Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Celebrating classical greats

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

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

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

Wed 7 Aug 2024 09:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

More episodes

Previous

The best classical morning music

Next

A feast of great music

See all episodes from Essential Classics

Music Played

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Chopin: Impromptus, Waltzes & Mazurkas.
    • Hyperion.
    • 001.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Symphony no.8 in G major Op.88 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Sony.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Ich habe genug

    Performer: Simon Lepper. Performer: Miloő Milivojević. Performer: Sarah Field. Performer: Lucy Shaw. Performer: Lily Vernon-Purves. Performer: Rafael Onyett. Music Arranger: Gerard McBurney. Singer: Christopher Purves.
    • KINGS COLLEGE CAMBRIDGE.

  • Anthony Holborne

    Muy Linda

    Ensemble: Barokksolistene. Director: Bjarte Eike.
    • BIS.

  • Felix Mendelssohn

    String Quartet no.2 in A minor Op.13 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Quatuor Ébène.
    • Mendelssohn Felix and Fanny.
    • Erato.
    • 103.

  • Sir Hamilton Harty

    In the Antrim Hills (An Irish Symphony)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • NiccolΓ² Paganini

    La campanella

    Music Arranger: Fritz Kreisler. Performer: Francesca Dego. Performer: Francesca Leonardi.
    • Il Cannone.
    • Chandos.
    • 1.

  • Charles Wood

    Hail, gladdening light

    Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Lux Aeterna.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 3.

  • Claude Debussy

    Tarantelle styrienne

    Orchestrator: Maurice Ravel. Orchestra: Orchestre de l’OpΓ©ra de Lyon. Conductor: Jun MΓ€rkl.
    • Debussy - Complete Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 7.

  • Elena Kats‐Chernin

    Re-invention No.1 [After J S Bach Invention no.8]

    Performer: Genevieve Lacey. Ensemble: Flinders Quartet.
    • Reinventions.
    • ABC Classics.
    • 1.

  • Richard Strauss

    Beim Schlafengehen (4 Last Songs)

    Singer: Jessye Norman. Performer: Gerhard Bosse. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Kurt Masur.
    • Strauss, R.: Four Last Songs; 6 Orchestral Songs - Norman, Gewandhausorchester L.
    • Philips.

  • Gabriel FaurΓ©

    Dolly suite (Op.56), no.1; Berceuse (arr. for cello and piano)

    Performer: Andreas Brantelid. Performer: Bengt Forsberg.
    • BIS.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Pineapple Poll (Opening Dance)

    Music Arranger: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • 100 Best Ballet.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Josef Myslivecek

    L'Olimpiade (Overture)

    Orchestra: L'Orfeo Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Michi Gaigg.
    • Symphonies and Overtures.
    • cpo.
    • 7-9.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Keyboard Partita no.2 in C minor BWV.826 (Rondeau & Capriccio)

    Performer: Martha Argerich.
    • Live From the Concertgebouw 1978 & 1979.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 106.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Karelia Suite (Alla marcia)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jukka‐Pekka Saraste.
    • Sibelius: Symphony No.1, Karelia etc: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra/Saraste.
    • RCA.
    • 8.

  • Astor Piazzolla

    Las 4 estaciones portenas; Summer in Buenos Aires

    Performer: Jacob Reuven. Performer: Omer Meir Wellber. Orchestra: Sinfonietta Leipzig.
    • The Mandolin Seasons.
    • HYPERION.
    • 12.

  • Turlough O'Carolan

    Carolan's Draught (Carolan Five Tunes by the Irish Harper)

    Ensemble: Da Camera.
    • A Celtic Celebration.
    • Magnatune.
    • 5.

  • John Field

    Nocturne No. 9 in E-Flat Major, H. 30

    Performer: Benjamin Frith.
    • Field: Piano Music, Vol. 1.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.

  • Ramin Djawadi

    Game of Thrones

    Performer: Claire Jones.
    • Screen Serenade.
    • Silva Screen Records Ltd.
    • 11.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Symphony in E major, 'Irish' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Sullivan: Symphony in E major 'Irish': ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Phil/Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Inspiration Waltzes

    Performer: Clare Hammond.

  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Invitation to the dance

    Orchestrator: Hector Berlioz. Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Juanjo Mena.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Eric Whitacre

    The River Cam

    Performer: Julian Lloyd Webber. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Eric Whitacre.
    • Decca.

  • Joby Talbot

    April: The First Day of Summer (Once Around the Sun)

    Performer: Joby Talbot. Performer: Rob Farrar. Performer: Manon Morris.
    • SONY.

  • LΓ©o Delibes

    Les filles de Cadix

    Performer: Tine Thing Helseth. Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Eivind Aadland.
    • Storyteller: Tine Thing Helseth.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 3.

  • Gustav Holst

    Cotswold symphony

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • Holst: Cotswolds Symphony.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Clarinet Sonata in E-Flat Major, Op. 167, R. 147: I. Allegretto

    Performer: Michael Collins. Performer: Noriko Ogawa.
    • La clarinette parisienne.
    • BIS.
    • 301.

  • Isaac AlbΓ©niz

    Mallorca arr for guitar

    Performer: Sharon Isbin.
    • Road to the Sun: Latin Romances for Guitar: Sharon Isbin.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 13.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Oboe Quartet in F Major, K. 370 - 3rd movement, Rondeau

    Ensemble: Britten Oboe Quartet.
    • A Tribute to Janet.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 3.

  • Franz LehΓ‘r

    Gold and Silver - Waltz Op.79

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Vienna Soiree: Gardiner/Vienna PO.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.

Broadcast

  • Wed 7 Aug 2024 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

Our Classical Century

Our Classical Century

Radio 3 explores 100 key musical moments that shaped us, from 1918 to the present day.

Time Travellers: the podcast

Time Travellers: the podcast

Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough presents quirky tales gathered from the corners of history.