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Celebrating classical greats

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.

1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.
  • George Gershwin

    Three Preludes

    Performer: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • CBS.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Polonaise in E flat major

    Orchestra: Prague Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jiří Bělohlávek.
    • SUPRAPHON.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Trio No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 66, IV. Finale

    Ensemble: Trio Gaspard.
    • Berlin Stories: Mendelssohn, Juon, Skalkottas.
    • Chandos.
    • 104.
  • Léon Boëllmann

    Suite gothique, Op. 25. iv Toccata

    Performer: Carlo Curley.
    • Decca.
  • Gustav Holst

    March (A Moorside Suite)

    Performer: Grimethorpe Colliery Band. Conductor: Garry Cutt.
    • Brass From The Masters Vol. 2:.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Georg Philipp Telemann

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

    Ensemble: Zefiro.
    • Ambroisie.
  • Claude Debussy

    La fille aux cheveux de lin

    Music Arranger: Vadim Borisovsky. Performer: Maxim Rysanov. Performer: Ashley Wass.
    • Pavane: Maxim Rysanov.
    • BIS.
    • 10.
  • Thomas Canning

    Fantasy on a hymn tune by Justin Morgan

    Orchestra: Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Raymond Leppard.
    • American Dreams.
    • Decca.
    • 5.
  • Franz Schubert

    Mignon (Kennst du das Land) D.321

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • A Soprano's Schubertiade.
    • BIS.
    • 8.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Intermezzo in modo classico

    Orchestrator: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; A Night on bald Mountain - Sony Classical.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 18.
  • Sir Stephen Hough

    Radetzky Waltz [after Johann Strauss I]

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion Records Limited.
  • Kevin Puts

    Marimba concerto (1st mvt)

    Performer: Ji Su Jung. Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Kevin Puts: Marimba Concerto, The City & Oboe Concerto No. 2 "Moonlight".
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    Quintet No. 4 in D Major G 448 IV. Fandango

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić. Ensemble: Arcangelo. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • Sony.
  • Alice Mary Smith

    Andante

    Performer: Angela Malsbury. Orchestra: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Howard Shelley.
    • Alice Mary Smith: Symphonies: Malsbury, LMP, Shelley.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Havergal Brian

    Symphony No. 1 in D Minor, "the Gothic": Pt. 1: I. Allegro assai: Section 4

    Singer: Vladimír Doležal. Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd. Orchestra: Slovenská filharmónia. Orchestra: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra. Choir: Bratislava Children's Choir. Choir: Bratislava City Chorus. Choir: Lúčnica Chorus. Choir: Slovak Folk Ensemble Chorus. Choir: Slovak National Opera Chorus. Choir: Slovak Philharmonic Choir. Choir: Echo Youth Choir.
    • Brian: Symphony No. 1, 'The Gothic'.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • édzپ

    Beata Viscera II

    Performer: Apollo5.
    • VCM Records.
  • Erik Satie

    4 Ogives: No. 1, Très lent

    Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • Satie: Piano Music, Vol. 5 – Ésoterik Satie.
    • BIS.
    • 1501.
  • Louis James Alfred Lefébure‐Wély

    Sortie in E flat major

    Performer: Roger Judd.
    • HERALD.
  • George Butterworth

    The Banks of Green Willow

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • Butterworth/Delius: English Rhapsody: Halle, Elder.
    • Halle.
    • 4.
  • William Walton

    Orb and Sceptre coronation march

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Walton: Symphony no. 1: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Andre Previn.
    • Telarc.
  • Jason Rebello

    Nolite timere

    Choir: Opus Anglicanum.
    • Ulysses Arts.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in B flat major, RV.359

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Holland Baroque Society.
    • Holland Baroque Society meets Rachel Podger.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
    • 2.
  • Dorothy Howell

    Piano Concerto in D minor

    Performer: Danny Driver. Orchestra: 鶹 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rebecca Miller.
    • The Romantic Piano Concerto 70 - Beach, Chaminade & Howell.
    • Hyperion.
    • 001.
  • Ernesto Halffter

    Habanera

    Performer: Mats Lidström. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • Hyperion.
  • Philip Glass

    String Quartet No. 3 "Mishima" (Arr. P. Kuusisto for String Orchestra): I. 1957.

    Director: Pekka Kuusisto. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • Nico Muhly & Philip Glass: Works.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 5.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Les Bayaderes (The Temple Dancers)

    Lyricist: Henri Cazalis. Singer: Clarisse Dalles. Choir: Chœur de L’Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire. Orchestra: Orchestre national des Pays de la Loire. Conductor: Pascal Rophé.
    • Ravel: Cantates pour le Prix de Rome.
    • BIS.
    • 301.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Holberg Suite Op.40 (Air)

    Performer: Christian Ihle Hadland.
    • SIMAX.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor Op.15 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Kathryn Stott. Ensemble: Hermitage String Trio.
    • Chandos.
  • Joseph Haydn

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

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

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  • Tue 16 Jul 2024 09:30

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