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Relax into the day with classical

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

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 9 Jul 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Maurice Ravel

    Le Tombeau de Couperin (Prélude)

    Orchestra: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sakari Oramo.
    • Ravel: La valse, M. 72 & Other Works.
    • BIS.
    • 101.
  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in D major, Op.64`5 'The Lark' (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Danish String Quartet.
    • AVI MUSIC.
  • Robert Schumann

    Toccata in C major Op.7

    Performer: Nikolai Lugansky.
    • PIANO CLASSICS.
  • William Henry Harris

    Faire is the heaven

    Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • SIGNUM.
  • Camille Saint‐SaĂ«ns

    Tarantelle in A minor, Op 6

    Performer: Anthony McGill. Performer: Demarre McGill. Orchestra: Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Allen Tinkham.
    • Winged Creatures.
    • Cedille.
    • 301.
  • Jean‐FĂ©ry Rebel

    Les ÉlĂ©mens (Le Chaos)

    Orchestra: Pygmalion. Conductor: Raphaël Pichon.
    • Enfers.
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 102.
  • Fritz Kreisler

    Liebesleid - Old Viennese Dance No. 2

    Performer: Geneva Lewis. Performer: Sam Armstrong.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052 arr Avital (1st mvt)

    Performer: Avi Avital. Performer: Shalev Ad-El. Performer: Ophira Zakai. Performer: Ira Givol. Orchestra: Potsdam Chamber Academy.
    • Avi Avital Bach.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
  • Alexander Glazunov

    Concert waltz no.2 in F major Op.51

    Orchestra: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme JĂ€rvi.
    • Orfeo.
  • Gerald Finzi

    Earth and Air and Rain Op. 15: 6. Rollicum-Rorum

    Performer: Roger Vignoles. Lyricist: Thomas Hardy. Singer: Jonathan Lemalu.
    • Jonathan Lemalu: Song recital.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 113.
  • Fanny Mendelssohn

    String Quartet in E-Flat Major III. Romanze

    Ensemble: Chaos String Quartet.
    • Haydn, Ligeti & Mendelssohn: String Quartets.
    • Solo Musica.
    • 8.
  • Gustav Holst

    Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity (The Planets)

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • Rhythm and Colours.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 4.
  • FrĂ©dĂ©ric Chopin

    Barcarolle in F sharp major Op.60

    Performer: Krystian Zimerman.
    • DG.
  • Ruth Gipps

    Concerto for horn and orchestra, Op.58: Finale. Allegro ritmico

    Performer: David Pyatt. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite.
    • British Horn Concertos.
    • LYRITA.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Lieder ohne Worte - book 2 Op.30: no.6; Venetianisches Gondellied in F sharp min

    Performer: Andreas Ottensamer. Performer: Yuja Wang. Music Arranger: Andreas Ottensamer.
    • DG.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Representation of Chaos (The Creation)

    Orchestra: English Baroque Soloists. Conductor: Sir John Eliot Gardiner.
    • Haydn, J:: The Creation.
    • Archiv Produktion.
    • 1.
  • Harold Arlen

    Stormy Weather

    Singer: Sylvia McNair. Performer: André Previn. Performer: David Finck.
    • PHILIPS.
  • Manuel de Falla

    Ritual Fire Dance (El Amor Brujo)

    Orchestra: Mahler Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Pablo Heras‐Casado.
    • Harmonia mundi.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Dixit Dominus (1st mvt)

    Conductor: Justin Doyle. Orchestra: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin. Choir: RIAS Chamber Choir.
    • Handel: Dixit Dominus, Laudate pueri, Nisi Dominus.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.
  • Franz Schubert

    Symphony No 1 in D major, D 82 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Claudio Abbado.
    • Schubert: 8 Symphonies: Chamber Orchestra of Europe/Abbado.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 4.
  • Morten Lauridsen

    O Magnum Mysterium

    Ensemble: ORA. Conductor: Suzi Digby.
    • Advent Calendar.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 9.
  • Erich Wolfgang Korngold

    Much Ado About Nothing (Garden scene)

    Performer: Renaud Capuçon. Performer: JérÎme Ducros.
    • Capriccio - Violin Pieces.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 15.
  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Sinfonietta (Op.48) in A major

    Orchestra: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Kirill Karabits.
    • Onyx.
  • Amy Beach

    Pastorale Op.151

    Ensemble: BlĂĄsarakvintett ReykjavĂ­kur.
    • Barber: Summer Music - Beach: Pastorale and Other American Works.
    • Chandos.
    • 15.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Lyric Pieces Op.65 Bk 8)

    Performer: Leif Ove Andsnes.
    • Grieg: Lyric Pieces.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 19.
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

    Sweet Dreams

    Performer: Ryan Corbett.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in D major Op.6`4

    Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra. Conductor: Gottfried von der Goltz.
    • ŽĄ±ÊŽĄžé°ŐÉ.
  • Samuel Scheidt

    Galliarda Battaglia (Galliard)

    Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico. Conductor: Giovanni Antonini.
    • La Morte della Ragione.
    • Alpha.
    • 27.
  • Richard Rodgers

    South Pacific Overture

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Jonathan Tunick.
    • South Pacific.
    • CBS.
    • 1.

Broadcast

  • Tue 9 Jul 2024 09:30

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