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Classical soundtrack for your morning

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.

3 hours

Last on

Mon 13 Nov 2023 09:00

Music Played

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Sea Songs

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Sinfonietta. Conductor: George Hurst.
    • Chandos.
  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque no.1 in E major

    Performer: Pascal Rogé.
    • ONYX.
  • Arthur Sullivan

    Symphony in E major "Irish" (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Sullivan: Symphony in E Major, In memoriam & Suite from The Tempest.
    • Chandos.
    • 12.
  • Gabriel Pierné

    Canzonetta, Op.19

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Michael McHale.
    • Chandos.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Romance in C Major Op.48

    Performer: Tianwa Yang. Orchestra: Malmö SymfoniOrkester. Conductor: Marc Soustrot.
    • Saint-Saëns: Works for Violin & Orchestra.
    • Naxos.
    • 201.
  • Gilbert Vinter

    Salute to Youth (Relaxation)

    Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Major Peter Parkes.
    • The Complete Champions: Black Dyke Mills Band.
    • Chandos.
    • 9.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto for oboe d'amore after BWV.209 (2nd mvt)

    Music Arranger: Andreas N. Tarkmann. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Orchestra: Trinity Baroque. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Albrecht Mayer.
    • Voices Of Bach Albrecht Mayer.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • Howard Hanson

    Symphony No.2 in D flat major, Op.30 'Romantic' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Howard Hanson.
    • Delos.
    • 7.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    3 Caprices Op.33 (no.2 in E major)

    Performer: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Mendelssohn: Bertrand Chamayou.
    • Naive.
    • 012.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Morning (Peer Gynt Suite no.1 Op.46)

    Orchestra: BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • 101 Classics - The Best Loved Classical Melodies.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Stefano Landi

    Passacaglia della vita

    Singer: Marco Beasley. Singer: Johannette Zomer. Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • ALPHA.
  • Arnold Bax

    The Happy Forest

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Made In Britain.
    • Avie.
    • 5.
  • Aaron Copland

    Laurie's Song (The Tender Land)

    Singer: Dawn Upshaw. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: David Zinman.
    • Dawn Upshaw: The World So Wide.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 1.
  • Philip Glass

    Akhnaten (The City)

    Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • CBS.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.20 in D minor K.466 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anne Queffélec. Orchestra: Orchestre de chambre de Paris. Conductor: Lio Kuokman.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos No. 20, K. 466 & No. 27, K. 595.
    • Mirare.
    • 103.
  • Percy Grainger

    The Brisk Young Sailor (A Lincolnshire Posy)

    Music Arranger: Tim Higgins. Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra Brass.
    • CSOR.
  • Leos Janáček

    March of the Blue Throats (Mladi)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • ASV.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Petter Sundkvist.
    • Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.
  • Georges Bizet

    Le Bal (Jeux d'enfants, Op.22)

    Performer: Katia Labèque. Performer: Marielle Labèque.
    • Bizet;Faure;Ravel.
    • Philips.
    • 12.
  • Eric Coates

    The Princess Elizabeth (The Three Elizabeths Suite)

    Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Eugene Onegin (Act 2 Waltz)

    Orchestra: Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France. Conductor: Paavo Järvi.
    • Ballets russes.
    • Parlophone (France).
    • 11.
  • Cristóbal de Morales

    Parce mihi Domine

    Performer: Jan Garbarek. Choir: The Hilliard Ensemble.
    • ECM.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Nonet in E flat major, Op.38 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Consortium Classicum.
    • DIVOX.
  • Josef Myslivecek

    L'Olimpiade (Overture)

    Orchestra: L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Michi Gaigg.
    • Symphonies and Overtures.
    • cpo.
    • 7-9.
  • Doreen Carwithen

    Piano Concerto (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Howard Shelley. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Doreen Carwithen. Work incl. Overture (ODTAA), Suffolk suite and others.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wir eilen mit schwachen (Cantata BWV.78)

    Singer: Ingrid Schmithüsen. Singer: Charles Brett. Orchestra: La Chapelle Royale. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Bach / Trauer-ode / La Chapelle Royale.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 12.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Mazurka in C sharp minor (4 Mazurkas Op.6)

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • Chopin: The Solo Piano Works: Ashkenazy.
    • London.
    • 2.
  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    Violin concerto no.10 in D major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Zhou Qian. Orchestra: Toronto Camerata. Conductor: Kevin Mallon.
    • Saint-George: Complete Violin Concertos, Vol.2.
    • NAXOS.
    • 6.

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