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Great classical music for your morning

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

Wed 27 Mar 2024 09:00

Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le tombeau de Couperin (Prelude)

    Orchestra: The Cleveland Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Boulez.
    • Boulez conducts Debusy and Ravel.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.
  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Piano Concerto no. 2 in G minor Op.22 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: James Judd.
    • Gershwin, Saint-Daens, Ravel: Benjamin Grosvenor, RLPO, James Judd.
    • Decca.
    • 3.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Concerto grosso in B flat major, Op.3'1

    Orchestra: Academy For Early Music, Berlin. Director: Georg Kallweit.
    • Handel: Concerti grossi, Op. 3.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Mondenschein D.875

    Choir: The London Schubert Chorale. Performer: Graham Johnson. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Jennifer Higdon

    Harp Concerto (Lullaby)

    Performer: Yolanda Kondonassis. Orchestra: Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Ward Stare.
    • American Rapture.
    • Azica.
    • 3.
  • Trad.

    The Song of the Birds

    Music Arranger: Pau Casals. Performer: Sol Gabetta. Ensemble: Cello Ensemble Amsterdam Sinfonietta.
    • SONY.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony no.4 in F minor Op.36 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Vasily Petrenko.
    • Symphonies Vol. 2.
    • ONYX.
    • 4.
  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Piano Sonata no.2 in B flat minor Op.35 'Funeral March' (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Beatrice Rana.
    • WARNER.
  • Francisco Guerrero

    O crux splendidior

    Choir: The Brabant Ensemble. Conductor: Stephen Rice.
    • Guerrero: Missa Ecce sacerdos magnus, Magnificat & Motets.
    • Hyperion.
    • 5.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in G major K.525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: The English Concert. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Mozart: Night music: The English Concert/Manze.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 4.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony no.1 in D major D.82 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Berlin Philharmoniker.
  • Henry Purcell

    Lost is my quiet forever

    Singer: Carolyn Sampson. Singer: Iestyn Davies. Performer: Joseph Middleton.
    • Lost is My Quiet - Duets and Solo Songs.
    • BIS.
    • 2.
  • Michael Tippett

    Concerto for Double String Orchestra (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Tippett: Concerto for Double String Orchestra, Fantasia Concertante & Ritual Dan.
    • Warner Classics International.
    • 1.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Organ Concerto in A minor (after Antonio Vivaldi) BWV.593 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: David Goode.
    • J S Bach - 1714 Silbermann Organ of Freiberg Cathedral - David Goode.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.
    • 6.
  • GyΓΆrgy Ligeti

    6 Bagatelles (no.3)

    Ensemble: Galliard Ensemble.
    • Music For Wind Quintet.
    • DEUX ELLES.
    • 6.
  • Francis Poulenc

    Piano Concerto in C sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick NΓ©zet‐SΓ©guin.
    • Poulenc: Piano Concerto, Organ Concerto & Stabat Mater.
    • LPO.
    • 2.
  • Johannes Brahms

    String Quartet no.1 in C minor Op.51 no.1 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Belcea Quartet.
    • EMI.
  • Maurice Ravel

    Oiseaux tristes (Miroirs)

    Performer: Alim Beisembayev.
    • The Leeds International Piano Competition 2021 – Gold Medal Winner.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 7.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Sweet bird (L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato)

    Singer: Gillian Webster. Ensemble: Gabrieli Players. Conductor: Paul McCreesh.
    • Signum.
  • Hubert Parry

    Entry of the Birds (The Birds of Aristophanes)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ National Orchestra of Wales. Conductor: Neeme JΓ€rvi. Conductor: Neeme JΓ€rvi.
    • Parry: Works for Chorus and Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • TomΓ‘s Luis de Victoria

    Tenebrae factae sunt (Matin Responsories for Good Friday)

    Ensemble: I Fagiolini. Conductor: Robert Hollingworth.
    • Victoria: Tenebrae Responsories.
    • CORO.
    • 8.
  • Edward Elgar

    Introduction and Allegro Op.47

    Ensemble: Doric String Quartet. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Erno Dohnanyi

    Sextet in C major Op.37 (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.
  • James McMillan

    Seven Last Words from the Cross (7th mvt - conclusion)

    Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • HYPERION.
  • Percy Grainger

    Country Gardens

    Performer: Marc-AndrΓ© Hamelin.
    • HYPERION.
  • Isaac AlbΓ©niz

    Sevilla (Suite EspaΓ±ola no.1 Op.47)

    Performer: Laura Lootens.
    • Avi Music.
  • Richard Wagner

    TannhΓ€user (Overture)

    Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Teldec.

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