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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 familiar favourites alongside new discoveries and musical surprises.

1000 Playlist starter 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1100 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.

1230 Album of the Week

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Last on

Tue 2 Apr 2024 09:30
麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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Music Played

  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Serenade for Strings in E Major, Op. 22: I. Moderato

    Conductor: Colin Davis. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • Tchaikovsky: Serenade For Strings / Dvor谩k: Serenade For Strings.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 5.

  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony no.94 in G major 'Surprise' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Georg Solti.
    • Haydn: The 12 London Symphonies: LPO, Solti.
    • Decca.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Trio in C Minor, Op. 1 No. 3: II. Andante cantabile con Variazioni

    Ensemble: Rautio Piano Trio.
    • Beethoven: Piano Trios Op. 1 No. 3, Op. 11 & Op. 44.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 5.

  • Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns

    Caprice after Etude en forme de valse, Op.52`6

    Music Arranger: Eug猫ne Ysa每e. Performer: Aleksey Semenenko. Performer: Inna Firsova.
    • ARS Produktion.

  • David Bruce

    The Consolation Of Rain (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Camerata Pacifica.
    • The North Wind Was A Woman.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 10.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Divertimento in D major K.136

    Orchestra: Manchester Camerata. Conductor: G谩bor Tak谩cs鈥怤agy.
    • Chandos.

  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Fileuse (Etudes de Concert - Bk.1 Op.35)

    Performer: Joanne Polk.
    • Steinway & Sons.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Brandenburg concerto no.4 in G major (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Dunedin Consort. Conductor: John Butt.
    • J.S. Bach: Six Brandenburg Concertos.
    • Linn Records.
    • 11.

  • Georges Bizet

    Chanson d'Avril

    Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Singer: Susan Graham.
    • onyx.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Rondo for piano (Op.16)

    Performer: Louis Lortie.
    • CHANDOS.

  • John Stainer

    The Crucifixion: IX. Chorus - God so loved the world

    • Stainer: The Crucifixion.
    • Delphian Records.
    • 9.

  • Louise Farrenc

    Symphony no.2 in D major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Goritzki.
    • Farrenc: Symphony No. 2 - Overtures Nos. 1 & 2.
    • CPO.
    • 2.

  • Elena Kats鈥怌hernin

    Pitter Patter

    Performer: Goldner String Quartet. Performer: Diana Doherty. Performer: Elena Kats鈥怌hernin.
    • ABC.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    Rain tree sketch II - In memoriam Olivier Messiaen

    Performer: H茅l猫ne Grimaud.
    • H茅l猫ne Grimaud: Water.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 003.

  • Jean Sibelius

    v

    Performer: Yoshiko Arai. Performer: Seppo Kimanen.
    • Sibelius, J.: Early Chamber Music, Vol. 2 - Suite / Adagio / Piano Trio / Water.
    • Ondine.
    • 1.

  • Joseph Shabalala

    Rain, Rain, Beautiful Rain

    Ensemble: Ladysmith Black Mambazo.
    • Shaka Zulu.
    • Warner Records.
    • 9.

  • Clara Schumann

    Piano Trio in G minor Op.17 (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Nash Ensemble.
    • Hyperion.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    Vltava (Ma Vlast)

    Orchestra: Symfonick媒 orchestr hlavn铆ho m臎sta Prahy FOK. Conductor: Libor Pe拧ek.
    • Dvorak: New World Symphony: Prague Symphony Orchestra/Pesek.
    • Sony.

  • Frederick Laurence

    Spring Nocturne

    • The Music of Frederick Laurence.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 101.

  • Samuel Coleridge-Taylor

    Nonet Op.2 'Gradus ad Parnassum' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • Chandos.

  • Yuquijiro Yocoh

    Sakura Variations

    Performer: John Williams.
    • John Williams: The Seville Concert.
    • Sony.
    • 7.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Voices of spring, Op.40

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Willi Boskovsky.
    • Johann Strauss: Famous Waltzes: Boskovsky.
    • Decca.
    • 3.

  • Franz Schubert

    Fantasie in F minor D940

    Performer: Steven Osborne. Performer: Paul Lewis.

  • Aaron Copland

    Buckaroo Holiday (Rodeo, No. 1)

    Orchestra: Colorado Symphony. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Bis.

  • Thea Musgrave

    Canta, Canta!

    Music Arranger: Anna Vidovich. Ensemble: Marsyas Trio.
    • In the Theatre of Air.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 101.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Giove in Argo, HWV A14: Nel passar da un laccio all'altro (Arr. for Trumpet and

    • Handel for Trumpet.
    • Linn Records.
    • 07.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    String Quintet in C major, K 515 (4th mvt)

    Performer: Denes Koromzay. Ensemble: Tak谩cs Quartet.
    • HUNGAROTON.

  • Domenico Zipoli

    Elevazione

    Performer: Caroline Dale. Performer: John Anderson. Orchestra: London Metropolitan Orchestra.
    • Such Sweet Thunder.
    • Dharma Records.
    • 11.

  • Robert Schumann

    Symphony No. 1 in B-Flat Major, Op. 38 "Spring" IV. Allegro animato e grazioso

    Music Arranger: Gustav Mahler. Conductor: Marin Alsop. Orchestra: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra.
    • R. Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2 (Re-Orchestrated by G. Mahler).
    • Naxos.
    • 104.

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  • Tue 2 Apr 2024 09:30
    麻豆约拍 Radio 3

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