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Classical coffee break

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

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

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

Thu 21 Mar 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • William Walton

    'Spitfire' Prelude and Fugue

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Martyn Brabbins.
    • Hyperion.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Songs Without Words: Venetianisches Gondellied Op.30

    Performer: Michael Barenboim. Performer: Natalia Pegarkova-Barenboim.
    • Linn.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    String Quartet no.2 in E flat major, Op.26 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Jerusalem Quartet.
    • The Yiddish Cabaret.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 104.
  • Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber

    Sonata Sancti Polycarpi

    Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach

    Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor Wq.170 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jean‐Guihen Queyras. Ensemble: Ensemble Resonanz. Conductor: Riccardo Minasi.
    • C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concertos.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 3.
  • Aaron Copland

    Letter from 鶹Լ

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Four Dances from Rodeo.
    • Naxos.
    • 006.
  • Johann Pachelbel

    Gloria (Magnificat in C major)

    Choir: The King’s Singers. Ensemble: Charivari Agréable. Director: Kah-Ming Ng.
    • Pachelbel Vespers; The King's Singers / Charivari Agreable.
    • Signum.
    • 12.
  • Johan Svendsen

    Norwegian rhapsody no.3 Op.21

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.6 in B flat major BWV.1051

    Performer: Antoine Tamestit. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
  • Franz Schubert

    An die Musik

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Bryn Terfel.
    • An die Musik.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 15.
  • Camille Saint‐Saëns

    Havanaise, Op 83

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • DG.
  • Cécile Chaminade

    Arabesque in G minor Op.61 for piano

    Performer: Mark Viner.
    • Piano Classics.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in B flat major, RV 362, 'La caccia'

    Orchestra: Europa Galante. Director: Fabio Biondi.
    • Virgin.
  • Isaac Albéniz

    Suite española (Sevilla)

    Music Arranger: John Williams. Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Miloš: The Guitar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Leroy Anderson

    The Typewriter

    Performer: Alasdair Malloy. Orchestra: 鶹Լ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • Leroy Anderson - Orchestral Works Volume 3.
    • NAXOS.
    • 16.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    String Quartet No 12 in F major, Op 96, 'American' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Gábor Takács‐Nagy. Performer: Károly Schranz. Performer: Gábor Ormai. Performer: András Fejér. Ensemble: Takács Quartet.
    • Dvorak: String Quartets: Takacs Quartet.
    • Decca.
    • 7.
  • Harold Arlen

    Over The Rainbow

    Singer: Judy Garland.
    • Wizard of Oz - The Soundtrack.
    • Red Cab Records.
    • 2.
  • Vittorio Monti

    Czardas No. 1 in D minor/major arranged for mandolin and accordion

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Richard Galliano.
    • Avi Avital - Between Worlds.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 18.
  • George Templeton Strong

    Suite No. 3, "Le Livre d'Images": II. Cinderella's Dreams

    Orchestra: Swiss Orchestra. Conductor: Lena-Lisa Wüstendörfer.
    • Templeton Strong: Suite No. 3: "Le Livre d’Images".
    • Prospero Classical.
    • 2.
  • Giacomo Puccini

    Nessun Dorma

    Singer: Jonathan Tetelman. Conductor: Carlo Rizzi. Orchestra: Prague Philharmonia.
    • The Great Puccini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 2.
  • Uuno Klami

    Suomenlinna - overture

    Orchestra: Lahti Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Osmo Vänskä.
    • Finntastic.
    • Bis.
    • 021.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 23 in A major, K 488 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Murray Perahia. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart; English Chamber Orchestra/Murray Perahia.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 5.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto Grosso in A major, Op 6 No 11 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Director: Giovanni Antonini.
    • Handel: Twelve Concerti Grossi, Op.6.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 11.
  • Santiago de Murcia

    Fandango - El Fandanguito

    Conductor: Jordi Savall. Ensemble: Tembembe Ensamble Continuo. Ensemble: La Capella Reial de Catalunya. Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI.
    • El Nuevo Mundo: Folías Criollas.
    • Alia Vox.
    • 10.
  • Anatoly Konstantinovich Lyadov

    Village Scene by the Inn

    Orchestra: 鶹Լ Philharmonic. Conductor: Vassily Sinaisky.
    • Chandos.

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