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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 Essential Carol - introduced by a special guest

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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Music Played

  • Jeremiah Clarke

    Trumpet Voluntary 'The Prince of Denmark's March'

    Performer: Wynton Marsalis. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra.
    • Sony.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Dopo notte (Ariodante)

    Singer: Magdalena KoΕΎenΓ‘. Orchestra: Venice Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Andrea Marcon.
    • ARCHIV.

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Piano Concerto no.2 in F minor (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Elim Chan.
    • DECCA.

  • Wilhelm Stenhammar

    SΓ₯nger och visor: I skogen

    Performer: Paul Rivinius. Singer: Camilla Tilling.
    • BIS.

  • Domenico Scarlatti

    Sonata in G major Kk.455

    Performer: Yevgeny Sudbin.
    • BIS.

  • Richard Rodney Bennett

    Waltz Theme (Murder on the Orient Express)

    Orchestra: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. Conductor: John Mauceri.
    • PHILIPS.

  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Symphony No 5 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andris Nelsons.
    • ORFEO.

  • Claude Debussy

    Piano Trio in G major - III. Andante espressivo

    Ensemble: Trio Atanassov.
    • Chic Γ  la franΓ§aise.
    • Paraty.
    • 103.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Tragic Overture

    Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt. Conductor: Herbert Blomstedt.
    • Brahms: Symphony No. 1 & Tragic Overture.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 201.

  • Guillaume Connesson

    Divertimento (Dynamique)

    Music Arranger: Vlatko Nushev. Performer: Simon Trpceski. Performer: Gjorgi Dimchevski. Performer: Sorin Spacinovici. Performer: Alexander Somov. Performer: Hidan Mamudov. Performer: Vlatko Nushev.
    • LINN.

  • Julius Fucik

    Entry of the Gladiators

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JΓ€rvi.
    • Chandos.

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Piano Concerto No 5 'Egyptian' (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Tapiola Sinfonietta. Conductor: Jean‐Jacques Kantorow.
    • Saint-SaΓ«ns: Piano Concertos Nos. 3-5.
    • BIS.
    • 303.

  • Jean Sibelius

    Symphony no.1 in E minor Op.39 (3rd mvt)

    Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Klaus MΓ€kelΓ€.
    • DECCA.

  • John Rutter

    Hymn to the Creator of Light

    Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Choir: Choir of The Queen's College, Oxford. Conductor: Owen Rees. Conductor: Owen Rees.
    • A New Heaven.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 12.

  • Mons Leidvin Takle

    Yes!

    Performer: Christopher Herrick.
    • Northern Lights.
    • Hyperion.
    • 01.

  • Franz von SuppΓ¨

    Light Cavalry (Overture)

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

  • Maurice Ravel

    La Valse - opening

    Orchestra: Sinfonia of London. Conductor: John Wilson.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Nino Rota

    Death on the Nile (Main Titles)

    Orchestra: Unnamed orchestra. Conductor: Marcus Dods.
    • CNR.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Giunse alfin il momento (The Marriage of Figaro)

    Singer: Sandrine Piau. Orchestra: Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg. Conductor: Ivor Bolton.
    • NAIVE.

  • Christopher Gunning

    Agatha Christie's Poirot - Theme

    Ensemble: London Music Works.
    • DECCA.

  • Vivian Ellis

    Coronation Scot

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Vernon Handley.
    • The Best Of British Light Music.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 2.

  • Walter Donaldson

    Yes Sir, That's My Baby

    Performer: Alexandre Tharaud.
    • Le Boeuf sur le toit.
    • ERATO.
    • 3.

  • Edward Elgar

    The Dream of Gerontius (Prelude)

    Orchestra: ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Claudio Monteverdi

    L'Orfeo (Toccata)

    Ensemble: His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts. Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • ARCHIV.

  • John Sheppard

    Audivi vocem de caelo

    Choir: Choir of Clare College, Cambridge. Conductor: Timothy Brown.
    • Light of the Spirit.
    • Collegium.
    • 17.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Concerto Grosso for violin, double bass, piano, strings: 3rd movement

    Performer: Tai Murray. Performer: Isata Kanneh‐Mason. Performer: Chi-Chi Nwanoku. Orchestra: Chineke! Orchestra. Conductor: Anthony Parnther.
    • Spark Catchers.
    • NMC Recordings.
    • 103.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Adagio (after the 2nd mvt of Bach's Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974)

    Performer: Gabriela Montero. Music Arranger: Gabriela Montero.
    • Bach and Beyond.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 11.

  • Richard Strauss

    Four Last Songs

    Singer: Gundula Janowitz. Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.

  • Benjamin Britten

    A Hymn to the Virgin

    Choir: Westminster Cathedral Choir. Conductor: David Hill.
    • Britten: A Ceremony of Carols, Missa brevis & Other Choral Works.
    • Hyperion.
    • 17.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Thunder and Lightning Polka, Op.324

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • TELDEC.

  • Francis Poulenc

    Les chemins de l'amour

    Music Arranger: Jean-Christophe Masson.
    • Impressions parisiennes.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 4.

  • Baldassare Galuppi

    Piano Sonata No 9 in F Minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: VΓ­kingur Γ“lafsson.
    • Mozart & Contemporaries.
    • DG.
    • 1.

  • William Walton

    Portsmouth Point

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: AndrΓ© Previn.
    • William Walton Symphonies & Concertos.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Cello Concerto in B minor Op.104 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Alisa Weilerstein. Performer: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: JiΕ™Γ­ BΔ›lohlΓ‘vek.
    • Alisa Weilerstein Dvorak.
    • DECCA.
    • 3.

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