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A classical soundtrack for your morning

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 鈥� listen and send us your ideas for the next step in our musical journey today.

1030 Song of the Day 鈥� harnessing the magic of words, music and the human voice.

1115 Playlist reveal 鈥� a sequence of music suggested by you in response to our starter today.

1145 Slow Moment 鈥� time to take a break for a moment's musical reflection.

1230 Album of the Week

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Tue 8 Apr 2025 09:30
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Music Played

  • Karl Jenkins

    Adiemus

    Singer: Miriam Stockley. Singer: Mary Carewe. Performer: Pamela Thorby. Performer: Mike Ratledge. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Karl Jenkins.
    • Songs Of Sanctuary.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 101.

  • Henry Wood

    Jack's the lad [Sailors' hornpipe] (Fantasia on British Sea Songs)

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • Philips.

  • Ruth Gipps

    Symphony no. 5 Op.64; Mvt 4 conclusion

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Chandos.

  • Scott Joplin

    Solace [A Mexican Serenade]

    Performer: William Bolcom.
    • Euphonic Sounds - The Scott Joplin Album.
    • OMEGA.
    • 12.

  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Prelude (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Philips.

  • William Byrd

    Browning, 'The leaves be green'

    Ensemble: Fretwork.
    • Virgin Classics.

  • Aram Khachaturian

    Dance of the Gaditanae (Spartacus Suite No 1)

    Performer: Sergei Girshenko. Performer: Vladimir Ferapontov. Performer: Boris Shlepakov. Orchestra: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra. Conductor: Alexander Lazarev.
    • Khachaturian: Spartacus/Gayaneh/Masquerade: Bolshoi Symphony Orch/Lazarev.
    • Apex.

  • Fr茅d茅ric Chopin

    Grande Polonaise in E flat, Op 22

    Performer: Benjamin Grosvenor.
    • DECCA.

  • John Barry

    Dances With Wolves (The John Dunbar Theme (film version))

    Orchestra: Studio Orchestra. Conductor: John Barry.
    • Dances With Wolves - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack.
    • Epic/Legacy.
    • 24.

  • William Grant Still

    Grief

    Singer: Lucas Meachem. Performer: Irina Meachem.
    • Rubicon.

  • Arcangelo Corelli

    Concerto Grosso in C major, Op 6 No 10

    Ensemble: The Brandenburg Consort. Director: Roy Goodman.
    • HYPERION.

  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Prelude (Hary Janos Suite Op.35a)

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra. Conductor: Iv谩n Fischer.
    • Philips.

  • Joseph Haydn

    String Quartet in G minor Op.74 no.3 'Rider' (4th mvt)

    Ensemble: Endellion Quartet.
    • Haydn: String Quartets Op.74.
    • Virgin Classics.
    • 12.

  • Johann Strauss II

    Thunder and Lightning Polka

    Orchestra: Vienna Philharmonic. Conductor: Lorin Maazel.
    • Orchestra Fireworks.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 2.

  • Claude Debussy

    Iberia (Images)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Pierre Monteux.
    • Debussy: Images/Le Martyre de Saint S茅bastien: LSO/Pierre Monteux.
    • Philips.

  • John Tavener

    Song for Athene

    Choir: Choir of Westminster Abbey. Conductor: James O鈥橠onnell.
    • Hyperion.

  • Zolt谩n Kod谩ly

    Hary Janos - suite (Op.35a) [1927], Viennese musical clock

    Orchestra: Budapest Festival Orchestra.

  • Anton Karas

    Harry Lime Theme (The Third Man)

    Performer: Anton Karas.
    • Orson Welles and the Music.
    • EDITIONS MILAN MUSIC.
    • 1.

  • Franz Schubert

    Der Leiermann (Winterreise)

    Performer: Paul Lewis. Singer: Mark Padmore.
    • Schubert Winterreise: Mark Padmore - Paul Lewis.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 24.

  • Robert Farnon

    The Westminster Waltz

    Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Barry Wordsworth.
    • British Light Classics: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra/Barry Wandsworth.
    • Warner Classics.
    • 16.

  • Sergey Prokofiev

    Midnight (Cinderella Op.87)

    Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Andr茅 Previn.
    • EMI.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Concerto in D minor for two violins, BWV 1043 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Andrew Manze. Performer: Rachel Podger. Orchestra: Academy of Ancient Music. Director: Andrew Manze.
    • J.S.Bach, Solo & Double Violin Concertos.
    • Harmonia Mundi.
    • 1.

  • Frederic Long脿s i Torres

    础谤补驳贸苍

    Performer: Sir Stephen Hough.
    • Hyperion.

  • Nainita Desai

    My Mind is Still

    Performer: Thomas Gould. Performer: Leif Kaner鈥怢idstr枚m. Performer: Elsa Bradley. Music Arranger: Geoff Lawson. Choir: VOCES8.
    • Infinity.
    • Decca Music Group Ltd..
    • 12.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Concerto in E flat major K.365 for 2 pianos (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que. Orchestra: Berlin Philharmonic. Conductor: Semyon Bychkov.
    • Philips.

  • Franz Liszt

    Liszt: Symphonic Poem No. 3, "Les Preludes", S97

    Orchestra: West鈥揈astern Divan Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Barenboim.
    • Daniel Barenboim conducts Berlioz & Liszt.
    • Decca.
    • 6.

  • Gabriel Faur茅

    Agnus Dei (Requiem, Op 48)

    Ensemble: La Chapelle Royale. Ensemble: Les Petits Chanteurs de Saint-Louis. Ensemble: Ensemble Musique Oblique. Director: Philippe Herreweghe.
    • Harmonia Mundi.

  • Errollyn Wallen

    Photography (Vivace)

    Orchestra: Orchestra X. Conductor: Nicholas Kok.
    • NMC.

  • Clara Schumann

    Romance No 3 Op.22'3 Leidenschaftlich schnell, arranged for clarinet and piano (originally for violin and piano)

    Music Arranger: Julian Bliss. Performer: Julian Bliss. Performer: James Baillieu.
    • Clara & Robert Schumann: Music for Clarinet and Piano.
    • Signum Records.
    • 12.

  • Gioachino Rossini

    Prelude, theme et variations

    Music Arranger: William Foster. Performer: Matilda Lloyd. Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia. Conductor: Rumon Gamba.
    • Casta Diva - Operatic arias transcribed for trumpet.
    • Chandos.
    • 111.

  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    Symphony No 7 in A major, Op 92 (4th mvt)

    Orchestra: Chamber Orchestra of Europe. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • Beethoven: Symphonies 1-9: Harnoncourt, Chamber Orchestra of Europe.
    • Teldec.
    • 8.

  • Dmitry Shostakovich

    Piano Concerto No 2 in F major, Op 102 (2nd mvt)

    Performer: Dmitri Alexeev. Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Jerzy Maksymiuk.
    • 100 Best Relaxing Classics.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 17.

Broadcast

  • Tue 8 Apr 2025 09:30
    麻豆社 Radio 3