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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 discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favourites.

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

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

1115 Playlist reveal – a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment – time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Fri 9 Aug 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    The Nutcracker (Suite) Op. 71a: VIII. Waltz of the Flowers

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Santtu-Matias Rouvali.
    • Santtu Conducts The Nutcracker Suite.
    • Philharmonia Records Ltd.
    • 108.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV565 (arr for violin solo)

    Performer: Rachel Podger.
    • Channel Classics.
  • Avril Coleridge-Taylor

    Sussex Landscape, Op. 27: III. Largo - Maestoso

    Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Roderick Cox.
    • Coleridge-Taylor.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.
  • George Enescu

    Wind Decet, Op.14 (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Lawrence Foster.
    • Georges Enesco, Symphonie de chambre op.33, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne...
    • CLAVES.
    • 8.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    The Running Set

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
  • John Dowland

    The Frog Galliard

    Performer: Paul O’Dette.
    • The Art of the Lute - Paul O'Dette.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 5.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Symphony No 9 in C major

    Orchestra: Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra. Conductor: Ãdám Fischer.
    • NIMBUS.
  • Hugo Alfvén

    Shepherd Girl's Dance (The Mountain King - suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Magnus Ericsson.
    • BIS.
  • Samuel Barber

    Hermit Songs, Op. 29: X. The Desire for Hermitage

    Performer: Dylan Perez. Singer: Mary Bevan.
    • Barber: The Complete Songs.
    • Resonus Classics.
    • 28.
  • Antonio Vivaldi

    Concerto for Flautino, Strings & Continuo in D Major, Op. 10 / 3, RV 428, "Il Ga

    Performer: Maurice Steger. Performer: I Barocchisti. Performer: Diego Fasolis.
    • Claves.
  • Nino Rota

    Nonetto: I. Allegro

    Performer: Daishin Kashimoto. Performer: Joaquín Riguelme García. Performer: Claudio Bohórquez. Performer: Emmanuel Pahud. Performer: Paul Meyer. Performer: François Meyer. Performer: Gilbert Audin. Performer: Benoît de Barsony. Performer: Olivier Thiery.
    • Nino Rota: Chamber Music.
    • Alpha.
    • 7.
  • Georges Bizet

    L'Arlésienne suite no.1 (Carillon)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Yan Pascal Tortelier.
    • Bizet: Suites from L'Arlesienne and Carmen: Ulster Orch, Tortelier.
    • Chandos.
    • 16.
  • Marin Marais

    La Sonnerie de Sainte-Geneviève du Mont de Paris

    Performer: Fabio Biondi. Performer: Jordi Savall. Performer: Rolf Lislevand. Performer: Pierre Hantaï.
    • Auvidis.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Clarinet Concertino in E flat major, Op 26

    Performer: Maximiliano Martín. Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Janiczek.
    • Linn.
  • Malcolm Arnold

    Four English Dances Set 2 (No 1)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Malcolm Arnold.
    • Arnold: Symphony No. 1 etc.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 11.
  • Anonymous

    Mr Beveridge's Maggot

    Music Arranger: John Playford. Ensemble: Broadside Band.
    • English Country Dances - The Broadside Band.
    • Saydisc.
    • 16.
  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    The Fair Day (An Irish Symphony)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • An Irish Rhapsody: Ulster Orchestra/Handley/Thomson.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.
  • Percy Grainger

    Shepherd's Hey

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Benjamin Britten.
    • LONDON.
  • Scott Joplin

    Solace [A Mexican Serenade]

    Performer: William Bolcom.
    • Euphonic Sounds - The Scott Joplin Album.
    • OMEGA.
    • 12.
  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Partita for orchestra (Finale)

    Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Bennett: Orchetral Works, Vol. 1: Phil Orch, Hickox.
    • Chandos.
    • 3.
  • Dag Wirén

    Serenade in C major Op.11 (Preludium)

    Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Greig, Sibelius, Nielsen, Wiren: ASMIF, Marriner.
    • Argo.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Waft her, angels (Jephtha)

    Singer: Ian Bostridge. Orchestra: Choir of the Age of Enlightenment. Conductor: Harry Bicket.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
  • Frédéric Chopin

    Introduction and polonaise in C major Op.3

    Performer: Sergio Tiempo. Performer: Mischa Maisky.
    • Hommage.
    • AVANTI CLASSIC.
    • 1.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Peer Gynt Suite No 2

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo Berglund.
    • Grieg: Peer Gynt Suites 1 & 2: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra/Berglund.
    • EMI.
    • 6.
  • Richard Strauss

    Alphorn AV.29

    Singer: Christiane Karg. Performer: Malcolm Martineau. Performer: Felix Klieser.
    • Heimliche Aufforderung - Secret Invitation.
    • BERLIN CLASSICS.
    • 5.
  • Antonín Dvořák

    Serenade for Strings in E major, Op 22 (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Rafael Kubelík.
    • Rafael Kubelik: Rare Recordings 1963 - 1974.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.
  • Claude Debussy

    Première rhapsodie, L. 116 (Version for Clarinet & Piano)

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • La clarinette parisienne.
    • BIS.
    • 101.
  • Aram Khachaturian

    Masquerade Suite (Waltz)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • Khachaturian: Piano Concerto etc..
    • Chandos.
    • 4.
  • Francisco Correa de Arauxo

    Batalla de Morales

    Ensemble: Hespèrion XXI. Director: Jordi Savall.
    • ALIA VOX.
  • Franz Liszt

    Notturno No.2: Seliger Tod, after a poem by Ludwig Uhland

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim.
    • DG.
  • Ottorino Respighi

    La Primavera (Trittico Botticelliano)

    Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège. Conductor: John Neschling.
    • Respighi: Vetrate di chiesa, Il tramonto & Trittico botticelliano.
    • BIS.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Fri 9 Aug 2024 09:30

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