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A feast of great music

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favorites.

Georgia Mann plays the best in classical music, with discoveries and surprises rubbing shoulders with familiar favorites.

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.

To listen on most smart speakers say "Ask 麻豆社 Sounds to play Essential Classics鈥

3 hours, 30 minutes

Last on

Tue 13 May 2025 09:30

Music Played

  • Darius Milhaud

    Scaramouche Op.165b (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Katia Lab猫que. Performer: Marielle Lab猫que.
    • Poulenc: Music for 2 Pianos: Katia & Marielle Labeque.
    • Philips.
    • 10.
  • George Frideric Handel

    Suite no.4 in D minor HWV.437 (Sarabande)

    Ensemble: Jupiter Ensemble. Conductor: Thomas Dunford.
    • Handel - Eternal Heaven.
    • ERATO.
    • 1.
  • Cheryl Frances-Hoad

    O come, let us sing unto the Lord

    Choir: SANSARA. Conductor: Meghan Quinlan.
    • CONVIVIUM.
  • Alexander Borodin

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

    Orchestra: Seattle Symphony. Conductor: Gerard Schwarz.
    • Naxos.
  • Richard Strauss

    String Quartet in A Major, Op 2 (1st mvt)

    Ensemble: Oculi Ensemble.
    • Champs Hill Records.
  • John Christopher Smith

    You Spotted Snakes

    Lyricist: William Shakespeare. Singer: Catherine Bott. Conductor: Peter Holman. Ensemble: The Parley of Instruments.
    • Orpheus with His Lute: Music for Shakespeare from Purcell to Arne (English Orphe.
    • Hyperion.
    • 16.
  • C茅cile Chaminade

    Concertino for flute & piano

    Performer: Adam Walker. Performer: Pavel Kolesnikov.
    • Belle 脡poque: French Music for Wind.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Modest Mussorgsky

    A Night on the Bare Mountain

    Orchestrator: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. Orchestra: Oslo Philharmonic. Conductor: Mariss Jansons.
    • Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition etc.: Jansons.
    • EMI Classics.
    • 16.
  • Fran莽ois Couperin

    Passacaille (Pi猫ces de violes No 1)

    Performer: Paolo Pandolfo. Performer: Thomas Boysen. Performer: Markus H眉nninger.
    • Couperin: Pieces de violes: Paolo Pandolfo.
    • Glossa.
    • 7.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Oh never sing to me again Op.4 No.4

    Singer: Katharina Konradi. Performer: Eric Schneider.
  • Florence Price

    Concert Overture No 1

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Mike Seal.
  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Prelude and fugue (BWV 846) in C major

    Performer: Angela Hewitt.
    • Bach: The Well-Tempered Clavier: Angela Hewitt.
    • Hyperion.
    • 1.
  • Francesco Geminiani

    Concerto grosso in D minor 'La Folia' after Corelli's Op.5`12

    Performer: Mahan Esfahani. Ensemble: Concerto K枚ln.
    • ARCHIV.
  • Jerome Kern

    Ol' man river

    Performer: St茅phane Grappelli. Performer: Martin Taylor.
    • We've got the whole world on a string: Grappelli/Taylor.
    • EMI.
  • Edward Elgar

    Fairy Pipers (The Wand of Youth - Suite No 1)

    Orchestra: Ulster Orchestra. Conductor: Bryden Thomson.
    • CHANDOS.
  • Franz Schubert

    String Quintet C major D.956 (Scherzo & 'Furculesti')

    Music Arranger: ZRI. Ensemble: ZRI.
    • ZRI Music.
  • Richard M. Sherman

    Jungle Book (Trust in Me [The Python's Song])

    Singer: Sterling Holloway.
    • EMI.
  • Howard Goodall

    Blackadder Goes Forth

    Performer: Band of the Royal Air Force, Germany. Conductor: Donald Wood.
    • BANDLEADER RECORDINGS.
  • Percy Grainger

    Handel in the Strand

    Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble.
    • The Grainger Edition, Vol. 13 - Works for Chamber Ensemble 1.
    • Chandos.
    • 6.
  • Padre Antonio Soler

    Keyboard sonata in E flat major, Op 4 No 6 (1st mvt)

    Performer: Daumants Liepi艈拧.
    • Soler: Keyboard Sonatas, R. 96-98.
    • Naxos.
    • 1.
  • Emily Lim

    The Sun, Unafraid to Shine

    Orchestra: 麻豆社 Concert Orchestra. Conductor: Daniel Parkinson.
  • Robert Farnon

    The Westminster Waltz

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

    Symphony No 94 in G major, 'Surprise'

    Orchestra: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
    • WARNER CLASSICS.
  • Rebecca Dale

    Salve Regina

    Singer: Rosanna Wicks. Choir: Tenebrae. Conductor: Nigel Short.
    • Night Seasons.
    • Signum Classics.
    • 6.
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

    String Quartet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 18 No. 2: III. Scherzo. Allegro

    Ensemble: Ariel Quartet.
    • Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1.
    • Orchid Classics.
    • 3.
  • Joaqu铆n Rodrigo

    Canario (Fantas铆a para un gentilhombre)

    Performer: Milo拧 Karadagli膰. Orchestra: London Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Yannick N茅zet鈥怱茅guin.
    • Milos Karadaglic - Aranjuez.
    • Deutsche Grammophon.
    • 10.
  • Isabella Leonarda

    Sonata in D minor Op.16`12

    Performer: Rachel Podger. Performer: Marcin 艢wi膮tkiewicz.
    • CHANNEL CLASSICS.
  • R. Nathaniel Dett

    Cinnamon Grove - no.3, Ritmo moderato e con sentimento - quasi gavotte

    Performer: Clipper Erickson.
    • My Cup Runneth Over.
    • NAVONA.
    • 18.
  • Anton铆n Dvo艡谩k

    Czech Suite Op.39 (Polka)

    Orchestra: Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Conductor: Joseph Swensen.
    • Dvorak: Violin concerto etc: Scottish Chamber Orchestra/Swensen.
    • Linn.
    • 5.

Broadcast

  • Tue 13 May 2025 09:30