music Arranger: Bjarte Eike. Music Arranger: Barokksolistene. Performer: Bjarte Eike. Ensemble: Barokksolistene.
    • The Playhouse Sessions.
    • Rubicon.
  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto Andaluz (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Los Romeros. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Philips.
  • Steve Reich

    Nagoya Marimbas

    Performer: Bob Becker. Performer: James Preiss.
    • Steve Reich: Proverb / Nagoya Marimbas / City Life.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 2.
  • Karl Jenkins

    Benedictus (The Armed Man)

    Choir: Polyphony. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Karl Jenkins: Motets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Maurizo Pollini Edition.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 17.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Nulla in mundo pax RV.630 for soprano (or tenor) and orchestra

    Singer: Grace Davidson. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Joseph Crouch.
    • Vivaldi & Handel.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 401.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Running Set

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
  • Robert Schumann

    Arabeske in C major Op.18

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.
  • Sir James MacMillan

    Vidi Aquam

    Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Spem in alium. Vidi aquam.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 115.
  • Trad.

    Polska from Dorotea

    Music Arranger: Duo Aliada. Ensemble: Duo Aliada.
    • East West.
    • haenssler CLASSIC.
    • 6.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Carnival of the Animals (Poules et coqs)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Frank Braley. Performer: Michel Dalberto. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Paul Meyer. Performer: Esther Hoppe. Performer: Janne Saksala. Performer: Béatrice Muthelet. Performer: Florent Jodelet.
    • Saint-Saëns - Le Carnaval des Animaux.
    • Erato.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Gualtier Maldé.....Caro nome (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Natalie Dessay. Ensemble: Concerto Köln. Conductor: Evelino Pidò.
    • De l'opéra à la chanson.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 104.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    12 Études, Op. 10 - No. 5 in G-Flat Major "Black Keys"

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    12 Études, Op. 10 - No. 11 in E-Flat Major "Arpeggio"

    Performer: Yunchan Lim.
    • Chopin: Études, Opp. 10 & 25.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 11.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Andante e Rondo ungarese, Op. 35

    Performer: Karen Geoghegan. Orchestra: Opera North Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Wallfisch.
    • Chandos.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Bagatelles Op.47 (no.5)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 5 in F minor, BWV 1056

    Performer: Richard Egarr. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

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  • Thu 6 Jun 2024 09:30

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