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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 discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with 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 – 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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Thu 12 May 2022 09:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Édouard Lalo

    Scherzo for orchestra

    Orchestra: Orquesta sinfónica de Madrid. Conductor: Carlos Kalmar.
    • Edouard Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Piano Sonata in G major H.16.39 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean-Efflam Bavouzet.
    • Chandos.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Dance in the Ballroom (Rusalka)

    Music Arranger: Hans-Joachim Drechsler. Ensemble: 10forBrass.
    • Opera.
    • Genuin.
    • 5.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Great Hills (Perpetuum Mobil: Belloc's Mill)

    Performer: Madeleine Easton. Performer: Kathryn Thomas. Performer: Joanna Shaw. Orchestra: Orchestra Nova. Conductor: George Vass.
    • Dutton.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and fugue in C major BWV.846 from Das Wohltemperierte Klavier (Bk.1 no.1 )

    Music Arranger: Jacques Loussier. Ensemble: Jacques Loussier Trio.
    • KAZ.

  • Vincent d’Indy

    Chanson et danses, Op. 50: I. Chanson

    Ensemble: Polyphonia Ensemble Berlin.
    • Dubois, d'Indy & Caplet: Chamber Works.
    • Oehms Classics.
    • 201.

  • Gabriel Kahane

    The Hazelnut Tree

    Performer: Kirill Kuzmin. Lyricist: Gabriel Kahane. Singer: Sasha Cooke.
    • How Do I Find You.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 801.

  • Ernest Chausson

    Viviane

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Chandos.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Concerto grosso No 1 in F minor

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Richard Strauss

    Romanze in F major AV.75 for cello and orchestra

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Orchestra: Gürzenich-Orchester Köln. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • harmonia mundi.

  • Amy Woodforde-Finden

    Kashmiri Song (4 Indian Love Lyrics)

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • In Praise of Woman.
    • HELIOS.
    • 017.

  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Quartet no.2 in E flat major, Op.26 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • The Yiddish Cabaret.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Concert champêtre (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Maggie Cole. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Poulenc: The Concertos for Solo Keyboard: Hickox.
    • Virgin.
    • 9.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Overture-Suite in G Major, 'Burlesque de Quixotte' (His Fight with the Windmills)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Masques. Director: Olivier Fortin.
    • Alpha.

  • John Ireland

    Bagatelle

    Performer: Lucy Gould. Performer: Benjamin Frith.
    • Ireland: Piano Trios.
    • Naxos.
    • 9.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Folk Song Arrangements, Vol. 3, "British Isles": The Miller of Dee

    Singer: Philip Langridge.
    • Britten: Folk Song Arrangements (English Song, Vol. 10).
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Ronald Binge

    The Water Mill

    Performer: Ruth Scott. Orchestra: The New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics: New London Orchestra/Ronald Corp.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.

  • François Couperin

    Troisième livre de pièces de clavecin, Dix-septième Ordre: II. Les Petits Moulin

    Performer: Robert Woolley.
    • The Popular Couperin (192k 24bit).
    • Meridian Records.
    • 3.

  • Georges Bizet

    Farandole (L'Arlésienne Suite no.2)

    Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Davis.
    • Rossini-Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque - Davis.
    • CBS.
    • 12.

  • Jean‐Philippe Rameau

    Suite from Dardanus (Overture)

    Music Arranger: Simon Cox. Ensemble: Septura.
    • Music for Brass Septet Volume 2.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto No. 3: finale

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes. Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra.
    • Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos No. 3 & No. 4.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 3.

  • André Previn

    Vocalise

    Singer: Sylvia McNair. Performer: André Previn. Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma.
    • Andre Previn An 80th Birthday Celebration.
    • RCA Red Seal.
    • 11.

  • Johann Joseph Fux

    Intrada in C major E.62

    Performer: Gottfried von der Goltz. Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra.
    • Carus.

  • Belle Chen

    Meditation for the Healing Heart

    Orchestra: BBC Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.

  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Jubilate Deo for 8 voices

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Gabrieli, Monteverdi, Schutz, Poulenc, Tavener and more.
    • Philips.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.9 in C major D.944 'Great' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Schubert: Symphony no.9 etc: Budapest Festival Orchestra/Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.

Broadcast

  • Thu 12 May 2022 09:00
    BBC Radio 3

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