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The ideal morning mix of 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.

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.

1100 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.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 7 May 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Aaron Copland

    Hoe-Down (Rodeo)

    Orchestra: Morton Gould's Symphonic Band. Conductor: Morton Gould.
    • Copland: Billy the Kid & Rodeo; Grofe: Grand Canyon Suite.
    • Living Stereo.
    • 14.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Pirates of Penzance (Overture)

    Orchestra: D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • Gilbert and Sullivan Overtures: Various performers.
    • TER.
    • 2.
  • Germaine Tailleferre

    Piano Trio (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Neave Trio.
    • A Room of Her Own.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 5, No. 2; III. Rondeau

    Performer: Anneâ€Sophie Mutter. Ensemble: Mutter’s Virtuosi.
    • DG.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Rondo in G minor Op.94

    Performer: Daniel Müllerâ€Schott. Performer: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Sanderling.
    • Orfeo.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Thamos, King of Egypt (1st interlude)

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Haydn 2032, Vol. 7: Gli Impresari.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.
  • Claude Debussy

    Jeux de Vagues (La Mer)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Emmanuel Krivine.
    • Debussy: La Mer, Images.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 2.
  • Elena Katsâ€Chernin

    Blue Rose

    Performer: Nicola Sweeney. Performer: Sarah Nicolls.
    • Kats-Chernin: Ragtime and Blue.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 5.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture in C major TWV.55:C3 'Hamburger Ebbe und Fluth'

    Ensemble: Zefiro.
    • Ambroisie.
  • Robert Owens

    Heart (Heart on the Wall)

    Singer: Louise Toppin. Orchestra: Dvořák Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Julius P. Williams.
    • Heart on the Wall: African American Art Songs for Orchestra.
    • Albany Records.
    • 1.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Symphony No.2 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 3.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Thème varié

    Performer: Sarah Cahill.
    • The Future is Female, Vol. 3, 'At Play'.
    • First Hand Records.
    • 2.
  • John Williams

    Parade of the Ewoks (Return of the Jedi)

    Orchestra: Skywalker Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • John Williams Conducts The Star Wars Trilogy.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 6.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in B flat 'Archduke' (1st mvt)

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Performer: Heinrich Schiff. Performer: André Previn.
    • Beethoven: Archduke Trio: Previn, Mullova, Schiff.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Percy Grainger

    The Lost Lady Found (A Lincolnshire Posy)

    Ensemble: RAF Central Band. Conductor: Duncan Stubbs.
    • CHANDOS.
  • George Frideric Handel

    V'adore pupile (Julius Caesar)

    Singer: Lucy Crowe. Orchestra: La Nuova Musica. Conductor: David Bates.
    • Handel's Unsung Heroes.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 405.
  • Philip Glass

    Akhnaten (Act 2: Dance)

    Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • CBS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Lamma Bada Yatathanna (after Mozart's Symphony No 40 in G minor, K.550)

    Composer: Hughes de Courson. Performer: Maged Sourour. Performer: Mamdouh El Gebaly. Performer: Ashraf Essam. Singer: May. Orchestra: Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Milen Nachev.
    • Mozart L'Egyptien.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.
  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

    Orchestra: Â鶹Éç Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Robert Schumann

    Manfred (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra Mozart. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • DG.
  • Eleanor Daley

    Upon Your Heart

    Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 13.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No 3 in D major, BWV 1054 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Director: Sir András Schiff.
    • Piano Masterworks The World's Favourite Piano Classics.
    • Decca.
    • 9.
  • Leonard Bernstein

    Maria (West Side Story)

    Music Arranger: Sebastian Erlewein. Ensemble: Cello-Ensemble Peter Buck.
    • Rondo Violoncello.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 6.
  • Richard Strauss

    Horn Concerto No. 1 in E flat major Op. 11

    Performer: Radovan Vlatković. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart/R. Strauss - Horn Concertos.
    • EMI.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    All Things Majestic (Cathedrals)

    Orchestra: Nashville Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Giancarlo Guerrero.
    • Higdon: All Things Majestic, Viola Concerto & Oboe Concerto (Live).
    • Naxos.
    • 304.
  • Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach

    Keyboard Concerto No.2 in A (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Music Arranger: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Berliner Barock Solisten.
    • Bach Generations.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 8.
  • Francisco Tárrega

    Recuerdos de la Alhambra

    Performer: Pepe Romero.
    • The Royal Family of the Spanish Guitar.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Franz Schubert

    Sonata in A minor D.821 for arpeggione: 3rd mvt

    Performer: Antônio Meneses. Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • The Wigmore Hall Recital: Schubert / Brahms / Mendelssohn.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Camille Saintâ€Saëns

    Symphony No.2 in A minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Cristian Măcelaru.
    • Saint-Saëns: Complete Symphonies.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.

Broadcast

  • Tue 7 May 2024 09:30

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