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A feast of great music

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

Thu 28 Mar 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Emmanuel Chabrier

    Espana - rhapsody

    Ensemble: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • Escales.
    • Chandos.
    • 01.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Sheep may safely graze

    Music Arranger: Gabriela Montero. Performer: Gabriela Montero.
    • Gabriela Montero - Bach and Beyond.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 8.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no 5 - Reformation - op.107 - 4th mvt

    Orchestra: Tonhalle-Orchester ZΓΌrich. Conductor: Paavo JΓ€rvi.
    • Alpha.
  • Thibaut Garcia

    Maxixe

  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Violin Concerto in D Major, RV 208 "Grosso Mogul": I. Allegro

    Performer: Chouchane Siranossian. Conductor: Andrea Marcon. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra.
    • Duello d’archi a Venezia.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 10.
  • Mary Lou Williams

    Capricorn

    Composer: Aaron Diehl. Performer: Aaron Diehl. Ensemble: The Knights.
    • Zodiac Suite.
    • Mack Avenue Records.
    • 10.
  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Symphony no.9 in E minor 'From the New World' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • BR Klassik.
  • William Byrd

    Bow thine ear O Lord

    Music Arranger: Nico Muhly. Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Collon.
    • Decca.
  • Ryuichi Sakamoto

    Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence

    Performer: Ryuichi Sakamoto.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Daphnis et ChloΓ© Suite No 2

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: AndrΓ© Previn.
    • Ravel: Bolero/Daphnis et Chloe/Pavane: LSO/Previn.
    • EMI.
    • 2.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Horn Concerto Op.58 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ben Goldscheider. Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Lee Reynolds.
    • Willow Hayne Records.
  • Trad.

    She moved through the fair

    Music Arranger: Craig Leon. Singer: Andreas Scholl. Performer: Edin Karamazov. Performer: Stacey Shames.
    • Wayfaring Stranger: Folksongs: Andreas Scholl.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Concerto no 3 in D minor - 1st mvt

    Performer: Khatia Buniatishvili. Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Paavo JΓ€rvi.
    • Sony.
  • Joby Burgess

    Take Me ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ

    Performer: Joby Burgess.
    • A Percussionist's Songbook.
    • Signum Records.
    • 9.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony no.4 in B flat major Op.60 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Beethoven: The Symphonies.
    • Decca.
    • 8.
  • Trad.

    Five sheep, four goats

    Music Arranger: Danish String Quartet. Performer: Mads la Cour. Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • dacapo.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Horn Concerto No 4 in E flat major, K 495 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Anthony Halstead. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Mozart: Horn Concertos 1-4: Halstead/AAM/Hogwood.
    • L'Oiseau-Lyre.
    • 10.
  • Cerys Matthews

    Oes Gafr Eto?

  • Samuel Barber

    Capricorn Concerto, Op. 21: Allegro con brio

    Orchestra: Kammerorchester Basel. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • Music For The Theatre Vol. 2 (Copland/Barber).
    • ARTE NOVA Classics.
    • 12.
  • Georges Bizet

    Farandole (L'Arlesienne Suite no.2)

    Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre. Conductor: Marc Minkowski.
    • Naive.
  • TomΓ‘s Luis de Victoria

    Matins Responsories for Maundy Thursday: Nocturn III - Seniores populi consilium

    Conductor: Robert Hollingworth. Ensemble: I Fagiolini.
    • Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories.
    • CORO.
    • 6.
  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    Impromptu No.3 in A flat major, Op.34

    Performer: Lucas Debargue.
    • SONY CLASSICAL.
  • Arnold Bax

    Oliver Twist - music from the film (Finale)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • The Film Music of Sir Arnold Bax.
    • Chandos.
    • 029.
  • Astor Piazzolla

    Verano Porteno (Summer in Buenos Aires), from The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

    Performer: Lara St. John. Orchestra: SimΓ³n BolΓ­var Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eduardo Marturet.
    • Ancalagon.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet in C major (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Ralph Kirshbaum. Ensemble: TakΓ‘cs Quartet.
    • Hyperion.
  • Florence Price

    Symphony No 1 in E Minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.
    • DG.
  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major Kk.455

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.
  • Johann Baptist Georg Neruda

    Concerto for horn or trumpet and strings in E flat major (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alison Balsom. Orchestra: The Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen.
    • Haydn, Hummel etc: Trumpet Concertos: Alison Balsom.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 12.

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