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Celebrating classical greats

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

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

0930 Playlist starter 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1010 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

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

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

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Thu 18 Jan 2024 09:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Wonderful Town (Overture)

    Orchestra: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Bernstein: Wonderful Town.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 1.

  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Les baricades mist茅rieuses

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰.
    • Sony.

  • Alessandro Scarlatti

    Concerto in 7 parts no.3 in F major

    Ensemble: Accademia Bizantina. Conductor: Ottavio Dantone.
    • Scarlatti: 6 Concerti Grossi; Cello Sonatas.
    • Arts.
    • 8-12.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Waltz in E flat major Op.18 'Grande valse brillante'

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • BIS.

  • Manuel Ponce

    Estrellita

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong.

  • Philip Wilby

    Family Portraits (Lowry Sketchbook)

    Performer: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: James Watson.
    • Philip Wilby: Sacred Symphonies: Black Dyke Mills Band, California State Univers.
    • Doyen.
    • 2.

  • Marin Marais

    La Sonnerie de Ste Genevi猫ve du Mont-de-Paris

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Pierre Hanta茂. Performer: Rolf Lislevand.
    • Alia Vox.

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 53 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: James Ehnes. Orchestra: 麻豆约拍 Philharmonic. Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Claude Debussy

    Arabesque No.1 in E major

    Performer: Martin James Bartlett.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Jessie Montgomery

    Strum

    Ensemble: Catalyst Quartet.
    • Azica Records.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Eternal source of light divine (Birthday ode for Queen Anne)

    Singer: Lea Desandre. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Ensemble: Jupiter. Conductor: Thomas Dunford.
    • Eternal Heaven.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.

  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Dances of Marosszek

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • HUNGAROTON.

  • Peggy Glanville-Hicks

    Etruscan Concerto (Meditation)

    Performer: Caroline Almonte. Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Mills.
    • Women of Note.
    • ABC.
    • 08.

  • Alexander von Zemlinsky

    Humoreske

    Ensemble: Les Vents Fran莽ais.
    • French Music for Winds.
    • WARNER.
    • 7.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    La donna 猫 mobile (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Jonas Kaufmann. Orchestra: Orchestra dell'Opera di Parma. Conductor: Pier Giorgio Morandi.
    • Jonas Kaufmann - The Verdi Album.
    • Sony.
    • 1.

  • Josef Suk

    When mother was still a little girl (About Mother Op.28)

    Performer: Margaret Fingerhut.
    • Suk: Piano Works: Margaret Fingerhut.
    • Chandos.
    • 13.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Hobson's Choice (Overture; Shoe Ballet)

    Music Arranger: Christopher Palmer. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Nat King Cole

    A Portrait Of Jennie

    • Nat King Cole Selected Hits.
    • Charly Records.
    • 1.

  • Edward Elgar

    Nimrod (Enigma Variations Op.36)

    Music Arranger: Eric Ball. Orchestra: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: Nicholas Childs.
    • Classical Dyke Vol. 1: Elgar.
    • Doyen.
    • 19.

  • Maurice Ravel

    Rigaudon (Le tombeau de Couperin)

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Z眉rich. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.
    • Deutsche Grammophon 479 5524.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

  • Henry Purcell

    Chacony in G minor

    Music Arranger: Benjamin Britten. Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: William Conway.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.

  • Kerry Andrew

    Apples, Plums, Cherries

    Choir: Juice Vocal Ensemble.
    • Snow Queens.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 1.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 3 in E flat major, Op 55, 'Eroica' (4th mvt)

    Conductor: Osmo V盲nsk盲. Orchestra: Minnesota Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies: Minnesota Orchestra, Osmo Vanska.
    • BIS.
    • 4.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Eclogue in F major Op.10

    Performer: Tom Poster. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Introit: The Music of Gerald Finzi.
    • Decca.
    • 17.

  • Anon.

    Cachua

    Performer: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Hesp猫rion XXI.
    • ALIA VOX.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op 64 No 5, 'Lark' (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Cavi-music.

  • Leos Jan谩膷ek

    Sinfonietta (5th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Nott.
    • Janacek: Sinfonietta - Taras Bulba.
    • TUDOR.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Thu 18 Jan 2024 09:00
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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