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Celebrating classical greats

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 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 8 Feb 2024 09:00
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Joseph Haydn

    Trumpet Concerto in E flat major, H.7e.1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

  • Franz Liszt

    La Campanella (6 Grandes 茅tudes de Paganini, No 3 in G sharp minor)

    Performer: Daniil Trifonov.
    • Transcendental.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.

  • Florence Price

    Symphony No. 3 in C minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Sonata in D major Op.1 No. 13 (cpte) for violin and harpsichord

    Performer: Bojan 膶i膷i膰. Performer: Steven Devine.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • Eric Whitacre

    Leonardo dreams of his flying machine

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre, Light & Gold.
    • Decca.
    • 9.

  • Henri Duparc

    Aux Etoiles

    Orchestra: Le Concert de la Loge. Conductor: Julien Chauvin.
    • Si j'ai aime.
    • ALPHA.
    • 11.

  • Gerald Finzi

    Clarinet Concerto in C minor Op.31 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra.
    • BIS.

  • Alfonso X el Sabio

    Saltarello [Cantigas de Santa Maria no.77-119]

    Performer: Hesp猫rion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • Orient - Occident 1200-1700.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 20.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No.5 in E minor Op.64; 4. Finale

    Orchestra: Orchestra of Italian Switzerland. Conductor: Markus Poschner.
    • CLAVES.

  • John Stanley

    Trumpet Voluntary

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Newman.
    • Sony Classical.

  • Herbert Howells

    Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor: III. Allegro. Hard and Bright Again

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • Herbert Howells: Concertos & Dances.
    • Hyperion.
    • 9.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Symphony No 1 in E flat major, K 16

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jeffrey Tate.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Moments musicaux in C major, Op.16 no.6

    Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy.
    • DECCA.

  • Henry Purcell

    Wondrous machine (Hail! Bright Cecilia)

    Singer: Peter Harvey. Orchestra: Collegium Vocale Orchestra. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • HARMONIA MUNDI.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Khachaturian: Gayane: Adagio (From "2001: A Space Odyssey")

    Orchestra: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Conductor: Erich Kunzel.
    • Time Warp.
    • Telarc.
    • 10.

  • Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina

    Alma Redemptoris Mater

    Choir: Monteverdi Choir. Singer: Julian Podger. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Once, as I remember....
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 4.

  • John Williams

    E.T. (Flying theme)

    Orchestra: Boston Pops Orchestra. Conductor: John Williams.
    • Philips.

  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Canario (Fantas铆a para un gentilhombre)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Milos Karadaglic - Aranjuez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.

  • Michael Nyman

    The garden is becoming a robe room (The Draughtsman's Contract)

    Ensemble: Michael Nyman Band.
    • The Essential Michael Nyman Band.
    • ARGO.
    • 3.

  • Hubert Parry

    Lord, let me know mine end (Songs of Farewell)

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Veni,veni me sequere fida (Juditha Triumphans)

    Singer: Magdalena Ko啪en谩. Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis. Conductor: Alessandro De Marchi.
    • OPUS.

  • Franz Schubert

    Trout Quintet, 4th mvt (Theme and Variations)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet. Performer: Thomas Ad猫s.
    • Ades, Schubert: Piano Quintets: Ades.
    • EMI Classics.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony No 5 in D major, Op 107, 'Reformation' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Christoph von Dohn谩nyi.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphonies Nos.3 - 5; THe Hebrides, etc. - Wiener Philharmoniker, D.
    • Decca.
    • 2.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Wind Sextet in E flat major, Op 71 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: London Baroque Ensemble. Conductor: Karl Haas.
    • Beethoven: Wind Music: London Baroque/Haas.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 15.

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  • Thu 8 Feb 2024 09:00
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