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Classical coffee break

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

Music Played

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Khachaturian: Piano Concerto etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Franz Liszt

    Liebesträume S.541 (no.3 in A flat major)

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Liszt: Piano Works: Khatia Buniatishvili.
    • Sony.
    • 1.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Andante in C major, K.315

    Performer: Juliette Bausor. Orchestra: Royal Northern Sinfonia. Conductor: Jaime Martín.
    • Signum.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Septet in E flat major Op.65 (Preambule)

    Performer: David Guerrier. Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: Gautier Capuçon. Performer: Frank Braley. Performer: Béatrice Muthelet. Performer: Esther Hoppe. Performer: Janne Saksala.
    • Saint-Saens: Carnaval des Animaux: Capucon/Pahud/Meyer/Dalberto/Braley.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 19.
  • Gisle Kverndokk

    Venice - Song of the silk merchants (The Silk Road suite)

    Orchestra: Oslo Chamber Academy.
    • The Silk Road.
    • LAWO.
    • 5.
  • Giovanni Gabrieli

    Canzon a 10 [1597 no.9]

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Director: Paul McCreesh.
    • Signum.
  • Eric Coates

    Oxford Street - March (London Again suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Coates: London Again Suite.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 6.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Piano Concerto in C sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Poulenc: Piano Concerto, Organ Concerto & Stabat Mater.
    • LPO.
    • 2.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    String quartet no.1 in E minor 'From my life' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Modigliani Quartet.
    • Grieg - Smetana.
    • Mirare.
    • 5.
  • Ruth Crawford Seeger

    Risselty rosselty

    Ensemble: Schönberg Ensemble. Ensemble: Schönberg Ensemble. Conductor: Oliver Knussen. Conductor: Oliver Knussen.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Marc‐Antoine Charpentier

    Alma Redemptoris Mater

    Ensemble: Ensemble Correspondances. Director: Sébastien Daucé.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Alexander Scriabin

    24 Preludes Op.11 (no.21 in B flat major)

    Performer: Julius Asal.
    • Scriabin – Scarlatti: Singles (Pt. 1).
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.6 in F major Op.68 'Pastoral' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Beethoven: 9 Symphonies: Abbado, Berliner Philharmoniker.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 5.
  • Leos Janáček

    On an overgrown path - book 2 (no.5)

    Performer: Piotr Anderszewski.
    • Warner Classics.
  • Rita Strohl

    Night (Chansons de Bilitis)

    Singer: Elsa Dreisig. Performer: Romain Louveau.
    • Rita Strohl: Musique vocale.
    • La Boîte à Pépites.
    • 11.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite no.4 in D major BWV.1069 (Overture)

    Orchestra: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Ton Koopman.
    • J.S. Bach, Orchestral Suites, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra / Ton Koopman.
    • RCA.
    • 8.
  • Jerome Moross

    The Big Country (Main theme)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Tony Bremner.
    • The Big Country.
    • Silva Screen.
    • 1.
  • Heinrich Schütz

    Dunque addio, care selve

    Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants. Conductor: Paul Agnew.
    • Schütz: Italian Madrigals.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 15.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    4 English dances - set 2 Op.33 (no.1)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • Malcolm Arnold: Dances: Philharmonia, Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 5.
  • Erik Satie

    Le Piccadilly

    Performer: Anne Queffélec.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
  • Tomás Luis de Victoria

    O quam gloriosum est regnum

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • COLLEGIUM.
  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • The Grainger Edition, Vol.2 - Orchestral Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 11.
  • Manning Sherwin

    A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square

    Lyricist: Eric Maschwitz. Singer: Vera Lynn.
    • The White Cliffs of Dover.
    • EMI.
    • 3.
  • Arturo Márquez

    Conga del fuego nuevo

    Orchestra: Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Gustavo Dudamel.
    • Gustavo Dudamel: Discoveries.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 12.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    2 Polonaises Op.26 (no.1 in C sharp minor)

    Performer: Ivan Moravec.
    • MMG.
  • Shigeru Umebayashi

    Yumeji's Theme (In the Mood for Love)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • 侱é.
    • Sony.
    • 10.
  • Khaled Mouzanar

    Zeyn (Capharnaum)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • 侱é.
    • Sony.
    • 12.
  • William Walton

    Crown imperial

    Conductor: Carl Davis. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
    • John Williams at the Proms.
    • MD NFM.
    • 19.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Mentre dormi (L'Olimpiade)

    Singer: Philippe Jaroussky. Orchestra: Ensemble Matheus. Conductor: Jean‐Christophe Spinosi.
    • La voix des rêves.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.
  • Madeleine Dring

    Festival Scherzo

    Performer: Martin Roscoe. Ensemble: Guildhall String Ensemble. Conductor: Robert Salter.
    • HYPERION.
  • Luigi Boccherini

    String Quintet no.31 in D minor G.295 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Europa Galante.
    • Boccherini : String & Guitar Quintets, Minuet in A.
    • Erato.
    • 112.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.3 in D major D.200 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: B’Rock Orchestra. Conductor: René Jacobs.
    • Pentatone.

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  • Tue 30 Jan 2024 09:00

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