Georgia Mann
Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is British tenor Ian Bostridge. Presented by Georgia Mann.
Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.
0915 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.
1030 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.
1100 Essential Performers – our featured artist this week is tenor Ian Bostridge.
1130 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.
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Music Played
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Vittorio Monti
Czardas No. 1 in D minor/major arranged for mandolin and accordion
Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Richard Galliano.- Avi Avital - Between Worlds.
- Deutsche Grammophon.
- 18.
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Mel Bonis
Ophélie (Trois femmes de legende)
Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba. -
Jeanâ€Baptiste Lully
La fête infernale; Les démons (Suite from Alceste)
Orchestra: Concert Des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.- Lully: L'Orchestre du Roi Soleil.
- Alia Vox.
- 28.
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Charles-Valentin Alkan
Le Grillon [Nocturne no.4) Op.60bis
Performer: Etsuko Hirose.- DANACORD.
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Claude Debussy
Reve (Orchestral Suite no.1)
Orchestrator: Philippe Manoury. Orchestra: Les Siècles. Conductor: Françoisâ€Xavier Roth.- Musicales Actes Sud.
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Christian Forshaw
In paradisum
Choir: Tenebrae. Performer: Christian Forshaw. Conductor: Nigel Short.- When Sleep Comes: Evening Meditations for Voices & Saxophone.
- Signum Classics.
- 2.
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Antonio Vivaldi
Viola d'amore Concerto in A major, RV.396
Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.- Virgin Classics.
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R. Nathaniel Dett
Enchantment (Beyond The Dream)
Performer: Clipper Erickson.- My Cup Runneth Over.
- NAVONA.
- 14.
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Hugo Alfvén
Uppsala Rhapsody
Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.- BIS.
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Franz Schubert
Allegretto in C minor D.915
Performer: Paul Lewis.- Schubert: Piano Sonata D.845, Wandererfantasie D.760: Paul Lewis.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 11.
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William Henry Harris
Faire is the Heaven
Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Conductor: Owen Rees.- A New Heaven.
- Signum Classics.
- 1001.
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Giovanni Gabrieli
Exultavit cor meum in Domino
Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura. Conductor: Matthew Knight.- Music for Brass Septet, Vol. 4.
- Naxos.
- 601.
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Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D minor Op.47 (3rd mvt)
Performer: Johan Dalene. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Storgårds.- Nielsen & Sibelius: Violin Concertos.
- BIS.
- 203.
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Georg Philipp Telemann
Concerto in G major TWV.50:1 'Grillen-Symphonie' (1st mvt)
Ensemble: Apollo’s Fire. Director: Jeannette Sorrell.- AVIE.
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Benjamin Britten
Grasshopper (2 Insect Pieces)
Performer: Heinz Holliger. Performer: Sir András Schiff.- PHILIPS.
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Ernest Bucalossi
The Grasshopper's Dance
Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.- The Best Of British Light Music.
- Sony Classical.
- 18.
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Josquin des Prez
El Grillo
Ensemble: The Hilliard Ensemble. Director: Paul Hillier.- Erato.
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Duke Ellington
Lightning Bugs and Frogs [The Queen's Suite]
Ensemble: Duke Ellington and His Orchestra.- Duke Ellington: The Ellington Suites.
- PABLO.
- 002.
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Modest Mussorgsky
Song of the Flea
Singer: John Tomlinson. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: David Parry.- Great Operatic Arias.
- Chandos.
- 7.
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Takashi Yoshimatsu
Dream Coloured Mobile II, Op.58a
Performer: Joe Houghton. Performer: Kate Wilson. Ensemble: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Sachio Fujioka.- Chandos.
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Benjamin Britten
Since she whom I loved (The Holy Sonnets of John Donne)
Author: John Donne. Singer: Ian Bostridge. Performer: Graham Johnson.- Britten: The Red Cockatoo & other songs: Bostridge, Johnson.
- Hyperion.
- 24.
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Franz Danzi
Wind Quintet in F major, Op.56`3 (3rd mvt)
Ensemble: Philharmonisches Bläserquintett Berlin.- Bis.
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Karl Goldmark
Scherzo in E Minor, Op. 19
Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Fabrice Bollon.- Goldmark: Symphonic Poems, Vol. 1.
- CPO.
- 2.
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Germaine Tailleferre
Trio for violin, cello and piano
Ensemble: Trio Karénine.- Fauré, Ravel & Tailleferre.
- Mirare.
- 8-11.
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Gerald Finzi
Concerto for violin and small orchestra (2nd mvt)
Performer: Tasmin Little. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Finzi: Concertos.
- Chandos.
- 7.
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Maurice Ravel
Matinée de Provence
Singer: Brigitte Desnoues. Choir: Choeur de Paris-Sorbonne. Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris-Sorbonne. Conductor: Jacques Grimbert.- Prix de Rome Cantatas.
- Marco Polo.
- 10.
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
Rondo in D minor Wq.61`4
Performer: Danny Driver.- CPE Bach: Keyboard Sonatas II: Danny Driver.
- Hyperion.
- 14.
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Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony no.7 in A major Op.92 (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Berlin Staatskapelle. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.- Teldec.
Broadcast
- Tue 29 Mar 2022 09:00Â鶹Éç Radio 3