Refresh your morning with classical music
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
Last on
More episodes
Music Played
-
Ottorino Respighi
Bergamasca (Ancient Airs and Dances)
Orchestra: Sinfonia 21. Conductor: Richard Hickox.- Respighi: Ancient Airs & Dances.
- Chandos.
- 14.
-
Franz Schubert
Ständchen (Schwanengesang)
Music Arranger: Franz Liszt. Performer: Murray Perahia.- Sony.
-
Josef Suk
Serenade for Strings in E flat major, Op 6 (1st mvmt, Andante con moto)
Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.- Kodály: Hungarian Rondo, Summer Evening; Suk: Serenade for Strings in E-Flat Maj.
- Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
- 8.
-
Antonio Vivaldi
Concerto in B flat major for oboe and violin, RV. 548
Performer: Nigel Kennedy. Performer: Albrecht Mayer. Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Vivaldi II: Nigel Kennedy, Berliner Philharmoniker.
- EMI Classics.
-
Felix Mendelssohn
Four Pieces Op. 81 - II: Scherzo in A minor
Ensemble: Quatuor Arod.- ERATO.
-
Gabriel Yared
The Cave Of Swimmers (The English Patient)
Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Harry Rabinowitz.- The English Patient (Original Soundtrack Recording).
- Fantasy.
- 23.
-
Trad.
College Hornpipe
Music Arranger: Mark O’Connor. Music Arranger: Edgar Meyer. Performer: Yoâ€Yo Ma. Performer: Mark O’Connor. Performer: Edgar Meyer.- Heartland: An Appalachian Anthology: Ma/Meyer/O'Connor/Bell.
- Sony Classical.
- 9.
-
Joseph Haydn
Symphony no.45 in F sharp minor 'Farewell' (4th mvt)
Orchestra: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.- ALPHA.
-
Enrique Granados
7 Valses Poéticos
Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.- DECCA.
-
King Henry VIII of England
Pastime with good company / Hélas madame
Music Arranger: Elgar Howarth. Ensemble: Philip Jones Brass Ensemble.- DECCA.
-
Trad. Welsh
Hiraeth (Yearning)
Singer: Huw Rhys-Evans.- All Through the Night.
- Claudio Records.
- 6.
-
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The Nutcracker (Dance of the Mirlitons)
Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker.- Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker: Berliner Philharmoniker/Rattle.
- EMI Classics.
- 7.
-
Michael Torke
Javelin
Orchestra: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Yoel Levi.- Michael Torke: Three: Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
- Ecstatic Records.
- 1.
-
Alessandro Striggio
Ecce beatam lucem
Choir: Huelgas Ensemble. Conductor: Paul Van Nevel.- 40 Voices.
- Harmonia Mundi.
- 5.
-
Johannes Brahms
Intermezzo in E major (7 Fantasies, Op.116)
Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.- The Final Piano Pieces.
- Hyperion.
- 04.
-
Béla Bartók
Romanian Folk Dances (Nos 2-6)
Music Arranger: Jonas Dominique. Performer: Martin Frost. Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra.- Martin Frost: Roots.
- Sony.
- 10-14.
-
Xavier Dubois Foley
Shelter Island
Performer: Randall Goosby. Performer: Xavier Dubois Foley.- DECCA.
-
Alan Bush
Lascaux Symphony, Op. 98 (Symphony No.4): II. The Children (Allegro vivace)
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Alan Bush.- A. Bush: Lascaux Symphony & Dorian Passacaglia.
- Dutton Epoch.
- 3.
-
Dobrinka Tabakova
Desert Swimmers
Performer: Joby Burgess.- A Percussionist's Songbook.
- Signum Records.
- 7.
-
Marvin Hamlisch
Theme from "The Swimmer"
- The Swimmer.
- Columbia/Legacy.
- 1.
-
Camille Saintâ€Saëns
The Carnival of the Animals: Pianists; Fossils
Performer: Martha Argerich. Performer: Sir Antonio Pappano. Orchestra: Orchestra of the Academy of Santa Cecilia.- Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony / Carnival of the Animals.
- Warner Classics.
- 15-16.
-
Johann Sebastian Bach
Orchestral Suite No 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (Gavotte 1 and 2)
Ensemble: La Petite Bande. Director: Sigiswald Kuijken.- Bach - The Orchestral Suites.
- ACCENT.
- 10.
-
Emilie Mayer
Symphony no.1 in C minor (3rd mvt)
Orchestra: NDR Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leo McFall.- Mayer: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 2.
- CPO.
- 103.
-
Caleb Burhans
Magnificat
Conductor: Caleb Burhans. Choir: Choir of Trinity Wall Street.- Caleb Burhans: Evensong.
- Cantaloupe Music.
- 1.
-
Ludwig van Beethoven
Egmont, Op 84 (Overture)
Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.- Beethoven: Overturen - Weiner Philharmoniker/Claudio Abbado.
- Deutsche Grammaphon.
- 7.
-
AgustÃn Barrios Mangoré
Mazurka appassionata
Performer: Thibaut Garcia.- El Bohemio.
- Warner Music Group.
- 3.
-
Aaron Copland
The Cat and the Mouse
- Summertime.
- Decca Music Group Ltd..
- 13.
-
Ina Boyle
Symphony no.1 'Glencree' [In the Wicklow Hills]
Orchestra: Â鶹ԼÅÄ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Ronald Corp.- DUTTON.
-
Arthur Bliss
Kenilworth Suite (March: Kenilworth)
Ensemble: Black Dyke Band. Conductor: John Wilson.- Bliss: Works for Brass Band.
- Chandos Records.
- 104.
-
Fritz Kreisler
Schön Rosmarin (Old Viennese Dances)
Performer: Maxim Vengerov. Performer: Itamar Golan.- Virtuoso Vengerov.
- Teldec.
- 4.
-
Trad.
Polska from Dorotea
Music Arranger: Duo Aliada. Ensemble: Duo Aliada.- East West.
- haenssler CLASSIC.
- 6.
-
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No 18 in B flat major, K 456 (1st mvt)
Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Director: Daniel Barenboim.- Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
- EMI Classics.
- 1.
Broadcast
- Thu 10 Oct 2024 09:30Â鶹ԼÅÄ Radio 3