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Great classical music for your morning

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

Last on

Tue 27 Feb 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Romeo and Juliet - Dance of the Knights

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Zürich. Conductor: Michail Jurowski.
    • Accentus.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Frühlingslied (Lieder ohne Worte - book 5)

    Performer: Sir András Schiff.
    • Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte (Andras Schiff).
    • Decca.
    • 021.
  • Francesco Geminiani

    Concerto grosso in D minor 'La Folia' after Corelli's Op.5`12

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Ensemble: Concerto Köln.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Annabel Rooney

    Keep me as the apple of the eye

    Choir: Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge. Conductor: David Rowland.
    • REGENT.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Five Bagatelles Op.23 (Carol)

    Performer: John Bradbury. Performer: James Cryer.
    • The English Clarinet.
    • Naxos.
    • 10.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.22 in E flat major 'The Philosopher' (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra. Conductor: 8 Bit.
    • Haydn: Symphonies Nos. 2, 24 & 45: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orch, Fischer.
    • Nimbus.
    • 5.
  • Alan Menken

    Beauty and the Beast (Overture)

    Music Arranger: James Shearman. Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Kosarin.
    • Beauty and the Beast.
    • Walt Disney Records.
    • 1.
  • Johannes Brahms

    Double Concerto in A Minor Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Antje Weithaas. Performer: Maximilian Hornung. Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Schumann & Brahms: Concertos.
    • CPO.
    • 202.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Sonata in D major K.576

    Performer: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Mozart: Complete Piano Sonatas: Mitsuko Uchida.
    • Philips.
    • 7.
  • Anon.

    (Peru) Cachua

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Performer: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Four Poems by Fredegond Shove: III. The New Ghost

    Performer: David Willison. Singer: Benjamin Luxon.
    • Benjamin Luxon Sings Vaughan Williams Songs Of Travel & The House of Life.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Air)

    Ensemble: Concerto Italiano. Performer: Rinaldo Alessandrini.
    • Ovetures for Orchestra.
    • Naive.
    • 02.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Triple Concerto in C major Op.56 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Trio Wanderer. Orchestra: Gürzenich-Orchester Köln. Conductor: James Conlon.
    • Beethoven: Piano Trios No. 5 "Ghost", No. 7 "Archduke" & Triple Concerto.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 203.
  • Eric Whitacre

    Nox aurumque

    Choir: Eric Whitacre Singers. Choir: Laudibus. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Eric Whitacre, Light & Gold.
    • Decca.
    • 15.
  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Suite for Jazz Band no.2 (Finale)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Shostakovich: The Jazz Album - Brautigam, Masseurs.
    • Decca.
    • 15.
  • Claude Debussy

    La Mer (Jeux de Vagues)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: François‐Xavier Roth.
    • Debussy: La mer, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune – Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole.
    • Lso Live.
    • 107.
  • Anonymous

    Steal Away (arr. for countertenor and piano)

    Performer: Baptiste Trotignon. Music Arranger: Patrick Dupré Quigley. Singer: Reginald Mobley.
    • Because.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 6.
  • Richard Strauss

    Also Sprach Zarathustra Op.30 (Introduction)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • Orfeo.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D Major, M. 82 - III. Tempo I

    Performer: Yuja Wang. Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich. Conductor: Lionel Bringuier.
    • Ravel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 7.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for 2 Cellos in G Minor RV.531 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Elena Russo. Performer: Paolo Beschi. Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
  • Gustav Holst

    Neptune, the Mystic (The Planets Op.32)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Choir: London Philharmonic Choir. Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski.
    • London Philharmonic Orchestra - Holst The Planets - Vladimir Jurowski Conductor.
    • LPO.
  • Gabriel Fauré

    Piano Quintet no.1 in D minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Anthony Marwood. Ensemble: Domus.
    • HYPERION.
  • Florence Price

    Adoration

    Orchestrator: Jim Gray. Performer: Randall Goosby. Orchestra: The Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick Nézet‐Séguin.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
  • Edward Elgar

    Serenade for Strings

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Impromptu No. 2 In F-Sharp Major, Op. 36

    Performer: Katya Apekisheva.
    • Scriabin/Faure/Chopin: Impromptus.
    • CHAMPS HILL RECORDS.
    • 12.
  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony no.3 in E flat major Op.97 'Rhenish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Schumann: The Symphonies.
    • DG.
    • 2.

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