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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music.

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

0915 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.

1030 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1100 Essential Performers – our final pick from the recordings of German baritone Christian Gerhaher.

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

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Fri 28 Jan 2022 09:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in E flat major K.375 (5th mvt)

    Ensemble: Holliger Wind Ensemble.
    • Mozart: Serenades: Academy of St Martin in the fields/Marriner.
    • Philips.
    • 14.

  • Gottfried Keller

    Ciaccona in G Major

    Ensemble: Ensemble Diderot. Conductor: Johannes Pramsohler.
    • The London Album.
    • Audax Records.
    • 115.

  • Alfred Schnittke

    Complete this work which I began (Choir Concerto)

    Choir: Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir. Conductor: Peter Dijkstra.
    • BR KLASSIK.

  • Arthur Butterworth

    Path Across the Moors

    Performer: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Performer: Gavin Sutherland.
    • Resonance.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Scherzo no.2 in B flat minor Op.31

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • Benjamin Grosvenor: Chopin, Lizst, Ravel.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Charles Gounod

    String Quartet no.3 in A minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Cambini-Paris.
    • Gounod: Complete String Quartets.
    • Aparté.
    • 111.

  • Alexander Glazunov

    Symphony no.3 in D major Op.33 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: José Serebrier.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Welcome as the dawn of day (Solomon)

    Singer: Rosemary Joshua. Singer: Dame Sarah Connolly. Orchestra: The English Concert. Director: Harry Bicket.
    • Handel Duets: The English Concert.
    • Chaconne.
    • 3.

  • Philip Glass

    Aguas da Amazonia: No. 4, Amazon River

    Ensemble: Third Coast Percussion.
    • Paddle to the Sea.
    • Cedille.
    • 901.

  • Franz Berwald

    Septet in B flat major (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: The Gaudier Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • Franz Lehár

    Lehár: The Merry Widow (Die lustige Witwe) / Act 2 - "Nun lasst uns aber wie daheim...Vilja, o Vilja, du Waldmägdelein"

    Conductor: Herbert von Karajan. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Lehár: Die lustige Witwe.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 12.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sonata in G major K 27

    Performer: Alina Ibragimova. Performer: Cédric Tiberghien.
    • Hyperion.

  • Dave Brubeck

    Unsquare Dance

    Ensemble: The Dave Brubeck Quartet.
    • Columbia.

  • Gustav Holst

    March (A Moorside Suite)

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

  • Trad.

    Scarborough Fair

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Performer: Kathryn Stott. Music Arranger: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Songs of Comfort and Hope.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 12.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Songs of Travel: 1. The Vagabond

    Performer: Bryn Terfel. Performer: Malcolm Martineau.
    • DG.

  • Eric Fenby

    Rossini on Ilkla moor

    Orchestra: Royal Ballet Sinfonia. Conductor: Gavin Sutherland.
    • RESONANCE.

  • Jiří Antonín Benda

    Symphony no.5 in G major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Prague Sinfonia. Conductor: Christian Benda.
    • Sony.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Tchaikovsky - The Sleeping Beauty (complete).
    • Chandos.
    • 15.

  • Richard Wagner

    Wie Todesahnung... O du mein holder Abendstern (Tannhauser)

    Singer: Christian Gerhaher. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • SONY.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Airport Scenes : Orchestral suite from the opera "Flight"

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Timothy Redmond.
    • Orchid Classics.

  • Mark O’Connor

    Misty Moonlight Waltz

    • Appalachian Journey.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Dreams, Op 6

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • ONYX.

  • William Byrd

    Salve regina (Gradualia 1605)

    Ensemble: The Cardinall’s Musick. Conductor: Andrew Carwood.
    • HYPERION.

  • Niccolò Paganini

    Violin Concerto No 2 in B minor, Op 7 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Ilya Grubert. Orchestra: Moscow Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Constantine Orbelian.
    • Paganini: Violin Concertos Nos 1 and 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

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  • Fri 28 Jan 2022 09:00
    BBC Radio 3

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