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Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of familiar favourites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, featuring new discoveries, some musical surprises and plenty of 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

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Fri 6 Sep 2024 09:30
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Music Played

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Lezghinka (Gayane)

    Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Loris Tjeknavorian.
    • RCA.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    'Raindrop' Prelude in D flat major (24 Preludes Op.28)

    Performer: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • Prelude Chopin: Alexandra Dariescu.
    • Champs Hill.
    • 15.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No 7 in F Minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.
    • Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7.
    • CPO.
    • 108.

  • Stewart Goodyear

    The Kapok

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Performer: Stewart Goodyear.
    • Inbal Segev: 20 for 2020 Volume IV.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Serenade in D major K.250 'Haffner' (4th mvt)

    Performer: Gordan Nikolitch. Orchestra: Nederlands Kamerorkest.
    • Mozart: Famous Pieces.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 1701.

  • Uuno Klami

    The Cobblers on the Heath (Overture)

    Orchestra: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • ONDINE.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in B flat Op 7 No 1 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Simon Preston. Orchestra: The English Concert. Conductor: Trevor Pinnock.
    • DG.

  • Henry Litolff

    Concerto Symphonique no.4 in D minor, Op.102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Peter Donohoe. Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Litton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Some other time (On the Town)

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Singer: Christine Brewer.
    • Echoes of Nightingales: Favourite Encores for Soprano & Piano.
    • Hyperion.
    • 20.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)

    Choir: Toronto Mendelssohn Choir. Orchestra: Toronto Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CBS.

  • Sally Whitwell

    Road Trip

    Performer: Sally Walker. Performer: Sally Whitwell.
    • Women of Note: A Century of Australian Composers.
    • Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC).
    • 18.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Symphony No 6 in D (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: JiΕ™Γ­ BΔ›lohlΓ‘vek.
    • DvoΕ™Γ‘k: Symphony No. 6 & The Wild Dove.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Henry Purcell

    Rejoice In The Lord Alway [Bell Anthem]

    Singer: Christopher Robson. Singer: William Kendall. Singer: Stephen Roberts. Choir: Winchester Cathedral Choir. Ensemble: The Brandenburg Consort. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Purcell: Funeral Sentences.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 8.

  • Malcolm Arnold

    Hobson's Choice (Overture; Shoe Ballet)

    Music Arranger: Christopher Palmer. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Chandos.

  • Richard Wagner

    Was duftet doch der Flieder (Die Meistersinger von NΓΌrnberg)

    Singer: RenΓ© Pape. Choir: German Opera Chorus. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Berlin. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Rene Pape: Wagner.
    • DG.
    • 4.

  • John Dowland

    The Shoemaker's Wife

    Performer: Paul O’Dette.
    • Dowland: Musicke for the Lute.
    • Astree.
    • 1.

  • Arthur Wood

    Barwick Green (My Native Heath)

    Orchestra: New London Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.
    • British Light Music Classics, Vol. 2.
    • Hyperion.
    • 4.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 3 in E flat "Eroica" (3rd mvt)

    Conductor: ÁdÑm Fischer. Orchestra: Danish National Chamber Orchestra.
    • Beethoven: Complete Symphonies.
    • Naxos.
    • 3.

  • Jean Sibelius

    2 Serenades Op.69 (no.1 in D major)

    Performer: Anne‐Sophie Mutter. Orchestra: Staatskapelle Dresden. Conductor: AndrΓ© Previn.
    • DEUTSCHE GRAMMOPHON.

  • Kalevi Aho

    Laulu maasta [Song of the Earth]

    Performer: Jan Lehtola. Performer: Kaija Saarikettu. Performer: Anna-Kaisa Pippuri.
    • Ludus Solemnis.
    • BIS.
    • 09.

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Africa Fantasy Op.89

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JΓ€rvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    Pineapple Poll Suite

    Music Arranger: Charles Mackerras. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Sullivan-Mackerras: Pineapple Poll . Verdi-Mackerras: The Lady and the Fool.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 8.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G minor Op.23 no. 5

    Performer: Yuja Wang.
    • Yuja Wang - The Berlin Recital.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • John Bull

    Bull's Goodnight

    Performer: Mishka Rushdie Momen.
    • Reformation: Keyboard works by William Byrd, Orlando Gibbons, John Bull & Jan Pi.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18.

  • Dani Howard

    Ellipsis

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Urbina.
    • Dani Howard: Orchestral Works.
    • Rubicon.
    • 5.

  • Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges

    L' Amant anonyme (Overture)

    Orchestra: Tafelmusik. Director: Jeanne Lamon.
    • TMK.

  • Ottorino Respighi

    Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances)

    Orchestra: Sinfonia 21. Conductor: Richard Hickox.
    • Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances.
    • Chandos.
    • 14.

Broadcast

  • Fri 6 Sep 2024 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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