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A feast of great music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with familiar favourites, new discoveries and the occasional musical surprise.

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 9 Feb 2024 09:00
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Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)

    Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris – Philharmonie. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Philips.

  • Frédéric Chopin

    Berceuse in D flat major, Op 57

    Performer: Imogen Cooper.
    • Chandos.

  • Helvi Leiviskä

    The Coming of Spring (from Orchestral suite No 2, Op 11)

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Dalia Stasevska.
    • Helvi Leiviska: Orchestral Works Vol. 1.
    • Bis.
    • 2.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Ave verum corpus K.618

    Choir: The Sixteen. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Christophers.
    • Mozart: Vespers and Faure: Requiem.
    • Coro.
    • 1.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Symphony No 3 in F major, Op 90 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Brahms: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4.
    • Pentatone.
    • 103.

  • John Dowland

    The Earl of Essex's Galliard

    Performer: Jacob Heringman. Ensemble: Rose Consort of Viols.
    • Naxos.

  • Nicola Porpora

    Placida surge, aurora

    Singer: Josè Maria Lo Monaco. Ensemble: Stile Galante. Director: Stefano Aresi.
    • Porpora - Music for the Venetian Ospedaletto.
    • Glossa.
    • 1.

  • José White Lafitte

    Violin Concerto in F Sharp minor (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Rachel Barton Pine. Orchestra: Encore Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Hege.
    • Violin Concertos by Black Composers Through the Centuries.
    • Cedille.
    • 203.

  • Cécile Chaminade

    Elevation (Songs without words, Op 76 No 2)

    Performer: Simon Callaghan.
    • Rarieties of Piano Music from the 2021 Festival at Schloss vor Husum (Live).
    • Danacord Records.
    • 6.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Nocturne (A Midsummer Night's Dream)

    Orchestra: Orchestre des Champs‐Élysées. Conductor: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream: Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 6.

  • Franz Schubert

    Piano trio in B flat major, D 898 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer.
    • Franz Schubert - Trios Op 99 & 100.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 2.

  • Adam Pounds

    Symphony No 3 (2nd mvt)

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

  • Antonín Dvořák

    Humoresque in G flat major, Op.101`7

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Performer: Ayami Ikeba. Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    L'aria

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Via Crucis; L'Arpeggiata; Christina Pluhar.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 5.

  • Mieczyslaw Weinberg

    Aria, Op 9

    Performer: Gidon Kremer. Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica.
    • Songs of Fate.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 7.

  • Herbert Howells

    The Goat paths (In Green ways, Op 43 No 2)

    Singer: Yvonne Kenny. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Howells: Orchestral Works, Vol. 2.
    • Chandos.
    • 10.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme (Sleepers, awake), BWV 645

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Music Arranger: Ton Koopman. Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • Essential Yo-Yo Ma.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 10.

  • Béla Bartók

    Romanian Folk Dances for orchestra

    Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Bartok: Romanian Folk Dances, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.

  • Debbie Wiseman

    Wolf Hall (main theme)

    Ensemble: The Locrian Ensemble of London. Conductor: Debbie Wiseman.
    • Silva Classics.

  • John Brunning

    Romance No 1

    Performer: Xuefei Yang.
    • Sojourn - The Very Best of Xuefei Yang.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 17.

  • Trad.

    Bushes and Briars

    Music Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams. Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Galliard (Courtly Dances from Gloriana)

    Performer: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Doreen Carwithen

    Suffolk Morris: Ritmico (Suffolk Suite)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Carwithen: Orchestral Music.
    • Chandos.
    • 008.

  • Anon.

    Kemp's Jig

    Ensemble: The Society of Strange and Ancient Instruments.
    • SSAI RECORDS.

  • Samuel Barber

    Adagio for strings

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Manfred Honeck.
    • Reference Recordings.

  • Michael Nyman

    An Eye For Optical Theory (The Draughtsman's Contract)

    Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band.
    • The Draughtsman's Contract: Music From The Motion Picture.
    • EMI Catalogue.
    • 6.

  • Gustav Mahler

    Urlicht (Symphony no.2)

    Music Arranger: Manchester Collective. Singer: Ruby Hughes. Ensemble: Manchester Collective.
    • End of My Days.
    • Bis.
    • 15.

  • Fábio Caramuru

    Harpia (The Wings Suite)

    Performer: Fábio Caramuru. Music Arranger: Rodrigo Morte. Orchestra: Amazonas Filarmônica. Conductor: Marcelo de Jesus.
    • The Wings Suite, Op 16.
    • Azul Music.
    • 4.

  • Aaron Copland

    Clarinet Concerto (Slowly and expressively)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Swedish Chamber Orchestra.
    • CHANDOS.

  • William Byrd

    Pavan and galliard à 6: I. Pavan

    Ensemble: Capriccio Stravagante.
    • William Byrd: Virginal & Consorts.
    • INTERARTS.
    • 105.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Une barque sur l'océan

    Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Seiji Ozawa.
    • DG.

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