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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

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Fri 18 Oct 2024 09:30
ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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Music Played

  • FranΓ§ois-Joseph Gossec

    Tambourin (Le Triomphe de la Republique)

    Music Arranger: Charles Gerhardt. Performer: James Galway. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Charles Gerhardt.
    • James Galway - Celebrating 70 - A collection of Personal Favourites.
    • RCA.
    • 3.

  • Franz von SuppΓ¨

    Light Cavalry (Overture)

    Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paul Paray.
    • Mercury.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Es ist vollbracht (Sehet, wir geh'n hinauf gen Jerusalem, BWV 159)

    Performer: VΓ­kingur Γ“lafsson. Music Arranger: VΓ­kingur Γ“lafsson.
    • J.S. Bach: Cantata, BWV 159: Es ist vollbracht (Arr. Γ“lafsson for Piano).
    • Deutsche Grammophon (DG).
    • 1.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Bella figlia dell'amore (Rigoletto)

    Singer: Luciano Pavarotti. Singer: Huguette Tourangeau. Singer: Joan Sutherland. Singer: Sherrill Milnes. Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Richard Bonynge.
    • Verdi: Rigoletto.
    • Decca.
    • 11.

  • Hans Rott

    Symphony no.1 in E major (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Paavo JΓ€rvi.
    • RCA.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    Church Bells Beyond the Stars

    Performer: John Kitchen.
    • DELPHIAN.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major Op.81 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Biss. Ensemble: Elias String Quartet.
    • ONYX.

  • Jan Dismas Zelenka

    Concerto a 8 in G major ZWV.186 (3rd mvt)

    Ensemble: Collegium 1704.
    • Zelenka: Komposizione per Orchestra.
    • Supraphon.
    • 10-12.

  • Pierre Villette

    Hymne à la Vièrge

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: James O’Donnell.
    • HYPERION.

  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony No 2 in B minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Warner Classics.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    'Es ist vollbracht' from Cantata BWV 159 (Sehet, wir gehn hinauf gen Jerusalem)

    Singer: Peter Kooij. Orchestra: Bach Collegium Japan. Conductor: Masaaki Suzuki.
    • BIS.

  • Franz Schubert

    Moment musicaux in F minor, D.780 no.3

    Performer: Maria JoΓ£o Pires.
    • DG.

  • John Adams

    Violin Concerto - 3rd mvt 'Toccare '

    Performer: ChloΓ« Hanslip. Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Leonard Slatkin.
    • NAXOS.

  • Florence Price

    Organ Suite No 1: IV Toccato

    Performer: Alexander Ffinch.
    • Parallels.
    • Divine Art.
    • 5.

  • Richard Wagner

    Parsifal (Act 1 Prelude)

    Orchestra: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Harding.
    • The Wagner Project.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 204.

  • George Gershwin

    3 Preludes

    Music Arranger: Yo‐Yo Ma. Music Arranger: Jascha Heifetz. Performer: Santiago CaΓ±Γ³n-Valencia. Performer: Naoko Sonoda.

  • Benjamin Britten

    Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes (Dawn)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Philharmonic. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

  • Arvo PΓ€rt

    Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten

    Orchestra: Staatsorchester Stuttgart. Conductor: Dennis Russell Davies.
    • Arvo Part: Tabula Rasa.
    • ECM.
    • 2.

  • Jonathan Dove

    Seek Him that maketh the Seven Stars

    Performer: Jeremy Filsell. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.

  • Clair Omar Musser

    Etudes Op.6 (no.10 in C major)

    Performer: Evelyn Glennie. Orchestra: National Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • RCA.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Piano Concerto no.2 in G major Op.44 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Xiayin Wang. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Peter Oundjian.
    • Tchaikovsky / Khachaturian: Piano Concertos.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Lezghinka (Gayane)

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus; Gayaneh.
    • Onyx.
    • 9.

  • Gabriel Jackson

    O sacrum convivium

    Choir: Royal Holloway Choir. Conductor: Rupert Gough.
    • Choral Music - Byrd / Victoria / Weelkes / Part / Holst / Jackson, G. / Bruckner.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 7.

  • Karl Davydov

    At the Fountain, Op.20 no.2

    Performer: Leonid Gorokhov. Performer: Colin Stone.
    • Olympia.

  • Leos JanÑček

    Sokol Fanfare (Sinfonietta)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Charles Mackerras.
    • Janacek: Sinfonietta/Taras Bulba: Wiener Philharmoniker/Mackerras.
    • Decca.
    • 1.

  • Igor Stravinsky

    Violin Concerto in D Major

    Performer: Hilary Hahn. Orchestra: Academy of St Martin in the Fields. Conductor: Neville Marriner.
    • Brahms & Stravinsky: Violin Concertos.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 4.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Polonaise in A major 'Military' (2 Polonaises Op.40)

    Performer: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Chopin: Polonaises: Maurizio Pollini.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 3.

  • Max Richter

    A Time Mirror (Biophony)

    Performer: Max Richter. Performer: Martin Robertson. Performer: Paul Richards. Performer: David Fuest. Performer: Gemma Moore.
    • In A Landscape.
    • DECCA.
    • 15.

  • Francisco Correa de Arauxo

    Batalla de Morales

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

  • George Frideric Handel

    Un pensiero nemico pace (Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno)

    Conductor: Bridget Cunningham. Singer: Mary Bevan. Orchestra: London Early Opera.
    • SIGNUM CLASSICS.

  • William Walton

    Symphony no.1 in B flat minor (1st mvt)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Edward Gardner.
    • Chandos.

Broadcast

  • Fri 18 Oct 2024 09:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 3

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