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Relax into the day with classical

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 22 Mar 2024 09:00
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Music Played

  • Richard Wagner

    Lohengrin (Prelude to Act III)

    Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Christian Thielemann.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • John Tavener

    The Lamb

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • CORO.

  • Giuseppe Tartini

    Violin Sonata in A major, B.A1 / GT 2.A01

    Performer: Adrian Chandler. Ensemble: La Serenissima.
    • Signum.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Scherzo no.3 in C sharp minor Op.39

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
    • WARNER.

  • Giovanni Girolamo Kapsperger

    Libro quarto d'intavolatura di chitarrone: - Canario - Capona

    Performer: Elizabeth Kenny.
    • Ars longa: Old and new music for theorbo.
    • Linn Records.
    • 1.

  • John Ireland

    Sarnia: An Island Sequence for Orchestra: I. Le Catioroc

    Orchestra: Royal National Scottish Orchestra.
    • Ernest John Moeran: Sketches for Symphony No.2 - John Ireland: Sarnia - An Islan.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 5.

  • Frank Bridge

    Scherzo, H. 19a

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland. Performer: Natalie Clein.
    • Rebecca Clarke: Viola Sonata – Bridge: Cello Sonata.
    • Hyperion.
    • 6.

  • Ethel Smyth

    Serenade in D Major: II. Scherzo

    Conductor: Joshua Weilerstein. Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra.
    • American and English Orchestral Music.
    • Claves Records.
    • 11.

  • James Lee III

    Quintet for Clarinet & String Quartet: II. Awashoha

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Ensemble: Pacifica Quartet.
    • American Stories.
    • Cedille.
    • 103.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sinfonia (Cantata No 188, 'Ich habe meine Zuversicht')

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Choir: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Bach Cantatas: Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 18.

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche, Op 165b

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • Poulenc: Music for 2 Pianos: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • Philips.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Quintet in E flat major K.407 for horn and strings: 1st mvt; Allegro

    Composer: Joseph Haydn. Performer: Felix Klieser. Ensemble: Zemlinsky Quartet.
    • Mozart & Haydn For Horn & String Quartet.
    • Berlin Classics.
    • 10.

  • Louis Beydts

    Chansons pour les oiseaux - III. L'Oiseau bleu

    Performer: Tristan Raës. Singer: Cyrille Dubois.
    • Aparte.

  • Edward Elgar

    Enigma Variations, Op 36 (Variation 9, 'Nimrod')

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Elgar: Enigma Variations: LSO/Sir Colin Davis.
    • LSO Live.
    • 9.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major, Op 83 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. Conductor: Mark Wigglesworth.
    • Brahms - Piano Concertos.
    • Hyperion.
    • 2.

  • Trad.

    Sekstur from Vendsyssel - The Peat Dance

    Music Arranger: Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen. Music Arranger: Frederik Oland. Music Arranger: Asbjorn Norgaard. Music Arranger: Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Wood Works.
    • Dacapo.
    • 2.

  • Richard Rodgers

    South Pacific: Bali Ha'i

    Choir: Ken Darby Singers. Conductor: Alfred Newman. Orchestra: Alfred Newman and His Orchestra. Singer: Muriel Smith.
    • RAC.

  • Claude Debussy

    La cathédrale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Debussy: Preludes 1/L'Isle Joyeuse: Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Anonymous

    Summer is icumen in

    Ensemble: The Dufay Collective.
    • Miri it is: - The Dufay Collective.
    • Chandos.
    • 20.

  • Georges Bizet

    Farandole (L'Arlesienne Suite no.2)

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Naive.

  • Henryk MikoÅ‚aj Górecki

    Totus Tuus

    Choir: The Sixteen. Director: Harry Christophers.
    • Universal.

  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle styrienne

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Debussy: Children's Corner, Suite Bergamasque, Pour le Piano: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 11.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Le Villi, SC 60 - Torna ai felici dì

    Lyricist: Ferdinando Fontana. Singer: Jonathan Tetelman. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia.
    • The Great Puccini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 15.

  • Percy Grainger

    Spoon River

    Orchestra: Kongelige norske marines musikkorps. Conductor: Bjarte Engeset.
    • Grainger: Complete Music for Wind Band, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 12.

  • Richard Wagner

    Tristan und Isolde, WWV 90, Act III: Isoldes Liebestod

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • The Wagner Project.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Scherzo in D minor

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Dances from Aleko & Scherzo in D Minor.
    • Telarc.
    • 5.

  • Florence Price

    Elfentanz

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • From Brighton to Brooklyn.
    • Chandos.
    • 7.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.5 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Thomas Dausgaard.
    • Schubert: The Symphonies.
    • BIS.
    • 304.

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