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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, 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 – another track from our artist in focus this week, pianist Leif Ove Andsnes.

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

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Wed 11 May 2022 09:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Isaac Albéniz

    Navarra

    Composer: Déodat de Séverac. Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • DECCA.
    • 30.

  • Alexander Borodin

    String Quartet no. 2 in D major (Nocturne)

    Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • DECCA.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.101 in D major 'Clock' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Haydn: Symphony no. 101: Congertgegbouw Orchestra, Harnoncourt.
    • Teldec.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Sonata for clarinet or viola in F minor Op.120`1 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Lawrence Power. Performer: Simon Crawford‐Phillips.
    • Brahms: Violin Sonatas Op.120, Power/Crawford-Phillips/Hugh.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Listen To The Lambs

    Choir: Nathaniel Dett Chorale. Director: Brainerd Brydon-Taylor.
    • MARGUIS CLASSICS.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Flautino Concerto in C major RV.443

    Performer: Giovanni Antonini. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • ALPHA.

  • Hannah Peel

    Sunrise through the Dusty Nebula

    Ensemble: Tubular Brass. Conductor: Sandy Smith.
    • My Own Pleasure.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia (Overture Op.10)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • BIS.

  • William Byrd

    Vigilate

    Choir: VOCES8.
    • Signum.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    3 Nocturnes Op.9 (no.2 in E flat major)

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • Chopin: The Nocturnes: Maria Joao Pires.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • George Gershwin

    The Lorelei (Pardon my English)

    Singer: Ella Fitzgerald.
    • The Complete Gershwin Songbook.
    • AudioSonic Music.
    • 52.

  • Arvo Pärt

    Fratres

    Performer: Viktoria Mullova. Orchestra: Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Onyx.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.8 in F major Op.93 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 7 & 8: Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich/Zinman.
    • Arte Nova Classics.
    • 6.

  • John Dowland

    Time stands still

    Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Julian Behr.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Five O'Clock Foxtrot (L'enfant et les sortilèges)

    Orchestrator: Christopher Palmer. Orchestra: Philharmonia. Conductor: Geoffrey Simon.
    • Ravel: Orchestral Works - volume 2: Philharmonia, Geoffrey Simon.
    • Cala.

  • François Couperin

    Le Tic-Toc-Choc (Ordre no.18)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Tic, Toc, Choc.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 002.

  • Robert Schumann

    Romance Op.94 no.2

    Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Performer: Markus Becker.

  • Franz Schubert

    String Quartet in D Minor D.810 'Death and the Maiden' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: 12 Ensemble.
    • Death and the Maiden.
    • Sancho Panza Records.
    • 105.

  • Caroline Shaw

    How Do I Find You

    Lyricist: Caroline Shaw. Singer: Sasha Cooke. Performer: Kirill Kuzmin.
    • How Do I Find You.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 101.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto no.3 in C minor Op.37 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Waverley

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Chandos.

  • Thomas Lupo

    Fantasia a 6 no.8 in C minor

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

  • Lucy Walker

    Intuition (Italian version)

    Choir: BBC Singers. Conductor: Graham Ross.
    • BBC recording.

  • Francesco Molino

    3 Duos Op.16 (no.3)

    Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Christian Rivet.

  • Witold Lutosławski

    Variations on a theme of Paganini

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 9.

Broadcast

  • Wed 11 May 2022 09:00
    BBC Radio 3

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