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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 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 – the last track this week from our artist in focus, conductor Zubin Mehta.

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

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Fri 20 May 2022 09:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Johann David Heinichen

    Dresden Concerto in F major S.235 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Musica Antiqua Köln. Conductor: Reinhard Goebel.
    • Johann David Heinichen Dresden Concerti Musica Antiqua Koln Reinhard Goebel.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 5.

  • Gabriel Fauré

    Élégie, Op. 24 (Version for Cello & Orchestra)

    Performer: Daniel Müller‐Schott. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.
    • Four Visions of France.
    • Orfeo.
    • 201.

  • György Ligeti

    Musica Ricercata (no.7)

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
    • Sony.

  • Alphons Diepenbrock

    Dance of the Nymphs & Apollo's Epilogue (Marsyas suite)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antony Hermus.
    • Diepenbrock: Symphonic Poems.
    • CPO.
    • 10.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G minor, Op.74`3 'Rider' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Hagen Quartett.
    • Haydn: String Quartets: Hagen Quartett.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Hugo Alfvén

    Swedish Rhapsody no.1 'Midsummer Vigil'

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Sibelius: Finlandia; Valse Triste; Grieg: Sigurd Jorsalfar; Salonen.
    • SONY.
    • 1.

  • Clara Schumann

    Romance No 3 in B flat major, Op 22

    Performer: Sophie Wang. Performer: Florian Glemse.
    • AVI Music.

  • Alphons Diepenbrock

    Dance of the Nymphs & Apollo's Epilogue (Marsyas suite)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Antony Hermus.
    • Diepenbrock: Symphonic Poems.
    • CPO.
    • 10.

  • Alessandro Marcello

    Oboe Concerto in D minor

    Performer: Paolo Grazzi. Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • TELDEC.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Shakespeare Festival March

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • Chandos.

  • Rufus Wainwright

    A woman's face (5 Shakespeare Sonnets)

    Singer: Anna Prohaska. Orchestra: BBC Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jayce Ogren.
    • Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.2 in C minor Op.17 'Little Russian' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Alpha Classics.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Danse païenne Op.158

    Performer: Bengt Forsberg. Performer: Peter Jablonski.
    • DG.

  • Karol Szymanowski

    Mythes, Trois Poèmes, Op. 30 - 1. La fontaine d'Arethuse

    Performer: Kaja Danczowska. Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • Cesar Franck: Violin Sonata / Karol Szymanowski: Myrthes a.o..
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 5.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Young Apollo, Op.16

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Ilan Volkov.
    • HYPERION.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 25 in C major, K 503 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jeremy Denk. Orchestra: Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.
    • Nonesuch.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    La Muerte del angel

    Ensemble: Clair-Obscur.
    • Memorias, Astor Piazzolla Memories in 6 Tableaux.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 102.

  • Ravi Shankar

    Sitar Concerto No. 2 "Raga-Mala": II. Bairagi. Moderato

    Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Performer: Zubin Mehta. Performer: Ravi Shankar.
    • Shankar: Sitar Concertos/Ragas.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Pavane pour une infante defunte

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

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Pulcinella Suite: Overture; Serenata; Scherzino

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Anna Clyne

    Cello Concerto 'Dance' (When You're Broken Up)

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Avie.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Christen, ätzet diesen Tag (Cantata No 63)

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • J.S. Bach, Cantatas Vol 18: Gardiner.
    • Soli Deo Gloria.
    • 1.

  • Michael Nyman

    Where the Bee Dances

    Performer: Aurora Orchestra. Performer: Nicholas Collon. Performer: Jess Gillam.
    • TIME.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Fri 20 May 2022 09:00
    BBC Radio 3

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