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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 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

  • Michael Praetorius

    In dulci jubilo

    Choir: Staats‐ und Domchor Berlin. Ensemble: Lautten Compagney. Conductor: Kai-Uwe Jirka.
    • Weihnachten aus dem Berliner Dom.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 13.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Violin Concerto in D, Op.61 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Christian Tetzlaff. Orchestra: German Symphony Orchestra Berlin. Conductor: Robin Ticciati.
    • Beethoven & Sibelius: Violin Concertos.
    • Ondine.
    • 103.

  • Mariah Carey

    All I Want For Christmas Is You

    Composer: Walter Afanasieff. Performer: Chilly Gonzales.
    • A very chilly christmas.
    • Gentle Threat LTD.
    • 9.

  • Paul McCartney

    Wonderful Christmastime

    Ensemble: The King's Men, Cambridge.
    • Twelve Days of Christmas.
    • Kings College Cambridge.
    • 5.

  • James Oswald

    The Snow Drop (Airs for the Seasons - Winter)

    Performer: Janet See. Ensemble: The Broadside Band. Director: Jeremy Barlow.
    • Oswald: Airs for the Seasons.
    • Dorian.
    • 040.

  • Leonard Bernstein

    Times Square (On the Town)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Michael Tilson Thomas.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.

  • Morton Gould

    Windjammer

    Orchestra: West Australian Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: David Measham.
    • Sea Pictures.
    • ABC.
    • 5.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.22 in E flat major K.482 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Jonathan Bliss. Orchestra: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.
    • Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos 21 & 22.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 6.

  • Jester Hairston

    Mary's Boy Child

    Composer: Philip Sparke. Ensemble: Johan Willem Friso Military Band. Conductor: Tijmen Botma.
    • De Haske Winds.

  • AntonΓ­n DvoΕ™Γ‘k

    Symphony No 7 in D minor (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marin Alsop.
    • Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 7 and 8.
    • Naxos.
    • 4.

  • Trad.

    Innesheer; Ships in Full Sail; I Saw Three Ships; New Christmas Reel

    Music Arranger: Kathie Stewart. Ensemble: Apollo’s Fire. Director: Jeannette Sorrell.
    • AVIE.

  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Fantasia on Christmas Carols

    Singer: Sir Thomas Allen. Choir: Corydon Singers. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Matthew Best.
    • Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Flos Campi, 5 Mystical Songs, Fantasia on C.
    • Hyperion.
    • 7.

  • William Grant Still

    Mother and Child (Suite for violin and piano)

    Performer: Elena Urioste. Performer: Tom Poster.
    • Estrellita.
    • BIS.
    • 13.

  • Grace Williams

    Sailing Song (Sea Sketches)

    Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: David Atherton.
    • Grace Williams: Sea Sketches, Fantasia, Carillons: Camden/Snell/LSO/RPO/ECO.
    • Lyrita.
    • 14.

  • Catriona McKay

    Swan LK243

    Performer: Catriona McKay. Performer: Donald Grant. Ensemble: Red Skies string ensemble.
    • Glimster.

  • William Walton

    Portsmouth Point

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

  • John Rutter

    Star Carol

    Choir: The Cambridge Singers. Orchestra: City of London Sinfonia. Conductor: John Rutter.
    • collegium.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    La gazza ladra (Overture)

    Orchestra: Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna. Conductor: Michele Mariotti.
    • Rossini: Overtures.
    • PENTATONE.
    • 501.

  • Caroline Shaw

    The Mona Lisa

    Performer: John Patitucci. Performer: Sō Percussion. Choir: Roomful of Teeth. Ensemble: Attacca Quartet.
    • Leonardo da Vinci: A Film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, & David McMahon (Original S.
    • Nonesuch.
    • 28.

  • Amy Beach

    Piano Quintet in F sharp minor (2nd mvt)

    Ensemble: Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective.
    • American Quintets.
    • Chandos.
    • 2.

  • Johannes Brahms

    Variations on a theme by Haydn

    Orchestra: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Marek Janowski.
    • Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn & Symphony No. 1.
    • Pentatone.
    • 1.

  • Cecilia McDowall

    O Oriens

    Choir: The Choir Of Trinity College, Cambridge. Conductor: Stephen Layton.
    • Hyperion.

  • Camille Saint‐SaΓ«ns

    Wedding-Cake - Caprice-Waltz in A flat major Op.76

    Performer: Louis Lortie. Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JΓ€rvi.
    • CHANDOS : CHSA 5162.
    • CHANDOS.
    • 20.

  • Franz Xaver Gruber

    Silent Night

    Performer: Edeltraud Appl. Singer: Benjamin Appl. Choir: Regensburger Domspatzen. Orchestra: Munich Radio Orchestra. Conductor: Florian Helgath.
    • The Christmas Album.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 24.

  • George Frideric Handel

    Organ Concerto in F "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"

    Performer: Daniel Chorzempa. Orchestra: Concerto Amsterdam. Conductor: Jaap SchrΓΆder.
    • Handel: Organ Concertos Nos. 5, 6, 8, 11 & 13.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..

  • FrΓ©dΓ©ric Chopin

    Polonaise in A flat major Op.53 'Eroica'

    Performer: Nelson Freire.
    • Decca.

  • Henry Onorati

    Little Bolero Boy (A CLassical Christmas Suite)

    Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Christopher Bell. Conductor: Christopher Bell.
    • A Christmas Festival.
    • Linn Records.
    • 6.

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