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Great classical music for your morning

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 – 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 29 Jan 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Henry Purcell

    Abdelazer (Rondeau - Air - Air - Minuet)

    Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Purcell: Theatre Music.
    • Decca.
    • 002.
  • Franz Schubert

    4 Impromptus D.899 (no.4 in A flat major)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • Schubert: Impromptus; Moments Musicaux; 6 German Dances.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Samson et Dalila Op.47 (Bacchanale)

    Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth. Orchestra: Les Siècles.
    • Saint-Saëns: Symphonic Poems - Le Carnaval des animaux - L'Assassinat du Duc de.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 105.
  • Ola Gjeilo

    Northern lights [Pulchra es, amica mea]

    Choir: Apollo5.
    • VOCES8.
  • Carl Nielsen

    String Quintet in G major (4th mvt)

    Performer: Tim Frederiksen. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • Carl Nielsen: String Quartets Vol.1.
    • Da Capo.
    • 12.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    The cuckoo (The birds)

    Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Henry Raudales.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances & The Birds.
    • CPO.
    • 17.
  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet Op.2 'Gradus ad Parnassum' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.
  • Aaron Copland

    Hoe-Down (Rodeo)

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Copland.
    • BIS Records.
  • Leó Weiner

    Csűrdöngölő [Barn dance] (Két Tétel)

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Leonidas Kavakos. Performer: Christoph Koncz. Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Performer: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Ödön Rácz. Performer: Oszkár Ökrös. Performer: Predrag Tomic.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Cantata BWV.169 'Gott soll allein mein Herze haben' (Sinfonia)

    Orchestra: Arcangelo. Performer: Tom Foster. Conductor: Jonathan Cohen.
    • HYPERION.
  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Choir: Gabrieli Consort. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • DG.
  • Igor Stravinsky

    Scherzo à la russe

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iván Fischer.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in C minor K.388 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas. Director: Peter Whelan.
    • LINN.
  • Charles Villiers Stanford

    Blackberry Time (A Fire of Turf Op.139)

    Singer: Benjamin Russell. Performer: Finghin Collins.
    • Stanford: Cushendall, Op. 118 & Other Song Cycles.
    • SOMM Recordings.
    • 112.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in E flat major, RV.253 'La Tempesta di Mare'

    Ensemble: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 13.
  • Robert Schumann

    Faschingsschwank aus Wien Op.26

    Performer: Maria João Pires.
    • DG.
  • Trad.

    Steal Away

    Music Arranger: Jim Clements. Ensemble: VOCES8. Performer: Matthew Sharp.
    • Eventide (10th Anniversary Edition).
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.
  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Cantus arcticus Op.61 (Melancholy)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Hannu Lintu.
    • Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus / Piano Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 3.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Louis‐Claude Daquin

    Le Coucou (Harpsichord Suite no.3 in E minor)

    Performer: Fazil Say.
    • Morning Piano - Daquin: le Coucou.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 1.
  • Clément Janequin

    Le chant des oiseaux

    Performer: Ensemble Clément Janequin.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.
  • Frederick Delius

    On hearing the first cuckoo in spring

    Orchestra: Hallé. Conductor: Mark Elder.
    • HALLE.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in D major [arr. from Symphony no.2] (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Beethoven Trio Bonn.
    • Beethoven: Piano Trio Op. 70 No. 2 & Symphony No. 2.
    • CAvi-music.
    • 108.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Symphony no.5 in B flat major Op.100 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 102.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Valse sentimentale (6 Pieces Op.51)

    Performer: Esther Abrami. Orchestra: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ben Palmer.
    • Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6.
    • Sony Classical/Sony Music.
    • 1.
  • Claude Debussy

    Fêtes (Nocturnes)

    Music Arranger: Maurice Ravel. Performer: Katya Apekisheva. Performer: Charles Owen.
    • Poulenc, Debussy & Milhaud: Works for 2 Pianos.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 115.
  • Ernest Chausson

    Symphony in B flat major Op.20 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de Lille. Conductor: Alexandre Bloch.
    • Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer & Symphonie, Op. 20.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 5.
  • Mel Bonis

    Violin Sonata in F sharp minor Op.112 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Chandos.
  • Heitor Villa‐Lobos

    Aria [Cantilena] (Bachianas brasileiras no.5)

    Singer: Arleen Augér. Ensemble: The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic.
    • WARNER.
  • Zequinha de Abreu

    Tico Tico

    Performer: Ethel Smith.
    • Tico Tico - Greatest Hits.
    • Stardust Records.
    • 1.

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  • Mon 29 Jan 2024 09:00

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