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Relax into the day with classical

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

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 23 Jul 2024 09:30

Music Played

  • Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

    Dance of the Tumblers (Snow Maiden)

    Orchestra: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.
    • Bernstein Conducts Dances from Operas.
    • Sony Classical.
    • 17.
  • Domenico Zipoli

    Elevazione

    Performer: Caroline Dale. Performer: John Anderson. Orchestra: London Metropolitan Orchestra.
    • Such Sweet Thunder.
    • Dharma Records.
    • 11.
  • Ferde GrofĂ©

    Mississippi (A tone-journey); Mardi gras [Allegro]

    Ensemble: Harmonie Ensemble New York. Conductor: Steven Richman.
    • Symphonic Jazz: Grofe & Gershwin.
    • BRIDGE.
  • Rachel Portman

    Apple Tree

    Performer: Rachel Portman.
    • Ask the River.
    • Node Records.
    • 7.
  • Hector Berlioz

    Overture 'Le corsaire', Op 21

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Colin Davis.
    • Berlioz: Overtures: London Symphony Orchestra/Davis.
    • Philips.
    • 5.
  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise - Suite for Orchestra (4th mvmt, Stillness)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Aulin, Moberg, AndrĂ©e: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
    • 8.
  • Joseph Haydn

    Notturno No 6 in G major

    Ensemble: Mozzafiato. Ensemble: L’Archibudelli.
    • Haydn: 8 Notturni for the King of Naples: Mozzafiato, L'Archibudelli.
    • Sony Classical.
  • Bedrich Smetana

    March of the Prague Student Legion

    Orchestra: Czech Philharmonic. Conductor: Václav Neumann.
    • SUPRAPHON.
  • Andrea Falconieri

    Folias

    Ensemble: L’Arpeggiata. Director: Christina Pluhar.
    • Alpha.
  • Helena Lopuska

    Song without Words, Op 2

    Performer: Magdalena Lisak.
    • CD ACCORD.
  • Felix Mendelssohn

    Symphony no.3 in A minor 'Scottish' (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Irish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jörg Widmann.
    • Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 3 in A Minor "Scottish" & The Hebrides - Jörg Widmann:.
    • Orfeo.
    • 5.
  • Tellu Turkka

    Tuulet

    Ensemble: Lauluyhtye Fiori Vocal Ensemble.
    • Marjankukka.
    • Lauluyhtye Fiori.
    • 03.
  • William Grant Still

    Summerland (3 Visions)

    Performer: Zina Schiff. Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Conductor: Avlana Eisenberg.
    • Still: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise - Suite for Orchestra (4th mvmt, Stillness)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Aulin, Moberg, AndrĂ©e: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
    • 8.
  • Alexander Borodin

    Symphony no.1 in E flat major (2nd mvt)

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Naxos.
  • Francisco Tárrega

    Lagrima (Preludes)

    Performer: Miloš Karadaglić.
    • Milos - The Guitar.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 004.
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto No 27 in B flat major, K 595 (3rd mvt, Allegro)

    Performer: Daniel Barenboim. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Director: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Mozart The Collectors Edition 50 CDs The Masterpieces The Greatest Artists.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 6.
  • Isabella Leonarda

    Sonata in D minor Op.16`12

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Marcin ĹšwiÄ…tkiewicz.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • Percy Grainger

    The Brisk Young Sailor (A Lincolnshire Posy)

    Orchestra: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Simon Rattle.
    • EMI.
  • Ida Moberg

    Sunrise - Suite for Orchestra (4th mvmt, Stillness)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Johannes Gustavsson.
    • Aulin, Moberg, AndrĂ©e: Orchestral Works.
    • Naxos Sweden - Nilento.
    • 8.
  • Matthew Locke

    Curtain Tune (The Tempest)

    Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments. Director: Peter Holman.
    • Hyperion.
  • John Cage

    Prelude for Meditation

    Performer: Alexei Lubimov.
    • John Cage: As It Is.
    • ECM New Series.
    • 18.
  • Johann Strauss II

    Perpetuum mobile Op.257

    Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Herbert von Karajan.
    • DG.
  • Trad.

