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Refresh your morning with classical music

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.

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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Fri 1 Mar 2024 09:00
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Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony No 1 in D major, Op 25, 'Classical' (1st mvt, Allegro)

    Orchestra: São Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Naxos.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade for 13 wind instruments in B flat major, K 361 (3rd mvt, Adagio)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • DG.

  • Edvard Grieg

    4 Symphonic Dances, Op 64 (No 1, Allegro moderato e marcato)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Grieg: Symphonic Dances.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Nkeiru Okoye

    When Young Spring Comes

    Performer: Lara Downes.
    • Spring Fever.
    • Rising Sun Records.
    • 101.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in B flat major, RV 383a

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Arte dei Suonatori.
    • Channel Classics.

  • Mel Bonis

    Le Rêve de Cléopâtre (Cleopatra's Dream)

    Orchestra: Toulouse Capitole Orchestra. Conductor: Leo Hussain.
    • Bru Zane.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 8 in F major, Op 93 (4th mvt, Allegro vivace)

    Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: 8 Bit.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies.
    • Naxos.
    • 404.

  • Rued Langgaard

    May I kiss you, my darling? (Rose Garden Songs, No 1)

    Conductor: Ars Nova Copenhagen.
    • Rose Garden Songs (Rued Langgaard).
    • Dacapo.
    • 04.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Macbeth (Act 3 Ballet Music: Part 3)

    Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Muti.
    • EMI.

  • Princess of Prussia Anna Amalia

    Sonata in F major for flute and continuo (1st mvmt, Adagio)

    Performer: Ana Oltean. Performer: Simon Bucher.
    • ARS PRODUKTION.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending: Nolan, LPO, Handley.
    • EMI.
    • 3.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    L'Espérance de Mississippi (from Suite in B flat major, TWV 55:B11, 'The Stock Exchange')

    Ensemble: Barokkanerne.
    • Lawo Classics.

  • Poldowski

    L'heure exquise

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Performer: Jérôme Ducros.
    • Green - Mélodies françaises.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 128.

  • Mel Bonis

    Le Rêve de Cléopâtre (Cleopatra's Dream)

    Orchestra: Toulouse Capitole Orchestra. Conductor: Leo Hussain.
    • Bru Zane.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    William Tell (Soldiers' Dance)

    Orchestra: Monte-Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Antonio de Almeida.
    • Rossini: Mixed Collection.
    • The Classical Label.
    • 12.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Romance in F minor Op.11

    Performer: Thomas Zehetmair. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • The Teldec Recordings: Thomas Zehetmair.
    • Teldec.

  • Clara Schumann

    Scherzo No 2 in C minor, Op 14

    Performer: Konstanze Eickhorst.
    • CPO.

  • Christoph Willibald Gluck

    Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Orfeo ed Euridice)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Classical Hits: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Mel Bonis

    Le Rêve de Cléopâtre (Cleopatra's Dream)

    Orchestra: Toulouse Capitole Orchestra. Conductor: Leo Hussain.
    • Bru Zane.

  • Julian Slade

    Cleopatra (from Salad Days)

    Singer: John Warner.
    • Wilson: Boy Friend (The) (Orginal London Cast) / Slade: Salad Days (Original Lon.
    • Naxos.
    • 8.

  • Mel Bonis

    Berceuse, Op 23 No 1

    Performer: Maria Stembolskaya.
    • Ligia.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Piangerò la sorte mia (Giulio Cesare)

    Singer: Danielle de Niese. Orchestra: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: William Christie.
    • Danielle de Niese Handel Arias Les Arts Florissants William Christie.
    • Decca.
    • 11.

  • Eric Rogers

    Carry On Cleo (extended theme)

    Music Arranger: Gavin Sutherland. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • The Carry On Album.
    • Decca (UMO).
    • 9.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.

  • Traditional Spiritual

    Deep River

    Performer: Baptiste Trotignon. Music Arranger: Baptiste Trotignon. Singer: Reginald Mobley.
    • Because.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 17.

  • Louise Bertin

    Fausto (Overture)

    Orchestra: Les Talens Lyriques. Director: Christophe Rousset.
    • Louise Bertin: Fausto.
    • Bru Zane.
    • 1.

  • Grace Williams

    Hiraeth (Yearning)

    Performer: Edward Witsenburg.
    • Harp Music from Six Centuries.
    • Globe.
    • 20.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Saul (Act 2: Symphony)

    Ensemble: Concerto Köln. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano Sonata in A major, D.664 (2nd mvmt, Andante)

    Performer: Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Aaron Copland

    Appalachian Spring - Suite

    Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Robert Spano.
    • Rainbow Body.
    • Telarc.
    • 3.

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