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Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

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

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

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Music Played

  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces - book 8 Op.65)

    Orchestrator: Franz Josef Breuer. Orchestra: 麻豆社 Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt, Sigur Jorsalfar.
    • NAXOS.
    • 11.

  • Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

    Stabat mater dolorosa (Stabat mater in F minor)

    Singer: Elin Manahan Thomas. Singer: Robin Blaze. Ensemble: Florilegium.
    • Pergolesi: Stabat Mater.
    • Channel Classics.
    • 1.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Serenade in D major, Op 29

    Performer: Peter Jacobs.
    • C茅cile Chaminade - Piano Music.
    • Helios.
    • 10.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Bagatelle, Op.47 no.3

    Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet. Performer: G谩bor Ormai.
    • Dvorak: String Quartets: Takacs Quartet.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Antonio Salieri

    Symphony in D major "Veneziana"

    Ensemble: London Mozart Players. Conductor: Matthias Bamert.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Jacob van Eyck

    Der Fluyten Lust-Hof - 27. Engels nachtegaeltje

    Performer: Lucie Horsch.
    • van Eyck: Der Fluyten Lust-Hof: 27. Engels nachtegaeltje.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 19.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Dance; Waltz; Galop (Ballet Suite no.3)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme J盲rvi. Music Arranger: Lev Atovmian.
    • Shostakovich: Ballet Suites: Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Jarvi.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Franz Schubert

    Ellens Gesang 3, D 839 (Ave Maria)

    Performer: Geoffrey Parsons. Singer: Barbara Bonney.
    • Schubert: Lieder: Barbara Bonney, Geoffrey Parsons.
    • Teldec.

  • Johann Friedrich Fasch

    Concerto in D major

    Ensemble: La Serenissima. Director: Adrian Chandler.
    • The Godfather: Masters of the German & Italian Baroque.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 803.

  • Traditional Welsh

    David of the White Rock [Dafydd Y Garreg Wen]

    Singer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Katherine Thomas.
    • We'll Keep A Welcome.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Jacob van Eyck

    EC 221024 Playlist clip

    Performer: Lucie Horsch.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Sonata in F sharp major Op.78

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • chandos.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin - Letter scene

    Singer: Kristina Mkhitaryan. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. Conductor: Henrik Nanasi.

  • John Adams

    Short Ride in a Fast Machine

    Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony. Conductor: Edo de Waart.
    • John Adams: The Chairman Dances/Two Fanfares/Other works: San Francisco Symphony.
    • Elektra.
    • 4.

  • Antoine Reicha

    Musique pour celebrer la memoire des grands hommes (3rd mvmt)

    Ensemble: Cincinnati Wind Symphony. Conductor: Eugene Migliaro Corporon.
    • KLAVIER.

  • Franz Schubert

    An die Nachtigall D.497

    Performer: Daniel Heide. Singer: Katharina Konradi.
    • LIEBENDE.
    • AVi.

  • William Williams

    Trio Sonata no.6 in F major

    Ensemble: Camerata K枚ln.
    • William Williams - The Instrumental Works - Camerata Koln.
    • CPO.
    • 1-4.

  • Sam Lee

    Lovely Molly

    Singer: Sam Lee. Choir: unknown studio choir.
    • Delphonic Records.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    L'usignuolo (The Birds)

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    3 Arias from Luisa Miller arr. Emanuele Muzio

    Music Arranger: Emanuele Muzio. Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • DG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony no.32 in G major K.318 [Overture]

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Mozart: Symphonies: SCO, Sir Charles Mackerras.
    • Linn.

  • Claude Debussy

    Danse boh猫mienne for piano

    Performer: Jean鈥怸ves Thibaudet.
    • Debussy, Preludes etc.: Jean-Yves Thibaudet.
    • Decca.
    • 15.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Lemmink盲inen Suite, Op. 22 - Lemminkainen Suite, Op. 22: II. The Swan of Tuonela

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Charlie Harmon. Orchestra: S茫o Paulo Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Bernstein: Marin Alsop's Complete Naxos Recordings.
    • Naxos.
    • 1611.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Chandos.

  • Anna Bon di Venezia

    Divertimento in D minor, Op 3 No 3 (3rd mvmt, Presto)

    Ensemble: Infusion Baroque.
    • Leaf Music.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances (no.2 Allegretto)

    Performer: Nicholas Daniel. Performer: Julius Drake. Music Arranger: Nicholas Daniel.
    • Schumann: Works for Oboe & Piano.
    • Chandos Records.
    • 5.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Wasps (Overture)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony: LSO/Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Maddalena Laura Sirmen

    String Quartet no.2 in B flat major (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Allegri String Quartet.
    • Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen - The Six String Quartets.
    • CALA.
    • 12.

Broadcast

  • Tue 22 Oct 2024 09:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3

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