    All things are quite silent

    Music Arranger: Kerry Andrew. Choir: The Chapel Choir of Pembroke College, Cambridge. Choir: Pembroke College Girls' Choir. Conductor: Anna Lapwood.
    • All Things Are Quite Silent.
    • Signum Records.
    • 1.
  • Moondog

    Chaconne in G major

    Ensemble: Moondog.
    • Moondog (The Viking of Sixth Avenue).
    • Honest Jon's.
  • Georges Bizet

    Jeux d'enfants: Le Bal (Galop)

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Bernard Haitink.
    • Bizet: Symphony in C etc.: Concertgebouw Orchestra/Haitink.
    • Philips.
    • 9.
  • Princess of Prussia Anna Amalia

    Flute Sonata in F major (1st mvmt, Adagio)

    Performer: Jean Bregnac. Performer: Jennifer Hardy. Performer: Yoann Moulin.
    • Liebe Amalia….
    • harmonia mundi.
    • 108.
  • Jean Sibelius

    Valse lyrique

    Orchestra: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis.
    • Sibelius: Violin Concerto.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • Carl Maria von Weber

    Piano Concerto No 2 in E flat major, Op 15 (2nd mvmt, Adagio)

    Performer: Benjamin Frith. Orchestra: RTÉ Sinfonietta. Conductor: Proinnsías Ó Duinn.
    • Weber: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 / Polacca Brillante.
    • Naxos.
    • 2.
  • Errollyn Wallen

    Brukdown

    Ensemble: Bone-afide.
    • DOYEN.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Chorale-Prelude 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme', BWV 645

    Performer: Simon Preston.
    • J.S.Bach: Schubler-Chorale, Passacaglia: Simon Preston.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 6.
  • Ralph Vaughan Williams

    Romanza: Jane Scroop (Her Lament for Philip Sparrow), from 5 Tudor Portraits

    Singer: Elizabeth Bainbridge. Choir: Bach Choir. Orchestra: New Philharmonia Orchestra. Conductor: Sir David Willcocks.
    • EMI CLASSICS.
  • Louise Farrenc

    Clarinet Trio in E flat major, Op 44 (3rd mvmt, Minuetto)

    Performer: Daniel Ottensamer. Performer: Stephan Koncz. Performer: Christoph Traxler.
    • A Trip To France.
    • UME - Global Clearing House.
    • 3.
  • Leos Janáček

    Idyll for string orchestra: 5th movement; Adagio - presto - adagio

    Director: Iona Brown. Orchestra: Norwegian Chamber Orchestra.
    • BartĂłk & Janáček: Works for String Orchestra.
    • Chandos.
    • 8.
  • William Bolcom

    The Garden of Eden (No 3, The Serpent's Kiss)

    Performer: Marc-André Hamelin.
    • Bolcom: The Complete Rags.
    • Hyperion.
    • 8.
  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Violin Sonata in E major, Op 5 No 11 (Preludio)

    Performer: Elizabeth Wallfisch. Performer: Richard Tunnicliffe. Performer: Paul Nicholson. Ensemble: Locatelli Trio.
    • Corelli: Violin Sonatas: The Locatelli Trio.
    • Hyperion.
    • 18.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (4th mvmt, Allegro con brio)

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Carlos Kleiber.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies no.5 & 7: Wiener Philharmoniker/Kleiber.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 8.
  • Edvard Grieg

    Ave Maris Stella

    Choir: Norwegian Soloists' Choir. Conductor: Grete Pedersen.
  • Fela Sowande

    Akinla (African Suite)

    Orchestra: Chicago Sinfonietta. Conductor: Paul Freeman.
    • African Heritage Symphonic Series, Volume 1.
    • CEDILLE.
    • 8.

Broadcast

  • Tue 23 Jul 2024 09:30

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