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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.

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

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Last on

Thu 5 Sep 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Petra Müllejans. Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
  • Caroline Shaw

    And the swallow

    Conductor: Paul Hillier. Choir: Ars Nova Copenhagen.
    • ...and....
    • Naxos.
    • 101.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Hungarian March (The Damnation of Faust)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Berlioz: La Damnation De Faust: LSO, Davis.
    • LSO Live.
    • 3.
  • Helen Leach

    Cup of Kindness

    Performer: Richard Simpson. Ensemble: Victoria String Quartet.
    • DIVINE ART.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Sinfonia in A major, Op 35 No 3 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Boccherini: Fandango, Sinfonie & La Musica Notturna di Madrid: Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 10.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Carnival Overture

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
  • Thomas Adès

    O Albion (Arcadiana)

    Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.
    • Ades: Living Toys.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 14.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Festival Scherzo

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Conductor: Robert Salter.
    • HYPERION.
  • Benjamin Britten

    She's like the swallow that flies so high (8 Folksongs)

    Singer: Gerald Finley. Performer: Julius Drake.
    • Benjamin Britten, Songs and Proverbs of William Blake: Gerald Finley and Julius.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The Cuckoo (The Birds)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 4 violins in B Minor Op.3 No.10 RV580: I. Allegro

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Ensemble: Brecon Baroque.
    • Channel.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Capriccio sinfonico

    Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.
  • Roman Hoffstetter

    String Quartet in F Major Op.3 no.5 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartett.
    • Hommage.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 13.
  • Robert Schumann

    Abegg variations Op.1 for piano

    Performer: Christoph Eschenbach.
    • The Art of Christoph Eschenbach.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 150.
  • Manuel de Falla

    El Pano Moruno (Suite Populaire Espagnole)

    Music Arranger: Paul Kochanski. Performer: Daniel Hope. Performer: Sebastian Knauer.
    • Ravel/Falla/Schnittke/Bartok/Shankar: East meets West: Daniel Hope.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    Gott ist mein Hirt, D 706

    Performer: Susan Tomes. Choir: ³ÉÈËÂÛ̳ Singers. Conductor: Jane Glover.
    • Collins.
  • Ronald Binge

    The Water Mill

    Orchestra: Light Music Society Orchestra. Conductor: Vivian Dunn.
    • British Composers: Best of British.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 118.
  • Cara Dillon

    The Parting Glass

    Composer: Sam Lakeman.
    • Hill of Thieves - Deluxe.
    • CHARCOAL RECORDS.
    • 3.
  • Hugo Alfvén

    Shepherd Girl's Dance (The Mountain King - suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Magnus Ericsson.
    • BIS.
  • Eric Whitacre

    All Seems Beautiful to Me

    Lyricist: Walt Whitman. Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Whitacre: All Seems Beautiful to Me.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Valse Mauresque (4 Characteristic Waltzes, Op.22)

    Orchestra: RTÉ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Adrian Leaper.
    • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, orchestral works.
    • MARCO POLO.
    • 9.
  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Piano Étude No. 89 in A-Flat Minor

    • Hélène de Montgeroult: Études.
    • BIS.
    • 118.
  • Philip Glass

    Glass: Études: No. 5 (Reworked By Christian Badzura)

    • Philip Glass: Piano Works.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    America (West Side Story)

    Performer: Gwendolyn Masin. Ensemble: Melisma Saxophone Quartet.
    • Bernstein: West Side Story (Arr. H. Huizinga for Violin & Saxophone Quartet) [Li.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 1201.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 33 in B flat major, K 319

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
  • Nicolò Paganini

    La campanella

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Francesca Dego. Performer: Francesca Leonardi.
    • Il Cannone.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    Piano Quartet in A flat major (1st mvt: Allegro moderato)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn: Piano Sextet; Piano Quartet; Piano Trio.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Trio sonata in E flat major Op.2`11

    Ensemble: Avison Ensemble. Director: Pavlo Beznosiuk.
    • Arcangelo Corelli Opus 2 and 4: Chamber Sonatas.
    • Linn.
    • 38-40.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Academic Festival Overture

    Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • ERATO.

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