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A feast of great music

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

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Thu 19 Sep 2024 09:30
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Music Played

  • ZoltΓ‘n KodΓ‘ly

    Viennese Musical Clock (Hary Janos Suite)

    Orchestra: Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JoAnn Falletta.
    • KodΓ‘ly: HΓ‘ry JΓ‘nos Suite, Summer Evening & Symphony in C Major.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor, Op.66

    Performer: Murray Perahia.
    • Perahia Plays Chopin.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • Henry Purcell

    The Indian Queen (Trumpet Overture)

    Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Conductor: Christopher Hogwood.
    • L’OISEAU LYRE.

  • Emilie Mayer

    Symphony No 3 in C Major, 'Military' (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Jan Willem de Vriend.
    • Emilie Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 7.
    • CPO.
    • 104.

  • Philip Glass

    Ήσ²ΉΓ§²Ή»ε±π²υ

    Performer: John Harle. Performer: Simon Haram. Orchestra: London Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Warren‐Green.
    • Minimalists.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 105.

  • Tan Dun

    Symphony 1997 - Song of Peace

    Performer: Yo‐Yo Ma. Choir: Yip’s Children’s Choir. Ensemble: Imperial Bells Ensemble of China. Performer: Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Tan Dun.
    • Sony.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Piano Concerto No 2 in B flat major (1st mvt)

    Performer: Lars Vogt. Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Beethoven: Piano Concertos 1 & 2: Vogt, Rattle.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 4.

  • Edward Elgar

    Salut d'amour

    Performer: Nicola Benedetti. Performer: Peter Limonov.
    • Decca.

  • Arthur Sullivan

    When a Merry Maiden Marries (The Gondoliers)

    Librettist: W. S. Gilbert. Singer: Regina Hanley. Ensemble: New D'Oyly Carte Opera. Conductor: John Pryce-Jones.
    • TER Classics.

  • Bedrich Smetana

    From Bohemia's Woods and Fields (MΓ‘ vlast)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Libor PeΕ‘ek.
    • Smetana - Ma Vlast.
    • VIRGIN CLASSICS.
    • 4.

  • Claude Debussy

    La cathΓ©drale engloutie (Preludes, Book 1)

    Performer: Pierre‐Laurent Aimard.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Sinfonia Concertante in E flat, K 364 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Noah Bendix-Balgley. Performer: Diyang Mei. Orchestra: Berlin Baroque Soloists.
    • Sony.

  • Trad.

    Old Reinlender (Sonndala)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • dacapo.

  • Pietro Mascagni

    Hymn to the Sun (Iris)

    Librettist: Luigi Illica. Orchestra: The Rome Opera Orchestra. Conductor: Gabriele Santini.
    • 100 Best Choruses.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 603.

  • Anna Clyne

    Cello Concerto, 'Dance' (3rd mvt, 'in the middle of the fighting')

    Performer: Inbal Segev. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Anna Clyne: DANCE - Edward Elgar: Cello Concerto.
    • AVIE Records.
    • 3.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Symphony no.8 in D minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Andrew Manze.
    • Vaughan Williams: Symphonies, vol.I.
    • ONYX.
    • 8.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Sunday Morning (Peter Grimes)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Eduard van Beinum.
    • Britten: Spring Symphony, Four Sea Interludes - The Young Persons Guide to....
    • Decca.
    • 14.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Semiramide (Overture)

    Orchestra: La Scala Philharmonic. Conductor: Riccardo Chailly.
    • Rossini: 10 Overtures - Chailly.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Pavane

    Conductor: George Vass.
    • McDowall: Shipping Forecast.
    • Dutton Epoch.
    • 4.

  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E flat (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: TakΓ‘cs Quartet.
    • Hyperion.

  • James P. Johnson

    Yamekraw

    Performer: Marcus Roberts. Music Arranger: Robert Sadin. Orchestra: Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. Orchestra: Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Conductor: Robert Sadin.
    • Portraits in Blue.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Edvard Grieg

    Gavotte (Holberg Suite)

    Orchestra: TrondheimSolistene. Conductor: Øyvind Gimse.
    • Trondheimsolistene - In Folk Style.
    • 2L.
    • 3.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, BWV 225 (3rd mvt)

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists Choir. Conductor: Grete Pedersen. Ensemble: Ensemble Allegria.
    • Bach: The Motets.
    • BIS.
    • 703.

  • Toru Takemitsu

    Will Tomorrow, I Wonder, Be Cloudy or Clear?

    • Path to the Moon.
    • Chandos.
    • 18.

  • Paul Dukas

    The Sorcerer's Apprentice

    Orchestra: Orchestre national de France. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Offenbach/Saint-Saens/Dukas: Gaite Parisienne etc: Maazel.
    • CBS.
    • 3.

  • Georg Philipp Telemann

    Concerto Γ  5 in D Major, TWV 44:2

    Ensemble: L’Orfeo Wind Ensemble. Conductor: Carin van Heerden.
    • Telemann: Wind Overtures, Vol. 1.
    • CPO.
    • 204.

  • John Rutter

    Mass of the Children (Sanctus and Benedictus)

    Choir: Cantate Youth Choir. Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • Collegium.

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