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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is Norwegian pianist Leif Ove Andsnes. Presented by Georgia Mann.

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

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 – this week we focus on pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.

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

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Mon 9 May 2022 09:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Sicilienne Op.78

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Mariko Anraku.
    • Beau Soir, French and Japanese melodies: Pahud/Anraku.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Pitter Patter

    Performer: Goldner String Quartet. Performer: Diana Doherty. Performer: Elena Kats‐Chernin.
    • ABC.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.16 in D major K.451 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet. Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: Gábor Takács‐Nagy.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Vincenzo Bellini

    Ah! no credea mirarti (La Sonnambula)

    Singer: Natalie Dessay. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon. Conductor: Evelino Pidò.
    • De l'opéra à la chanson.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 107.

  • Joaquín Rodrigo

    Concierto Andaluz (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Amadeus Guitar Duo. Ensemble: Eden-Stell Guitar Duo. Orchestra: The International Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Horst-Hans Bäcker.
    • Spanish Night.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Violin Sonata no.3 in C minor Op.45 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Franck, Grieg, Dvorak: Sonatas for violin & piano.
    • Erato/Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op.3`2

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • WARNER.
    • 19.

  • Jennifer Higdon

    Harp Concerto (Lullaby)

    Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis. Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ward Stare. Conductor: Ward Stare.
    • American Rapture.
    • Azica.
    • 3.

  • Eric Coates

    Covent Garden (London (London every day) suite)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Rumon Gamba.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Trio in A minor Op.114 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Schmidl. Performer: Sir András Schiff. Performer: Friedrich Doležal.
    • Brahms: Clarinet Trio; Horn Trio; Variations on a theme of Schumann; Piano Quint.
    • Universal Music Australia Pty. Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Michael William Balfe

    Excelsior

    Singer: Robert Tear. Singer: Benjamin Luxon. Performer: André Previn.
    • HMV.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major Op.100 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Prokofiev: Symphonies nos. 5 & 1: Tilson Thomas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Nocturne in B major Op.32 no.1

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 9.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Una macchia è qui tuttora (Macbeth)

    Singer: Maria Callas. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Nicola Rescigno.
    • Callas portrays Verdi Heroines - Callas Remastered.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 103.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Sleeping Beauty Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich.
    • 111 Years Of Deutsche Grammophon The Collector's Edition Vol.2.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.
    • 11.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in G minor RV.315 'Summer'

    Performer: Federico Guglielmo. Ensemble: L'Arte dell'Arco. Director: Federico Guglielmo.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Guglielmo.
    • CPO.
    • 4.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Keyboard Concerto in D major, H.18.11 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • EMI CLASSICS : CZS-574789 2.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
    • 7.

  • Kamala Sankaram

    Listen

    Performer: Sasha Cooke.
    • How Do I Find You.
    • PENTATONE.

  • Richard Strauss

    Don Juan Op.20

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Strauss: Zarathustra; Don Juan; Till Eulenspiegel.
    • Orfeo.
    • 10.

  • Kristina Arakelyan

    Meditation

    Performer: BBC Concert Orchestra. Performer: Kristina Arakelyan. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • BBC recording.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg Concerto no.5 in D major, BWV.1050 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • J.S. Bach: Orchestral Music: Akademie fur Alte Musik Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Mon 9 May 2022 09:00
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