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Georgia Mann

Refresh your morning with a great selection of classical music. This week's Essential Performer is conductor Zubin Mehta. 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 conductor Zubin Mehta.

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

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Mon 16 May 2022 09:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Gabriela Montero

    Toreador Song (Improvisation on Escamillo's Song from Bizet's Carmen)

    Composer: Georges Bizet.
    • Live In Germany.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 17.

  • Richard Strauss

    Baron Ochs's Waltz (Der Rosenkavalier - Concert Suite)

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Strauss.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Francisco Guerrero

    Regina caeli

    Choir: El León de Oro. Conductor: Peter Phillips.
    • Hyperion.

  • César Franck

    Les jardins d'Eros (Psyché)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Jean-Luc Tingaud.
    • Franck: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Johannes Brahms

    String Sextet no.2 in G major Op.36 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Tabea Zimmermann. Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • ALPHA.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.1 in C major BWV.1066 (Overture)

    Ensemble: Sonnerie. Director: Monica Huggett.
    • Avie.

  • Jacques Ibert

    3 Pieces breves

    Performer: Les Vents Français.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Cavalleria rusticana (Intermezzo)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • Opera Intermezzi and Balle Music: Berlin Phil/Karajan.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Horseplay (Lively)

    Ensemble: Ensemble X.
    • AVIE.

  • Maurice Ravel

    La Valse

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

  • Simon Jeffes

    Perpetuum mobile

    Performer: Penguin Cafe Orchestra.
    • Signs of Life.
    • E.G. Records.
    • 9.

  • George Butterworth

    Loveliest of Trees (A Shropshire Lad)

    Singer: Roderick Williams. Performer: Iain Burnside.
    • George Butterworth, Songs from A Shropshire Lad: Williams / Burnside.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Benjamin Britten

    The trees they grow so high

    Singer: Anthony Rolfe Johnson. Performer: Graham Johnson.
    • Britten: Canticle 1/Michelangelo sonnets etc: Johnson/Johnson.
    • Hyperion.
    • 10.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Violin Concerto no.1 in D major Op.19 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Lisa Batiashvili. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Visions Of Prokofiev.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.

  • Trad.

    Tarantella del Gargano

    Singer: Alfio Antico. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • ALPHA.

  • Manuel de Falla

    Psyche

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Performer: Fenwick Smith. Performer: Lynn Chang. Performer: Nardo Poy. Performer: Bruce Coppock. Performer: Barbara Allen.
    • The Girl With Orange Lips.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 1.

  • Claude Debussy

    Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

    Music Arranger: Alexandre Tharaud. Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Olivier Messiaen

    Turangalila-symphonie (Jardin du sommeil d'amour)

    Performer: Jean‐Yves Thibaudet. Performer: Takashi Harada. Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • DECCA.

  • Alexandre Guilmant

    Organ Symphony no.1 in D minor Op.42 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: Adelaide Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.
    • ABC CLASSICS.

  • Giacomo Puccini

    Turandot (Act 1, conclusion)

    Singer: Montserrat Caballé. Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Singer: Nicolaï Ghiaurov. Singer: Tom Krause. Singer: Pier Francesco Poli. Singer: Piero de Palma. Choir: The John Alldis Choir. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Zubin Mehta.
    • DECCA.

  • Giovanni Maria Trabaci

    Ancidetemi pur

    Performer: Christina Pluhar.
    • RICERCAR.

  • Alexander Scriabin

    Piano Concerto in F sharp minor Op.20 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Kirill Gerstein. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Lawo.

  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.1 in D major D.82 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Berlin Philharmoniker.

  • Traditional Ukrainian

    Kontakion of the departed [Kiev Chant]

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • COLLEGIUM.

  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid (Old Viennese Dances)

    Performer: Joshua Bell. Performer: Paul Coker.
    • Kreisler: Liebesleid, Liebesfreud: Joshua Bell.
    • Decca.
    • 7.

  • Leo Brouwer

    Omaggio a Debussy (Nuevos estudios sencillos)

    Performer: Graham Anthony Devine.

  • Richard Strauss

    Tod und Verklärung (conclusion)

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Strauss.
    • DG.
    • 3-4.

Broadcast

  • Mon 16 May 2022 09:00
    BBC Radio 3

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