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Refresh your morning with classical music

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

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

1000 Playlist starter 鈥 listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day 鈥 harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 Playlist reveal 鈥 a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1130 Slow Moment 鈥 time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Thu 23 May 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 Violins in A Minor, RV 522

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Conductor: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per archi.
    • Tactus.
    • 106.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Die Fledermaus (Overture)

    Orchestra: Wiener Johann Strauss Orchester. Conductor: Martin Sieghart.
    • Works by Johann and Josef Strauss: Martin Sieghart.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 1.
  • Caroline Shaw

    And the Swallow (arr. for strings)

    Music Arranger: Julian Azkoul. Orchestra: United Strings of Europe. Conductor: Julian Azkoul.
    • Renewal.
    • BIS.
    • 501.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Clarinet Quintet in F sharp minor Op.10 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Coleridge-Taylor: Piano quintet/Clarinet quintet: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.
  • Isaac Alb茅niz

    Cadiz (Suite espanola)

    Ensemble: Katia Lab猫que. Ensemble: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Silvestre Revueltas

    La Noche de los Mayas: Noche de jaranas ('Night of revelry')

    Orchestra: Sim贸n Bol铆var Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • DG.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Music for the Royal Fireworks (Overture)

    Ensemble: Le Concert des Nations. Conductor: Jordi Savall.
    • Alia Vox.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    L' Ondine [The Water sprite] Op.101

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • Chaminade: Piano Music - 1, Peter Jacobs.
    • Helios.
    • 6.
  • William Walton

    Capriccio burlesco

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Charles Groves.
    • Waton: Spitfire Prelude & Fugue Etc.: SIr Charles Groves.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    The Willow Song (5 Shakespeare Songs)

    Singer: Mary Bevan. Performer: David Owen Norris.
    • Chandos.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Royal Hunt & Storm (Les Troyens)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • LSO Live.
  • Peter Ludwig Hertel

    Clog Dance (La fille mal gard茅e)

    Music Arranger: John Lanchbery. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: John Lanchbery.
    • Herold/Lecocq: La Fille mal gardee: Royal Opera House Orchestra/Lanchbery.
    • Decca.
    • 17.
  • Joel Puckett

    For Audrey (Concerto Duo)

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Performer: Demarre McGill. Orchestra: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Allen Tinkham.
    • Winged Creatures.
    • Cedille.
    • 403.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Slavonic Rhapsody in A flat major, Op.45 No.3

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle Styrienne

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • BIS.
  • Heitor Villa鈥怢obos

    Dan莽a [Miudinho] (Bachiana Brasileira no.4)

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Enrique B谩tiz.
    • Villa-Lobos: Bachianas brasileiras.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 204.
  • Manuel Ponce

    Estrellita

    Performer: Adam Holzman.
    • Classical Guitar.
    • Naxos Special Projects.
    • 3601.
  • Ennio Morricone

    Vita Nostra (The Mission)

    Conductor: Ennio Morricone.
    • The Mission: Music From The Motion Picture.
    • EMI Marketing.
    • 7.
  • Jos茅 Pablo Moncayo

    Huapango

    Orchestra: Philharmonic Orchestra of the Americas. Conductor: Alondra de la Parra.
    • My Mexican Soul: Alondra de la Parra.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Magnificat in E flat major BWV.243a (Magnificat anima mea)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Director: John Butt.
    • Linn.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    3 Symphonic Dances Op.45 (no.2)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Rachmaninoff: The Bells & Symphonic Dances.
    • BR-Klassik.
    • 6.
  • Julie Cooper

    Ourania

    • Julie Cooper: Continuum.
    • Signum Records.
    • 6.
  • Augusta Holm猫s

    Overture for a Comedy

    Orchestra: Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Samuel Friedmann.
    • Augusta Holm猫s: Orchestral Works.
    • Marco Polo.
    • 3.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto in C Op.56 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Isabelle Faust. Performer: Alexander Melnikov. Performer: Jean鈥怗uihen Queyras. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras鈥怌asado.
    • Beethoven: Triple Concerto, Op. 56 & Trio, Op. 36.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 101.
  • Robert Russell Bennett

    Rag (Suite of Old American Dances)

    Orchestra: Royal Northern College of Music Wind Orchestra. Conductor: Clark Rundell.
    • Bennett: Works for Wind Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No.3 in F (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 3, Serenade No. 2.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 3.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Caribbean Dance

    Performer: Thomas Trotter. Music Arranger: Thomas Trotter.
    • A Celebration.
    • Regent Records.
    • 8.
  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse. Conductor: Michel Plasson.
    • The Sorcerer's Apprentice: French Symphonic Poems.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Eric Whitacre

    All Seems Beautiful to Me

    Lyricist: Walt Whitman. Choir: VOCES8. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Whitacre: All Seems Beautiful to Me.
    • Decca.
    • 4.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No.13 in C (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Roman Borisov. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Howard Griffiths.
    • Mozart Piano Concertos No. 11, 13 (KV 413 & 415) & Oboe Concerto KV 314.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 6.

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  • Thu 23 May 2024 09:30

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