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The ideal morning mix of classical music

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

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

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.

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Thu 29 Feb 2024 09:00
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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.9 in E flat major K.271 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9 & 18: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Leif Ove Andsn.
    • EMI.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Libertango

    Performer: Lucie Horsch. Performer: Carel Kraayenhof. Music Arranger: Max Knigge. Orchestra: Ludwig.
    • Origins.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.1 in C Major BWV.1066 (Overture)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • Bach: Orchestral Suites BWV 1066-1069.
    • Linn Records.
    • 6.

  • Ferruccio Busoni

    Concerto in D major Op. 35a for violin and orchestra; 3rd mvt Allegro impetuoso

    Performer: Francesca Dego. Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Mia Makaroff

    Butterfly

    Choir: National Youth Choir. Conductor: Tom Bullard.
    • NYCGB.

  • Franz Schubert

    Marche militaire in D major, D.733 no.1

    Performer: Maria João Pires. Performer: Hüseyin Sermet.
    • Schubert: Fantasie...: Pires, Sermet.
    • Erato.
    • 2.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    L'italiana in Algeri (Overture)

    Orchestra: Bologna Municipal Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Michele Mariotti.
    • Rossini: Overtures.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 301.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • Farrenc: Nonet & Clarinet Trio.
    • Divox.
    • 4.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.5 in E flat major Op.82 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic. Conductor: John StorgÃ¥rds.
    • Sibelius: Complete Symphonies/Three Late Fragments.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 7.

  • Engelbert Humperdinck

    Under the Linden Tree (Unter der Linden)

    Performer: Hinrich Alpers. Lyricist: Karl Pannier. Singer: Christina Landshamer.
    • Erinnerung – Homage to Humperdinck.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 36.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Moonlight (4 Sea interludes [from 'Peter Grimes'] Op.33a)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Steuart Bedford.
    • Britten - London Symphony Orchestra, Steuart Bedford.
    • Collins Classics.
    • 13.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Sinfonia concertante in B flat major H.1.105 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Hyperion.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sinfonia, 'Arrival of the Queen of Sheba' (Solomon)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Pachelbel/Handel/Vivaldi/Gluck: Academy of Ancient Music/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 5.

  • Edward Elgar

    Piano Quintet in A Minor, last Mvt.

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Elgar: Violin Sonata / Piano Quintet.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Robert Schumann

    Papillons, Op 2 (No 12 in D major)

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • Schumann: Carnaval, Fantasiestücke, Papillons: Marc-Andre Hamelin.
    • Hyperion.
    • 12.

  • Josef Strauss

    The Dragonfly Op.204

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.

  • Jessica Curry

    The Light We Cast (from 'Everybody's Gone to the Rapture' video game soundtrack)

    Lyricist: Dan Pinchbeck. Choir: London Voices. Conductor: Ben Parry.
    • Sony.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Papillon

    Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • BIS.

  • Trevor Duncan

    Little suite for orchestra: March

    Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Penny.
    • MARCO POLO.

  • Frank Merrick

    Suite in the 18th Century Style (Siciliano)

    Performer: Steven Isserlis.
    • HYPERION.

  • Anonymous

    Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

    Performer: Baptiste Trotignon. Music Arranger: Baptiste Trotignon. Singer: Reginald Mobley.
    • Because.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 9.

  • Michael Abels

    Winged Creatures

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Performer: Demarre McGill. Orchestra: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Allen Tinkham.
    • Winged Creatures.
    • Cedille.
    • 101.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    5 Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Sir Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in B flat major, Op 17 No 1

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Chopin: The Piano Sonatas: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 5.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Concerto Grosso No.4 in G minor

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Sussex Landscape: I. Largo

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Chineke! Records.

Broadcast

  • Thu 29 Feb 2024 09:00
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