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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 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

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

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Music Played

  • Gerald Finzi

    5 Bagatelles, Op 23 arr Ashmore (Prelude)

    Performer: Robert Plane. Ensemble: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Finzi: Clarinet Concertos: Robert Plane/Northern Sinfonia/Griffiths.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Playful Pizzicato (Simple Symphony Op.4)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Orpheus Chamber Orchestra 鈥 Modern & 20th Century Classics.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 1.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Coriolan Overture

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Ballade in F minor, Op 52 No 4

    Performer: Jean鈥怭hilippe Collard.
    • EMI.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quartet In F Major K.168

    Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.
  • Philip Glass

    Akhnaten (Act 2: Dance)

    Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • CBS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Messiah: All we like sheep have gone astray

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Director: William Christie.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Quintet Op.16 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Cigleris. Performer: Gareth Hulse. Performer: John Mills. Performer: Lydia Lowndes-Northcott. Performer: Bozidar Vukotic.
    • Gipps: Clarinet Chamber Music.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 302.
  • Gioachino Rossini

    La Cenerentola (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia, Rome. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano.
    • Rossini: Overtures.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 104.
  • Francisco T谩rrega

    Capricho arabe

    Performer: Carlos Bonell.
    • The Private Collection: Carlos Bonell.
    • Upbeat Classics.
  • Trad.

    Shenandoah

    Performer: Neil Martin. Music Arranger: Craig Leon. Music Arranger: Chris Hazell. Singer: Bryn Terfel. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • A Song in my Heart.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Franz Berwald

    Symphonic Poem 'Wettlauf'

    Orchestra: G盲vle symfoniorkester. Conductor: Petri Sakari.
    • Berwald: Tone Poems: Gavle Symphony Orchestra/Sakari.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.
  • Marc鈥怉ntoine Charpentier

    Te Deum, H 146 (Prelude)

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

    String Quartet in G minor Op.74`3 'Rider'

    Performer: Consone Quartet.
  • Howard Hanson

    Symphony no.2 Op.30 'Romantic' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Hanson: Symphony No.2.
    • Naxos.
    • 003.
  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A, D664 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mitsuko Uchida plays Schubert.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 22.
  • Henry Purcell

    Curtain Tune (Timon of Athens Z.632)

    Music Arranger: Barokksolistene. Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Performer: Bjarte Eike.
    • The Alehouse Sessions.
    • RUBICON.
    • 102.
  • Nino Rota

    Death on the Nile (Main Titles)

    Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra. Conductor: Marcus Dods.
    • CNR.
  • Alexandre Luigini

    Ballet Egyptien

    Orchestra: Embassy Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Freedman.
    • Guild.
  • Duke Ellington

    Caravan

    Performer: Quincy Jones and His Orchestra.
    • Jasmine Records.
  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Triumphal Scene and Grand March (Aida, Act 2)

    Choir: Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • Verdi: Choruses / Overtures / Ballet Music.
    • EMI.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV.42 'Am Abend aber desselbigen Sabbats' (Sinfonia)

    Ensemble: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Hengelbrock.
    • DHM.
  • Jan Anton铆n Ko啪eluh

    Oboe Concerto in F major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Lost and Found.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Jacques Offenbach

    Les Larmes De Jacqueline (Harmonies des bois)

    Performer: Sheku Kanneh鈥怣ason. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mirga Gra啪inyt臈鈥怲yla.
    • Inspiration.
    • DECCA.
    • 9.
  • John Ireland

    Amberley Wild Brooks

    Performer: Eric Parkin.
    • Ireland: Piano Works Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 101 in D major, 'Clock'

    Orchestra: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Haydn, 12 London Symphonies: Marc Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre-Grenobles.
    • Naive.
    • 9.
  • Anon.

    Italiana

    Performer: Paul O鈥橠ette.
    • Ancient Airs and Dances: Paul O'Dette.
    • Helios.
    • 15.
  • Max Richter

    Andante

    Performer: Max Richter.
    • In A Landscape.
    • Decca (UMO) (Classics).
    • 13.
  • Gy枚rgy Ligeti

    6 Bagatelles (no.3)

    Ensemble: London Winds.
    • Twentieth-Century Chamber Works for Winds.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Arnold Bax

    Concertante (2nd mvt)

    Performer: John Bradbury. Orchestra: 91热爆 Philharmonic. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Chandos.
  • Edward Elgar

    Severn suite for brass band (Op.87) in B flat or C major: Minuet

    Composer: Kenneth J. Alford. Composer: James Ord Hume. Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band.
    • Decca.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Petite Suite (Nocturne)

    Orchestrator: Alexander Glazunov. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Borodin: Requiem: Philharmonia Orchestra/91热爆 Symphony Chorus/Simon.
    • Cala.
    • 14.

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  • Thu 17 Oct 2024 09:30

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