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Georgia Mann

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

0930 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.

1045 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

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

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Fri 6 Jan 2023 09:00
BBC Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Brazileira (Scaramouche)

    Performer: Jess Gillam. Performer: Andee Birkett. Performer: Zeynep Özsuca. Ensemble: Tippett Quartet.
    • Decca Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 1 in C major, BWV 1066

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
    • RCA.
    • 6.

  • Jocelyn Pook

    Her gentle spirit (The Merchant of Venice)

    Performer: David Juritz.
    • The Merchant of Venice.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 2.

  • Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev

    Islamey

    Orchestrator: Sergey Mikhaylovich Lyapunov. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Esa‐Pekka Salonen.
    • Tchaikovksy:1812 / Borodin: Polovtsian Dances / Balakirev: Islamey : Esa-Pekka S.
    • Philips.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Romance No 2 in F major, Op 50

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • WARNER.

  • Elfrida Andrée

    Toothache Fughetta

    Performer: Oskar Ekberg.
    • Elfrida Andrée: Complete Piano Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Daphne.
    • 19.

  • Marin Marais

    Chaconne pour les Tritons et les Néréides (Alcione)

    Orchestra: Tempesta di Mare. Director: Gwyn Roberts. Director: Richard Stone.
    • Chandos Chaconne.

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Slavonic Dance in C major, Op 46 No 1

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • DG.

  • John Sheppard

    Salvator mundi

    Choir: The Sixteen. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • HYPERION.

  • Hélène de Montgeroult

    Étude No 67 in B major

    Performer: Clare Hammond.
    • Hélène de Montgeroult: Études.
    • BIS.
    • 116.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Kullervo (Introduction)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Sibelius: Kullervo.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Elfrida Andrée

    Toothache Fughetta

    Performer: Oskar Ekberg.
    • Elfrida Andrée: Complete Piano Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Daphne.
    • 19.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto in C major, RV.443 (1st movement)

    Performer: Giovanni Antonini. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico.
    • Vivaldi: Concerti per Flauto.
    • Alpha.

  • Peter Cornelius

    The Kings (from Christmas Songs)

    Performer: Erik Werba. Singer: Irmgard Seefried.
    • DG.

  • Hector Berlioz

    Béatrice et Bénédict (Overture)

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden.
    • Berlioz: OVertures: Staatskapelle Dresden/Davis.
    • RCA.
    • 5.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Ramah - air characteristic

    Performer: Ionel Manciu. Performer: Dominic Degavino.

  • Galina Grigorjeva

    Lord, now let your servant depart in peace (Diptych)

    Choir: Estonian National Male Choir. Conductor: Mikk Üleoja.
    • Galina Grigorjeva: Music for Male-Voice Choir.
    • Toccata Classics.
    • 106.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Water Music Suite in D major HWV.349 (Alla hornpipe)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale. Conductor: Nicholas McGegan.
    • Handel: Water Music: The English Concert, Pinnock.
    • Archiv.
    • 8.

  • Elfrida Andrée

    Toothache Fughetta

    Performer: Oskar Ekberg.
    • Elfrida Andrée: Complete Piano Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Daphne.
    • 19.

  • Charlie Chaplin

    Smile

    Performer: Nat King Cole.
    • Smile.
    • Capitol Records.
    • 1.

  • John Williams

    Main Title (Theme From Jaws)

    Orchestra: Uncredited orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Jaws.
    • Geffen.
    • 1.

  • Steve Martland

    Drill (2nd mvmt, Fast)

    Performer: Cees van Zeeland. Performer: Gerard Bouwhuis.
    • Factory.

  • Caroline Shaw

    Partita (Sarabande)

    Ensemble: Roomful of Teeth.
    • New Amsterdam.

  • Wilfred Josephs

    I Claudius (main title)

    Orchestra: United Kingdom Symphony Orchestra.
    • RCA Victor.

  • Franz Lehár

    You are my heart's delight (The Land of Smiles)

    Singer: Richard Tauber. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Franz Lehár.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Percy Grainger

    The Brisk Young Sailor (A Lincolnshire Posy)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.

  • Trad.

    Buenas Noches

    Music Arranger: Arianna Savall. Singer: Arianna Savall. Singer: Petter Udland Johansen. Ensemble: Hirundo Maris.
    • Hirundo Maris - Chants du Sud et du Nord.
    • ECM Records.
    • 2.

  • Modest Mussorgsky

    Scherzo in B flat major

    Orchestrator: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Claudio Abbado conducts Mussorgsky.
    • BMG Classics.
    • 004.

  • Max Richter

    On The Nature Of Daylight

    Orchestra: Baltic Sea Philharmonic. Conductor: Kristjan Järvi.
    • DG.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto no.3 in E flat major K.447 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Louis‐Philippe Marsolais. Orchestra: Les Violons du Roy. Conductor: Mathieu Lussier.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos & Bassoon Concerto.
    • ATMA Classique.
    • 6.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Nocturne (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: André Previn.
    • Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Previn.
    • EMI.
    • 8.

  • Margaret Bonds

    Of the three wise men (The Ballad of the Brown King)

    Singer: Noah Stewart. Choir: The Dessoff Choirs. Orchestra: The Dessoff Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Merriweather.
    • The Ballad Of The Brown King & Selected Songs.
    • Avie.
    • 1.

  • Jean‐Baptiste Lully

    Psyché (Overture)

    Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante. Director: Skip Sempé.
    • Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles.
    • Alpha.
    • 6.

  • Miriam Hyde

    Village Fair

    Orchestra: Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dobbs Franks.
    • ABC CLASSICS.

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  • Fri 6 Jan 2023 09:00
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